Atlantic Ave Magazine September 2019
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Proper Ice Cream<br />
Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth<br />
With Chef Made Flavors<br />
BY Nicol Jenkins | photos by melissa korman<br />
The moment you walk through the doors of<br />
Proper Ice Cream, you are transported to an<br />
ice cream shop unlike any other.<br />
From the colorful graffiti mural on the side of the building<br />
to the menu of over 200 chef made flavors of ice cream to<br />
choose from, Proper Ice Cream in Delray Beach is two scoops<br />
above the rest.<br />
Owner and chef Rickey Felberbaum serves up an assortment of<br />
ice cream creations from the Blueberry Muffin and Key Lime Pie to<br />
the Honeycomb or Glazed Donut. Some favorites are the Chocolate<br />
Cookie Dough Ice Cream, Bread Pudding and sorbets. They even have<br />
flavored ice cream cones, milkshakes, sundaes, tarts, lots of toppings,<br />
and a hot ice cream sandwich. You won’t be able to tell the difference<br />
while sampling their full line of vegan ice cream and sorbets.<br />
The ice cream is homemade fresh every day with only natural<br />
ingredients, 20% less sugar and zero additives.<br />
“The mission is to never use any chemicals or artificial ingredients,<br />
and to never process with air,” said Rickey.<br />
The owner’s passion for crafting delicious ice cream and sorbets<br />
turned into his desire to perfect the best ice cream. Traveling around<br />
Europe, Italy and even Manhattan, Rickey who was an attorney at<br />
the time, would visit ice cream shops and wonder why the ice cream<br />
wasn’t as good in many ice cream shops in the US. He decided to take<br />
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the next step by attending ice cream school at Penn State University<br />
training with award winning gelato chefs. Rickey also worked<br />
alongside Chef Clay Conley at Buccan restaurant in Palm Beach. He<br />
decided to share his expertise by creating desserts for high-end restaurants<br />
and then opening ice cream shops in Delray Beach.<br />
“At Penn State University I learned which ingredients make ice<br />
cream pure, dense and light. I also spent time working in many<br />
kitchens and met gelato chefs all over the world. It started as a hobby<br />
and then it evolved into us providing ice cream and sorbets for<br />
select high-end restaurants, then I decided what if we take the front<br />
of our kitchen and start selling it retail to people and see what happens.<br />
It became very popular, and we needed to look for another<br />
location,” said Rickey.<br />
Proper Ice Cream offers the perfect setting for a date night, a<br />
birthday party or a family day out. They have indoor counter seating<br />
and outdoor seating for guests. The restaurant staff and owner<br />
can be seen at many city and charitable events around town. The atmosphere<br />
and ice cream is the perfect sweet treat for Delray Beach.<br />
Proper Ice Cream was recently recognized as the Number 1 restaurant<br />
in Delray Beach by Taste of Recovery Food Show.<br />
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