Uncle Louie G

We had the Italian ice and the ice cream. Holy cow, it was incredible. The better Pecan ice cream was fantastic! So creamy and rich, with no freezer burn. Italian ice was the lime flavor. It was sour and sweet but not so sweet.
100% come here and try. $ 2.50 for a small.

I’ve been coming here since I was a kid. It’s a must for all your summer treats. I’m a fan of the lemon Italian Ice made with real from real lemons! The soft serve ice cream is a classic and you will never regret it.

Ice cream is ice cream. What makes this place great is the location. It’s directly across from Prospect Park and they have a lot seating – about 1,000 square feet.
I talked the owner when they were setting up for summer this year and he said he’s making some improvements such as wood benches in an area covered by an awning (which is great because this spot gets sunny!) and he’s adding an area for kids to play. This place is kid city, by the way. Beautiful spot. Fun times. Great ice cream.

Great ices and ice cream but very bad neighbors for taking up at least two parking spots with illegally placed cones in front of the entrance on Vanderbilt St.

Ice cream should not be overcomplicated. This place, out of any in Brooklyn, gets ice cream right! Great, honest, flavors. Nice employees. AND CLEAN.

Really great stuff, the milk shake and the pumpkin pie ice cream were our favorites. The young lady who served us was very helpful and patient, however the two gentleman clerks remained on their cell phones while helping customers.

good expensive ice cream but tasty. I had an apple pie flavored ice cream
i will make this a regular stop during my summer time visits to prospect park and this store is conveniently located in the hamlet of windsor terrace in brooklyn.
Nothing like some ice cream to take to the park on a nice summer day and i hope to return back many times this summer
god how i miss new york city for treasures like this one.
Note the small cups are so small you can’t see them and the large cups cost $$$

*Tear*
I so miss this place! Growing up I remember playing in prospect park until late then going across the street for my Italian ice fix. Years later I would take my friends kids to the same part of the park to play and then treat them some Italian ice (who am I kidding, the treat was really for me). They have so many flavors I have yet to try, I definitely must go back ASAP.

huge selection of ice flavors!

This place puts Blue Marble and almost all the other overpriced «gourmet» places to shame. Their Cappucino Chunk ice cream is AMAZING. And their Italian Ices are to die for. I especially recommend Watermelon, Pina Colada, and Mint Chocolate Chip.

First time visiting this location — as I’ve visited others — and I will say — I like this one the most because they provide a great seating area (Most of the other locations — you just walk up and there aren’t any places to sit) —
— and you’re across the street from Prospect Park… can’t get any better than that.
Tons of families/strollers…(funny enough… more dads with the kids than moms…).wonder if they were supposed to be playing and doing something more active with them… and just stopped here instead… LOL…
Anyhow — same friendly service that I’ve gotten at other locations.
My favourite banana ice cream is my usual… YUM…
Thick… creamy… smooth… and delicious.
That is all!
I will be back :)

Best egg cream I’ve had, and a perfect addition to a hot day.

Harvest pumpkin ice cream during a lazy summer day of heat-​induced stumbling around the lovely Prospect Park. Pretty sure it has pieces of pumpkin pie mix in it. So great!
Wouldn’t get the chocolate-​covered bananas. The sign says that they are made on the spot, but really the kids that work there just make a bunch at once and keep them stocked in the freezer, which makes the banana really hard to bite into.
5 stars for the decent prices, location and pumpkin ice cream.

Soft-​serve was so weird
But ice cream is delicious
Ice tasted good too.
(b)

Great ice cream… the waffle bowl is perfect. Lots of choices, so hard to choose just 1, so I get 3 scoops of different kinds. In fact I want Rocky Road scoops now!

Since I am lactose intolerant, cold & creamy confections have always been a big no-​no. Sure, they make those chalky pills, but those effectively kill whatever appetite I had going, so Uncle Louie G’s is my answer. Most places that carry italian ice only have four or five flavors. Uncle Louie G has over 30, consistently.
Not only that, but the ices here are extremely low in calories. A small is between 50 and 90, a large tops out at 145, and you could get a pint of any flavor and the most it could be is 350. I don’t really like to count calories, but that’s awesome! After a bunch of hard laps in the park, I love riding over to Uncle Louie G’s to cool off and have a little treat that won’t negate my workout.
I don’t know what their secret is, but whatever they do to make these ices, they’re doing a great job. I have tried most of the flavors on the board and all of them taste great. However, vanilla chip dip will always be my favorite.

Pumpkin ice cream in a waffle cone on a crisp autumn day, after a less than stellar brunch is a nice supplement to my morning.
Reasonably priced, and nice outdoor benches/​tables for enjoying your treat.

I’d give this place 3.5 if I could– extra half star for having so many options, being super affordable and right in my hood. However, finished product is just worthy of good. good man. solid. not ‘very good’ (4 *), not ‘excellent’ (5*), but good, refreshing, keeping the ice real.
the italian ices are pretty tasty, cost $ 2 for a regular and you can choose 2 flavors– can’t beat that! some of the refreshing fruit ones– tart & not to sweet– passionfruit, lemon, lime– the ‘too sweet’/artificial tasting ones: cherry, mango, tropical rainbow… course my hubby loves tropical rainbow. for nice flavor combo– i recommend chocolate & passion fruit ices. the ice cream is just okay– it’ll satisfy a craving but no chinatown or brooklyn ice cream factory.
make sure to get a punch card if you live in the hood & uncle ‘luigi’ is worth it!

I had a bad run through Prospect Park (they tell me to stop running when my foot goes numb but do I listen? of course not) and ended up going a ½ mile too far around the park* and coming out at a corner I wasn’t familiar with.
So what do I do? I treat myself to the random Louie G’s on the corner.
For the most part, I’d expect the law that requires these places to have calorie information on the menu would have put them out of business long ago. Fifteen hundred calories in a large shake? Wow.
But the large ices they tell me are only 150 calories at most — well, hell, I can certainly justify that.
So I ordered the chocolate peanut butter and, from what I can tell, Louie G made a deal with the devil. I’m quite convinced there are real chunks of peanut butter cup in there and the ice only really tasted like ice on one bite; for the rest of the time it tasted close enough to ice cream for me.
As long as I stick with the ice, this is a great summer cooldown option.
* — Those that know me will find this HI-​larious.

Uncle Louie G made a pact with the devil to achieve non-​ice cream confections that taste this good. It is the only explanation for why something that is mostly water and sugar somehow works. You can try all the flavors you want but the best ices are anything peanut related, especially peanut butter cookie dough and Holy Cannoli. The fruit flavors are just too similar to some cheap saccharine sweet thing at a bodega. So skip ‘em!
I found the ice cream pretty disappointing (blame the ice cream snob in me), but it tasted not at all fresh and the air content was far too high and was reminiscent of Breyer’s or another overly sweet air-​laced brand. But why would you get ice cream, when this place is famous for it’s Italian Ice?
Even though this chain is only a few years old (1999, to be exact), it maintains a very authentic Brooklynesque feel.