Kate's Ice Cream

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Kate's Ice Cream
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Exterior of the shop in southeast Portland, Oregon, 2025
Kate's Ice Cream
Restaurant information
Location3713 North Mississippi Avenue, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97227, United 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] Portland Monthly included the business in a 2024 overview of the city's best ice cream. [11] Waz Wu and Rebecca Roland included Kate's in Eater Portland 's 2024 list of the city's sixteen "essential" vegan and vegetarian restaurants. [4] In 2025, writers included the business in the website's overviews of the city's eighteen best vegan and vegetarian restaurants [17] and best dairy-free frozen desserts. [18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kate's Ice Cream to Open Second Location in Portland". VegOut. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "New Vegan, Gluten-Free Ice Cream Shop to Open in Portland". VegOut. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ "A Handy Dining Guide to North Mississippi Avenue". Eater Portland. November 9, 2015. Archived from the original on April 3, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Wu, Waz (September 15, 2015). "16 Essential Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kate's Ice Cream to Sell Gluten-Free Plant-Based Choco Tacos This Saturday". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ Wu, Waz (July 11, 2018). "This Summer's Top Spots for Dairy-Free Frozen Treats". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on July 10, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Explore Portland's Plant-Based Paradise for a Day". Willamette Week. October 12, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  8. ↑ Acker, Lizzy (March 17, 2022). "Vegan dessert shop Kate's Ice Cream opens Friday in Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Kate's Ice Cream Offers Vegan & Gluten-Free Desserts in North Portland". Portland Monthly. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  10. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (June 28, 2021). "Vegan Sensation Kate's Ice Cream Will Open a New Scoop Shop on North Mississippi". Eater Portland. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "The Best Portland-Area Ice Cream Shops". Portland Monthly. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  12. ↑ Acker, Lizzy (May 17, 2024). "Popular Portland vegan ice cream shop opens second location". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on September 27, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  13. ↑ Gebel, Meira (June 7, 2024). "Kate's Ice Cream opens in NW". Axios Portland.
  14. ↑ Spencer, Malia (March 24, 2024). "Kate's Ice Cream lands on Northwest 23rd for second shop". Portland Business Journal.
  15. ↑ "Four Scoops of Portland Ice Cream News". Willamette Week. May 18, 2024. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  16. ↑ "The best non-dairy ice cream in Portland - Axios Portland". August 10, 2023.
  17. ↑ Houck, Brenna (September 15, 2015). "The 18 Outstanding Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in Portland". Eater Portland. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  18. ↑ Sloan, Anastasia (July 11, 2018). "The Best Dairy-Free Frozen Desserts in Portland". Eater Portland. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
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