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NYC is Italian ice country — and these five legends are steamy summer’s frozen chosen #shorts
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August 7, 2026
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0:31Now PlayingIce, ice, baby. Every New Yorker has an Italian ice hill they’re willing to die on — forget pizza, bagels or chopped cheese. When the mercury hits 90 degrees, loyalties turn frozen.
The rivalry isn’t just about dessert. It’s about neighborhood pride.
Italian ice — inspired by Sicily’s granita and brought to America by Italian immigrants more than a century ago — has been a Big Apple summer ritual, like Mister Softee jingles and fire hydrants blasting open, for generations.
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