Softside
9 people recommendvia r/FoodNYC, r/Brooklyn9 comments cited below
What people say, in short
Many commenters recommend Softside, a soft serve shop, and one calls it far ahead of others, with high quality and very cold serving. One loves the pistachio-strawberry twist at the SoHo shop, which is the address given, one says The Riff is worth ordering despite its odd name, and one was pleasantly surprised by the rizz order on a whim. One places a Softside in Greenpoint, so it has more than one shop. Most mentions are short names without detail.
Address
Softside, 51 Spring St, New York, NY 10012
At a glance
- Signature dishes
- The Riff, Rizz
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The evidence
Every point below is paraphrased from a real public comment, ordered by how much the community engaged with it. Caveats and negatives are kept in — follow any link to read the original for yourself.
- Recommendsu/Evening_Weather_6895 in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024
Year-round soft serve recommendation.
- Recommendsu/kodachromeexplorer in r/FoodNYC · Jun 2026
Answers the question with only the name softside.
- Recommendsu/seanfanningsdad in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024consistency
Says it is far ahead of others, with high quality and very cold serving.
- Recommendsu/buried_under_roses in r/Brooklyn · Jul 2024
Suggests a Greenpoint spot called Soft side, listed alongside two other named spots.
- Recommendsu/murmurinc in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024taste
Loves the pistachio-strawberry twist served at the SoHo location.
- Recommendsu/zztop1995 in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024
Recommends Softside or Milk Bar.
- Recommendsu/ResearchBot15 in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024taste
Recommends Softside and says The Riff is worth ordering despite its odd-sounding name.
- Recommendsu/Key-Biscotti-9511 in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2025taste
Tried it on a whim and was pleasantly surprised; the rizz order suited the soft serve well.
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- Recommendsu/kdot226 in r/FoodNYC · Jul 2024
Named among the top soft serve spots.
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