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A funny thing happened on our way back from Madison Square Eats yesterday. We ran across an old, beat-up truck serving delicious frozen lemonade.

The truck is called Del’s NYC, and after a little research (thanks Gothamist), we found out these guys are HUGE in Rhode Island. According to the sign, they have been “Serving happiness in a cup since 1948″ and are currently located in Newport, RI.

On the truck was a sign called The Story, which recounts how the recipe was invented in Naples, Italy in 1840 by the current owner’s great grandfather.

We normally prefer the flavor of watermelon over lemon, but when Del’s logo is a frosted lemon, we got the hint and ordered a small frozen lemonade for $3.50. A medium is $4.25 and large is $5.00.

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Spring is most definitely here. In the country, things are turning green, and in the city, things are turning green too, with the Itizy Ice Cream truck back on the street. (It’s more like turquoise, but let’s not quibble.)

Spring is the time for rebirth, and that includes a number of new menu items from Itizy. In addition to new ice cream and sorbet flavors, they now have a small waffle iron for making waffle cones on the spot. Below Ann shows off the waffle iron with her best Vanna White impersonation. I’d like to buy an “I” please.

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We couldn’t miss Grom when they first opened a couple of years ago on the corner of Bleecker and Carmine St. Living in the neighborhood, we walk past that corner at least twice a week.

Then they opened a 2nd NYC shop on Broadway between 58-59 St, right by the 1 train exit we use every weekday. We see them coming and going almost daily.

Today we exited the 1 train at Columbus Circle and saw them loading up a Grom cart with supplies for the day. The guy in the car pulling the cart said it’s parked on 72nd St & 5th Ave, right by Central Park.

We haven’t had a chance to try the cart, but if it stocks up on supplies from the store, it will be delicious. Just be prepared to pay $6 or $7 for gourmet gelato or sorbet.

The goods from Grom are great, but damn expensive.

The Grom website is here, if you want to read about their philosophy, see their products and flavors, and count how many outlets they have around the world.

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Yesterday we saw the following tweet from our friends at Itizy Ice Cream, who the sharp-eyed NYSF reader @Moneymaus tipped us off to last summer.

Itizy Ice Cream Getting prepped for a new fantastic season! Check out our new website and flavors. Kicking off the season tomorrow @ Columbia

Turns out the tweet was a little off base. Another NYSF reader @Out4LunchBlog saw them by Columbia University yesterday and sent us the photo below of their Cookies & Cream flavor. How did they know Cookies & Cream is one of our favorite flavors?

Itizy has a bunch of new flavors this year, and some interesting way to deliver them, such as ice cream pops.

Click through to see what some of their new flavors are.

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We know we’re in the minority here, but we actually like winter.

However, there are some downsides, like last week’s brutal temperatures…and no Coolhaus ice cream trucks!

Yes, we know you can get Coolhaus in some local stores, and even have it delivered to your door, but there’s nothing like walking up to the truck and getting a freshly made ice cream sammie.

You can do that later today, and you won’t even have to pay for it.

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