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Five-thousand flavors of gelato?!  The mind boggles. But that’s what kosher Israeli gelato purveyor Screme is offering ice cream lovers on New York’s Upper West Side.

Ice cream is one of those universal foods. It literally melts across borders. You can find Italian gelato in India and Berlin.  You can it find it in the LI Railroad station concourse. Modern Italian gelato makers apparently made their way to the Holy Land, as well. There, one of them started Screme gelato, a popular chain throughout Israel.

Now, the Israeli concern has just set up shop at 69th Street and Broadway. Another store opened its doors last week at the Madame Toussaud’s in Time Square.

With 5 percent butter fat, Screme, like most gelato, is much lower in fat than traditional ice cream where fat content can reach 14 percent.  Prepared fresh every 20 minutes, a single scoop of Screme gelato is $5.00. More  elaborate creations made with waffles, pistachios or chocolate shavings can run you as high as $20.

Have you tried Screme?
Screme Gelato Bar

2030 Broadway at 69th Street (just opened)

Screme Gelato Bar

242 West 42 St., Madame Tussaud’s Museum, Times Square

877-972-7363 (just opened)

Screme Café

300 East 64th Street, New York  (opening Fall 2009)

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