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Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Cup Ice cream at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver. The shop opens Saturday, July 6.
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Pastry Chef Claire Fields works on making white chocolate truffles in the new bakery at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver. According to their website, Little Man Ice Cream is named after founder Paul Tamburello’ s father, Peter Tamburello.
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The facade of the Little Man Ice Cream Factory hearkens back to old time ice cream stores on July 3 in Denver.
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Colorful sprinkles to top ice cream at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver. Besides ice cream, the shop also offers unique American food items like donuts and hot dogs.
Pastry Chef Sarah Parson works on making sugar cookies in the new bakery at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
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Ice cream sandwiches at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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The interior of the Little Man Ice Cream Factory is made to look like an old dairy on July 3 in Denver.
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Pastry Chef Claire Fields, right, shows assistant pastry chef Sarah Parson how to best roll out dough for sugar cookies at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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Homemade lemon bars at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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The interior of the Little Man Ice Cream Factory is made to look like an old dairy, as seen here on July 3 in Denver.
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A variety of ice cream cones at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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The interior of the Little Man Ice Cream Factory is made to look like an old dairy, as seen on July 3.
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The menu boards at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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The interior of the Little Man Ice Cream Factory as seen on July 3.
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A variety of old items used for making ice cream are displayed as art on a wall at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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A handmade wooden slide is a prominent feature in the new Little Man Ice Cream Factory, as seen on July 3.
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The interior of the Little Man Ice Cream Factory as seen on July 3.
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The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
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A picture of Paul Tamburello with his father Peter Tamburello hangs inside The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver. According to their website, Peter named Little Man Ice Cream is named after his father.
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Chocolate and sprinkle covered ice cream cones at The Little Man Ice Cream Factory on July 3 in Denver.
If good things come to those who wait, then we can expect spectacular things from the new Little Man Ice Cream Factory, originally slated to open last summer.
First of all, it’s an ice cream factory, which is pretty spectacular in and of itself. But this isn’t just any ice cream factory. This is an ice cream factory filled with a hand-carved slide, a suspended conveyor-belt bucket-delivery system, baked goods and magic. And if you don’t believe in magic, there’s still the ice cream.
The 7,000-square-foot factory/tasting room/bakery is two blocks from Sloan’s Lake on West Colfax Avenue, and it opens to the public Saturday, July 6. (The factory portion, however, has been churning Little Man ice cream for a year now.)
“We’re proud of our product, so this is an opportunity to let people see how the products they’ve come to love come into existence,” said Dom DiCarlantonio, Little Man’s area manager. “It (the Little Man Ice Cream Factory) captures somebody’s attention and lets them fully experience it with all their senses.”
The Factory is a sort of art-deco laboratory, designed to resemble the insides of an old-fashioned ice cream churn. You walk in through a “freezer” and enter the churn, where the scoop shop, ice cream production facility, slide and conveyor-belt ice cream-delivery system (made from an old dry cleaner’s belt) compete for your attention.
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Besides the salted Oreo ice cream that Little Man fans already love, the scoop shop will sell baked goods made on-site, branded swag and rotating, special plated desserts. (First up: a buttermilk panna cotta with thyme ice cream, peach compote and graham crackers.) If you like to sample a little of a lot, the five-flavor flights are the way to go.
The industrial kitchen here has upped Little Man’s ice cream production tenfold, to about 800 gallons a day. Before, everything was made in a tiny Victorian kitchen on Tejon Street. If the scoop shop is busy — which, judging by the lines that the original Little Man can in Highland inspires, it will be — the kids will be entertained watching the ice cream being made, or by sailing down the wooden slide built by owner Paul Tamburello.
Opening-day festivities start at noon on Saturday and include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, prizes and live music. Come dressed as an ice cream factory worker (jumpsuits, hard hats and tool belts are suggested) and you’ll get a golden ticket for the chance to win an ice cream party for 20 of your nearest and dearest.
Next up: The team plans to knock out the factory’s west wall and create a public courtyard connecting across the way to a new Illegal Pete’s location. With Little Man, the ideas are always churning.
Little Man Ice Cream Factory: 4411 W. Colfax Ave. Denver, 720-710-8440; opening July 6
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