Fifty Licks

Owner Chad Draizin had graduated from NSU University School and studied beer brewing at the University of Florida before an internship at Portland Brewing.{{Cite web|title=NSU University School Viewpoint Fall/Winter 2017|url=https://www.nova.edu/publications/uschool-viewpoint/25/#zoom=z|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.nova.edu|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520194811/https://www.nova.edu/publications/uschool-viewpoint/25/#zoom=z|url-status=live}} After realizing brewing beer on an industrial level was not for him, he began Fifty Licks as an ice cream truck in 2009.{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Michael|date=February 19, 2020|title=Fifty Licks ice cream to open first west-side location this spring|work=OregonLive|publisher=Advance Publications|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2020/02/fifty-licks-ice-cream-northwest-portland.html|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512163035/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2020/02/fifty-licks-ice-cream-northwest-portland.html|url-status=live}} That ice cream truck, which operates only during the summer, was named one of Portland's "best new food carts" in 2011 by The Oregonian.{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Michael|date=June 24, 2011|title=Portland's best new food carts|work=OregonLive|publisher=Advance Publications|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2011/06/portlands_best_new_food_carts.html|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512163037/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2011/06/portlands_best_new_food_carts.html|url-status=live}} "Fifty Licks" is an estimate of the number of licks required to eat one scoop.

In 2013, Draizin opened the first brick and mortar location in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, and Vox Media's Eater selected Fifty Licks as seventh on a list of "16 worthy ice cream candidates that opened across the country over the past year or so" to be included on its "Eater National Ice Cream Heatmap".{{Cite web|last=Forbes|first=Paula|date=2013-08-30|title=The 16 Hottest Ice Cream Shops in the US Right Now|url=https://www.eater.com/maps/the-16-hottest-ice-cream-shops-in-the-us-right-now|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Eater|language=en|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512210826/https://www.eater.com/maps/the-16-hottest-ice-cream-shops-in-the-us-right-now|url-status=live}}

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The second location opened on East Burnside Street in the Buckman neighborhood in 2017, which led to increased popularity for the company.{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Michael|date=April 25, 2017|title=Fifty Licks opens new Burnside location this Friday|work=OregonLive|publisher=Advance Publications|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/04/fifty_licks_opens_new_burnside.html|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512163038/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2017/04/fifty_licks_opens_new_burnside.html|url-status=live}} Fifty Licks offers approximately eleven flavors daily as well as two soft serve flavors and offers ice cream cocktails.{{cite news|last1=Russell|first1=Michael|date=March 8, 2013|title=Bluebird Bakers, Petunia's Pies & Pastries and Fifty Licks set to make Portland a bit sweeter|work=OregonLive|publisher=Advance Publications|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2013/03/bluebird_bakers_petunias_pies.html|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512201107/https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2013/03/bluebird_bakers_petunias_pies.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Kryza |first1=Andy |title=These boozy ice cream cocktails are everything you've ever wanted |url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/clintondivision/fifty-licks-these-boozy-ice-cream-cocktails-are-everything-youve-ever-wanted |access-date=12 May 2021 |publisher=Thrillist |date=September 11, 2013 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512200005/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/clintondivision/fifty-licks-these-boozy-ice-cream-cocktails-are-everything-youve-ever-wanted |url-status=live }} The ice cream parlor also makes an effort to provide non-dairy and vegan options, and hopes to eventually feature fifty-percent dairy-free products.{{cite news |last1=Brooks |first1=Karen |title=The Inside Scoop on Fifty Licks, Portland's Suddenly Hot Ice Cream Shop |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2017/06/the-inside-scoop-on-fifty-licks-portland-s-suddenly-hot-ice-cream-shop |access-date=13 May 2021 |publisher=Portland Monthly |date=June 12, 2017 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513005914/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2017/06/the-inside-scoop-on-fifty-licks-portland-s-suddenly-hot-ice-cream-shop |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Granillo |first1=Gabriel |title=Fifty Licks Is Coming to Slabtown |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2020/02/fifty-licks-is-coming-to-slabtown |access-date=13 May 2021 |publisher=Portland Monthly |date=February 21, 2020 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513005913/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2020/02/fifty-licks-is-coming-to-slabtown |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Akron Beacon Journal reporter Katie Byard wrote about "some feasting in Portland, Ore., considered one of the country’s best food cities..."{{Cite news|last=Byard|first=Katie|date=2018-04-04|title=Akron Dish : City Barbeque plans May grand opening|pages=D001|work=The Akron Beacon Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78040602/akron-dish-city-barbeque-plans-may/|access-date=2021-05-20|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520201948/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78040602/akron-dish-city-barbeque-plans-may/|url-status=live}} and "... an ice cream place dubbed Fifty Licks. Specializing in nontraditional flavors, it touts that it makes its base for its ice creams in house... a friend bought some 'Chocolate as #$%&' with housemade ganache for us to try. The name works... "{{Cite news|last=Byard|first=Katie|date=2018-04-04|title=Dish (cont. from D1)|pages=D002|work=The Akron Beacon Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78041231/dish-cont-from-d1/|access-date=2021-05-20|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520201948/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78041231/dish-cont-from-d1/|url-status=live}}

During the 2018, Occupy ICE protests, the Fifty Licks food truck distributed free ice cream to protestors.{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Jason |title='Occupy Ice': activists blockade Portland building over family separations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/occupy-ice-portland-protest-immigration-family-separations |access-date=12 May 2021 |publisher=Guardian |date=June 20, 2018 |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916061433/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/occupy-ice-portland-protest-immigration-family-separations |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Portland ICE facility closed until 'there are no longer security concerns' |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protesters-on-round-the-clock-vigil-at-portland-ice-facility/283-565742358 |access-date=12 May 2021 |publisher=KGW8 |date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512201107/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protesters-on-round-the-clock-vigil-at-portland-ice-facility/283-565742358 |url-status=live }} In 2020, Fifty Licks opened its third location in the Slabtown district of the Northwest District neighborhood.{{cite news |last1=Jackson-Glidden |first1=Brooke |title=The Owner of Fifty Licks Will Base the Design of His New Scoop Shop on a Pair of Shoes |url=https://pdx.eater.com/2020/2/20/21146232/fifty-licks-new-location-slabtown |access-date=13 May 2021 |publisher=Eater |date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513005913/https://pdx.eater.com/2020/2/20/21146232/fifty-licks-new-location-slabtown |url-status=live }} Later that year, following the George Floyd protests, one of the shops was briefly targeted by a rioter who tore down a Black Lives Matter poster displayed in the shop's window.{{cite news |last1=Shepherd |first1=Katie |title=Portland protesters set fire inside county building as tensions continue to escalate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/19/portland-multnomah-building-fire/ |access-date=13 May 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=August 19, 2020 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221003401/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/19/portland-multnomah-building-fire/ |url-status=live }}

An Associated Press article reported that Fifty Licks was featured in the Hulu television series Shrill.{{Cite web|last=Lefferts|first=Brooke|date=May 10, 2021|title=Stars of 'Shrill' express love for the 'hippest of places'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/stars-shrill-express-love-hippest-places-77602933|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-12|work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|language=en|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512211937/https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/stars-shrill-express-love-hippest-places-77602933}} Peter Cottell of Thrillist said Fifty Licks is "beloved for simple, elegant flavors in no-nonsense spaces."{{Cite web|last=Cottell|first=Pete|date=August 20, 2019|title=Portland's Most Essential Spots For Every Kind of Ice Cream|url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/best-ice-cream-portland-ice-cream-shops-locations|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-12|website=Thrillist|language=en|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120025619/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/best-ice-cream-portland-ice-cream-shops-locations}}

• Food cart at Northwest 24th Avenue and Thurman Street, Northwest District{{cite news |last1=Prewitt |first1=Andi |title=Portland Ice Cream Shop Fifty Licks Is Raising Money to Help Children Detained at the U.S.-Mexico Border |url=https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2019/06/25/portland-ice-cream-shop-fifty-licks-is-raising-money-to-help-children-detained-at-the-u-s-mexico-border/ |access-date=12 May 2021 |publisher=Willamette Week |date=June 25, 2019 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512163035/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2019/06/25/portland-ice-cream-shop-fifty-licks-is-raising-money-to-help-children-detained-at-the-u-s-mexico-border/ |url-status=live }}
• Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood (opened 2013)
• Buckman neighborhood (opened 2017)
• Slabtown district of the Northwest District neighborhood (opened 2020)
• Fifty Licks is also a vendor at the Moda Center{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-05 |title=New bites for the new season as Moda Center reveals exciting local food lineup |url=https://katu.com/news/local/new-bites-for-the-new-season-as-moda-center-reveals-exciting-local-food-lineup-trail-blazers-portland-rose-quarter |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=KATU |language=en}}

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