Extremely delicious ice cream sandwiches are now for sale on Ossington
Bang Bang is a new ice-cream parlour and bakery on the southern end of Ossington, sandwiched between Boehmer restaurant and hip handicraft shop Crywolf. It’s run by Rosanne Pezzelli, the pastry master behind nearby Bakerbots, and her brother, Arthur, who just happens to make killer ice cream. Last Saturday afternoon, the scene outside the new store looked like something out of a Portlandia sketch: a group of tat-sleeved models posed for photographs in front of a nearby boutique while happy locals lounged in the sun with cones, cups and cookie sandwiches big enough to require a double-handed grip. The list of ice-cream flavours ranges from classic (vanilla) to unconventional (avocado), but the best of the lot may be “burnt toffee”—a vanilla-caramel blend that tastes exactly like a fire-roasted marshmallow.
Bang Bang Ice Cream and Bakery, 93 Ossington Ave.
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Bang Bang is a new ice-cream parlour and bakery on the southern end of Ossington, sandwiched between Boehmer restaurant and hip handicraft shop Crywolf. It's run by Rosanne Pezzelli, the pastry master behind nearby Bakerbots, and her brother, Arthur, who just happens to make killer ice cream. Last Saturday afternoon, the scene outside the new store looked like something out of a Portlandia sketch: a group of tat-sleeved models posed for photographs in front of a nearby boutique while happy locals lounged in the sun with cones, cups and cookie sandwiches big enough to require a double-handed grip. The list of ice-cream flavours ranges from classic (vanilla) to unconventional (avocado), but the best of the lot may be "burnt toffee"—a vanilla-caramel blend that tastes exactly like a fire-roasted marshmallow.
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Please have a look at a response that I received this morning from Bang Bang on Facebook regarding a customer service issue I experienced in July and decide for yourself whether this is a respectable business:
Conversation started August 12
8/12, 10:08am
It’s taken a while to send this as I’ve been busy with two small children. My family and I came to Bang Bang on the July long weekend. When I was handed one of the cones I ordered, I walked three feet and the ice cream fell off of it. I turned around, and showed one of your employees my one hand with the cone and the other with the dripping ice cream, retrieved from the ground, telling her that it fell, she simply asked if I would like to buy another cone. When I said I didn’t really feel I should pay for another cone, having just accepted this one that fell apart, she took the scoop of ice cream from my hand, WASHED IT under a tap, and put the ice cream back together and gave it to me. This is right up there with some of the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Needless to say, we haven’t been back.
Bang Bang Ice Cream and Bakery
9:09am Today
Bang Bang Ice Cream and Bakery
you my dear are full of shit! nobody would ever ever do that from our staff, we would gladly scoop you another cone, absolutely absurd!