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Sugar Hill Creamery

Dining · 4+ locations · NYC: Central Harlem, Hamilton Heights, East Harlem, Stuytown

Harlem went decades without an ice cream parlor until this husband-and-wife shop opened in 2017, funded by a $21,000 neighborhood Kickstarter. It has since grown to three storefronts and a seasonal truck with no outside investors.

Founder-run

The Big Picture

Genuinely Independent

A husband-and-wife ice cream maker that opened Harlem's first scoop shop in decades and has grown to three storefronts with no outside investors on record. As a small neighborhood business it has little public labor or environmental track record to date. The company answers to no one but the Larsens themselves.

Let's Get Critical

Local ownership
9/10
Founder involvement
10/10
Worker pay & benefits
6/10
Environmental impact
6/10
Sourcing & labor
6/10

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Company data last updated August 2026

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