Whilst covering Mister Softee’s bombshell dock into East Islip back in March, we had an eccentric source with allegiance-based reluctance iconically declare: “...only Babylon baby boys know about Kilwins.”
However, the Chocolate and Ice Cream Shop chain indeed had another South Shore staple over more eastward in Patchogue before closing down—only to see a timely revitalization by way of the same owners at the helm of North Shore Kilwins’ strong Port Jefferson base.
As recently reported by the local media, when the owners of Kilwins’ Patchogue storefront had to step aside, 74 E. Main Street would lie vacant for quite some time.
A few months later, Christine and Brian Viscount, of Mt. Sinai, brought the good vibrations that have long-lined their Port Jeff power-source for all things delicious-flavored desserts from their shore to ours.
The couple opened their original waterfront location in the summer of 2017; it has since become the heart of downtown Port Jeff.
Now, they are determined to endear themselves to a similar close-knit community that attracts Long Islanders from all over. The Viscounts took over the Patchogue shop on May 31st, and officially opened shortly after the summer season commenced a few weeks later.
Kilwins is a national brand with its footprint in just about every corner of America. The Viscounts told Greater Patchogue they first discovered Kilwins in 2013 during a weekend in Newport, Rhode Island.
Meanwhile, this newspaper journalist had his first Kilwins experience in Fort Myers last month.
Take me back.