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ham, cheese & pesto pastry (credit: NYSF)

In case you haven’t heard, the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop in the West Village recently started serving breakfast. Not omelettes and stuff like that, but a line of pastries from La Newyorkina and Dough, and fresh coffee.

La Newyorkina was a Vendy Award Finalist in 2011 for her scrumptious Mexican paletas, but Fany is also an accomplished baker. Just listen to this lineup from last Friday morning, when we stopped by on our way to the office.

Empanadas with guava jelly and cheese, blood orange donuts, cinnamon butterflies, and the two items we ordered.

blood orange donuts (credit: NYSF)

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That would be the Big Gay Ice Cream retail empire, who just opened their 2nd store at 61 Grove St (corner of 7th Ave South) in the West Village.

After starting out with an ice cream truck several years ago near Union Square, the two-time Vendy Award finalist opened a store in the summer of 2011 in the East Village. The new location is within shouting distance of the birthplace of the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Inn.

The store is still a work-in-progress, with much of the signage still to come. Doug promises that one of the windows will be outrageous. We’re guessing unicorns, but who knows what they’ll be doing. We can only imagine. The fabricator is located in Red Hook, so you can understand why there have been delays.

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The Salty Pimp (credit: NYSF)

Earlier today, we told you about a contest Big Gay Ice Cream was holding to find the location of their new store. The winner gets FREE ice cream for up to 8 people at the new store.

Not long ago, BGIC tweeted out the winner, and divulged their new location.

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Everybody likes a good game of hide and seek, and the prize for this game is FREE Big Gay Ice Cream for up to 8 people.

All you have to do is SPOT THE SHOP!

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Two things that don’t usually go well together are ice cream and computers or cell phones. Tonight they will live together in perfect harmony. How’s that you say?

Well, there will be FREE Big Gay Ice Cream at the Grand Opening Party of the new Dr. Brendan Mac Repair store tonight.

Click through for more details.

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