Lares Ice Cream Parlor Explained

The Lares Ice Cream Parlor (Spanish; Castilian: Heladería de Lares) is an ice cream store located in the town of Lares, Puerto Rico.

The ice cream store was founded in 1968 by Salvador Barreto (known as "Yinyo") and has created over 200 flavors.^{[1] [2]}

The ice cream store is located in front of the town square of Lares. It closed at the end of February 2014, due to the death of its founder^[3] and re-opened in March 2017. It is open 7 days a week and offers around 50 different ice cream flavors on a regular basis.^[4]

Influence

Another ice cream shop, Spanish; Castilian: Heladería El Grito, is next door.^[5] After Hurricane Maria, some Puerto Rican expatriates opened similar shops in Central Florida.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• List of Puerto Rico landmarks

External links

• Article about the Ice Cream Store on Univision.
• Article about the Ice Cream Store on Primera Hora. (In Spanish)
• Reference about the Heladeria Lares on TravBuddy (In English)

Notes and References

1. http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/isla/nota/cierralalegendariaheladerialares-994100/ Cierra la legendaria Heladería Lares.
2. Web site: Lares sabe a helado. 3 November 2015. El Nuevo Dia.
3. Web site: Histórica Heladería de Lares reabrirá sus puertas. 1 February 2017. El Nuevo Dia.
4. Web site: Heladeria Lares - Exotic Ice Cream Flavors. Puerto Rico Day Trips Travel.
5. News: Exodus From a Historic Puerto Rican Town, With No End in Sight. Frances. Robles. The New York Times . 16 July 2017. NYTimes.com.
6. Web site: Boricuas lanzan helado de aguacate en Florida Central. 7 May 2019. El Nuevo Dia. es.
7. Web site: Puertorriqueños desplazados por María abren heladería en Kissimmee . es. telemundo3. 15 February 2019 .