Canges Italian Ice

Cange’s is another of New York’s outerborough Italian Ice stalwarts.
What distinguishes Cange’s from, say, Ralph’s or Lemon Ice King of Corona is its relatively short list of flavors. This is mostly a good thing. It means, for instance, that flavors aren’t being produced for the sheer point of novelty or volume.
On the other hand, we could have used some sour or tart flavors when we visited. I had a feeling passionfruit probably wasn’t in the cards (had a good version at Ralph’s recently), but assumed that lemon, at least, would be.
Nope. Maybe it was in deference to the clientele’s preferences (I went on a weekday afternoon, and waited behind two separate men with protruding guts who were both wearing mesh shorts and soiled sleeveless undershirts and who both had more than one $ 100 bill in their wallets), but the flavors tilted to the sweet, fatty, and creamy. I don’t think I’ll ever want a chocolate Oreo italian ice.
So we settled for orange and pineapple. Flavors were more intense than at some other places, and the pineapple featured large chunks of fruit. I’m totally willing to believe that these are made «on the premises.»
A bit more sugary than I like, but also refreshing, and certainly not cloying.
If you spent lots of time at Uncle Louie G’s this summer, you’re doing it wrong.

A friend of mine who used to live on staten is visiting for the summer and told me we HAVE to go to Canges. so we went and bought a bunch of flavors. all were good! the chocolate could have been a little more chocolatey, but the cherry was amazing. will def go back!

ah… how i miss the summer already.
Canges is famous during the spring/​summer months.
they have some of the best selections on Icees. i can’t say much else– all i know is that dozens of people line up for this small hole-​in-​the-​wall Italian Ice place. it’s smaller than my walk-​in closet.