This summer the Essex Ice Cream Cafe successfully launched a redesigned retail space and expanded their inventory to include coffee, sandwiches, wraps, fresh bakery goods and hip Essex accessories. Essex residents and visitors took advantage of the central location and casual atmosphere to congregate from morning through evening, and even during the post-Labor Day lull, [...]
The Pink Petal in Essex, NY

I hear Essex residents joke about “what’s really missing” in our fair town by the lake. A laundromat. A car wash. A drive-though movie theater. It’s usually a tongue-in-cheek conversation hinging upon our collective good fortune of living in Essex. Sure, some conveniences of larger urban centers are absent, but most of us are just [...]
Makeover: Essex Ice Cream Cafe

You know summer is beginning in Essex, NY, when the Essex Ice Cream Cafe reopens. Located right off the Essex-Charlotte ferry dock, the shop has been selling ice cream to locals and visitors alike for many years. But push nostalgia aside and come in to check out the hip, new Essex Ice Cream Cafe which has undergone [...]
