Award-Winning Fortunes Ice Cream, Owned by Brian Ackley ’02 and Lisa Farjam ’00, Profiled in Chronogram
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What’s the secret to Food and Wine’s best ice cream in New York State? Keeping it local, says Brian Ackley ’02 and Lisa Farjam ’00, owners of Fortunes, the award-winning ice cream shop in Tivoli, New York. Speaking with Chronogram, Ackley said: “We wanted to take advantage of not only the upstate dairy, but the upstate fruit, which has this really short moment, but when it comes it’s really amazing and very special.” Drawing from local sources, including Montgomery Place Orchards, clearly helps Fortunes stay in the news, but ultimately, for the two Bard alums, it’s always been about the local experience. “We just decided that Tivoli really needed an ice cream shop. So we started the shop four years ago and it’s just been going ever since,” Ackley says.
Post Date: 08-02-2022
Post Date: 08-02-2022