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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.co APRIL 28, 2016 • TIMES 27 BUZZ QUEENS Try wine ice cream and colorful bagels from newly open Créme & Sugar in Ridgewood BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport A taste of Peru has come to Ridgewood. The owners of Créme & Sugar, a brand-new ice cream parlor and coffee shop in Ridgewood, are putting a unique twist on a classic treat, introducing four fruity Peruvian fl avors of ice cream as well as wine ice cream. Jonathan Alvarado and Nelly Alers opened Créme & Sugar, located at 58-42A Catalpa Ave., on March 26, and have already amassed a following thanks to their creative take on ice cream, as fi rst reported on Ridgewood Social. They began selling their lucuma-fl avored ice cream out of a food truck in 2015, and as their popularity grew, they eventually began participating in food markets and adding new fl avors to their repertoire. “We were giving out samples and then people starting loving it, so they wanted to buy it and the response so good, so we decided why not,” Alers said. “Then we wondered if they would like chirimoya, and it was a hit with the kids.” After their Peruvian fl avors took off, the duo wanted to open an ice cream parlor right in Ridgewood to serve their international treats, noticing that there weren’t any other ice cream shops in the neighborhood, other than Carvel. “It’s great,” Alvarado said of opening the shop. “I’ve lived in the neighborhood for almost 25 years. I’ve seen the neighborhood, how it used to be and how it’s changed. I love how it’s changing, but I hope it doesn’t change too much. I like the balance that it has now.” While children are busy trying the shop’s exotic fruit and more traditional fl avors, Créme & Sugar offers a special treat just for adults: wine ice cream. That’s right, ice cream that tastes like wine. Créme & Sugar currently offers fi ve fl avors of wine ice cream: Riesling, raspberry chardonnay, strawberry sparkling, cherry merlot and chocolate cabernet. “The cherry merlot, it has wine-infused cherries so when you bite into the cherry you taste the wine even more,” Alers said. The wine ice creams have a creamy texture, which is customary for Peruvian ice cream. The raspberry chardonnay has a smooth taste with a sweet hint of raspberry, while the Riesling has a crisp and fruity fl avor to it. You must be 21 years or older to order the wine ice cream because it does contain 5 percent alcohol, the owners warned. Créme & Sugar, an ice cream parlor and coffee shop, recently opened up in Ridgewood and serves exciting fl avors including Peruvian and wine ice cream. “It is still a food item, so you can’t get drunk from eating it,” Alvarado said. “You would have to eat a lot of it. You would probably get sick from eating so much fi rst before you feel anything, but it does have that fl avor to it.” Créme & Sugar offers more than just wild ice cream fl avors. They also sell Peruvian coffee with beans right from Peru, multicolored bagels that match the fl ag of Cusco, Peruvian candies and a multitude of pastries. For those looking to enjoy their treats on site, Créme & Sugar is decorated with items from Peru and Cusco, as well as chalkboards with fun designs that allow customers to sign their names and let people know they were there. Créme & Sugar offers seating, inside and out, and a wide array of table games for customers to enjoy. Alvarado and Alers will even get in on the fun and games from time to time. Créme & Sugar is open on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays from 8 a.m. to midnight, and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Photo: RIDGEWOOD TIMES/ photo byAnthony Giudice Jonathan Alvarado and Nelly Alers owners of Créme & Sugar. Bishop honors Midville school for blood donations The Brooklyn/Queens Diocese’s Bishop DiMarzio honored Christ the King High School at a special ceremony in recognition of its efforts as the leading Catholic high school in the Brooklyn/Queens Diocese for blood donations. For the third year in a row, Christ the King High School is the number one Catholic high school in the Brooklyn/Queens Diocese to donate blood and, in turn, help those in need. The school has also been recognized for the most blood donations as well as having the highest average donations at a blood drive. Last year, Christ the King donated 326 pints of blood. Through their partnership with the New York Blood Center, Christ the King has been able to positively impact the lives of more than 1,000 patients in need. Photo courtesy of Christ the King High School Pictured from left to right: Christ the King Athletic Director Joseph Arbitello, Brooklyn/ Queens Diocese Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Christ the King President Michael Michel.


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