Kate's Ice Cream

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Kate's Ice Cream
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Kate's Ice Cream
Restaurant information
Street address3713 North Mississippi Avenue
City Portland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97227
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°32′59″N122°40′33″W / 45.5498°N 122.6758°W / 45.5498; -122.6758
Website katesicecream.com

Kate's Ice Cream is a gluten-free, plant-based ice cream company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1]

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Description

Kate's Ice Cream uses organic coconut milk and cashew milk. [2] Gluten-free and vegan ice cream varieties include cookies and cream, marionberry cobbler, rosewater cardamom almond, salted peanut butter brittle, [3] triple chocolate brownie, [4] vanilla, and lemon blueberry cheesecake, which has blueberry jam and graham cracker crust. Kate's also serves brownie sundaes, choco tacos, [5] ice cream cake, and ice cream sandwiches. [6]

Kate's has also served seasonal ice cream varieties such as chocolate peppermint. [7]

History

Owner Katelyn Williams launched Kate's Ice Cream in 2019, [1] initially selling at the farmers' market on the Portland State University campus in downtown Portland. [8] The business later operated as a pop-up on Northeast Sandy Boulevard, before the first brick and mortar location on Mississippi Avenue, [9] [10] in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. [11]

A second shop opened on 23rd Avenue in northwest Portland's Northwest District in 2024, [12] [13] [14] in the space previously occupied by Westward Whiskey. [15]

Reception

Writers for Axios Portland included Kate's in a 2023 overview of the city's best vegan ice cream. [16] Waz Wu and Rebecca Roland included the business in Eater Portland 's 2024 list of the city's sixteen "essential" vegan and vegetarian restaurants. [4] Portland Monthly included Kate's in a 2024 overview of the city's best ice cream. [11]

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