New North Shore Ice Cream Shop Offering $1 Cones This Week

PEABODY, MA — North Shore ice cream fans can get $1 scoops and a free limited-edition tote as Van Leeuwen Ice Cream opens its newest location at the Northshore Mall in Peabody on Thursday.

The scoop shop opens at 11 a.m. with $1 scoops for the first two hours on Thursday, and the first 100 customers also get the tote.

The shop is located on the promenade next to Legal Seafoods at 210 Andover Street.

Van Leeuwen began as a yellow scoop truck in New York City in 2008 with its French-style ice cream — made with more than double the amount of egg yolks as standard ice cream — quickly gaining popularity.

Van Leeuwen is known for limited-edition collaboration flavors such as Hidden Valley Ranch, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, BIGFACE Coffee Affogato in partnership with NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler and Espresso in partnership with Sabrina Carpenter.

Signature flavors include the award-winning Vanilla Bean (named best vanilla ice cream by The New York Times/Wirecutter), Mango Sticky Rice, Honeycomb, Pistachio (made with Pistachios sourced from Mount Etna in Sicily), Marionberry Cheesecake (made with vine-ripened berries from Oregon farm partner Stahlbush Island Farms), Praline Butter Cake and Earl Grey Tea.

The menu also includes traditional sundaes, housemade waffle cones, ice cream sandwiches, root beer floats and pints to go.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)