Salt & Straw opened this morning on Henderson Avenue. If you’ve heard the name and wondered what the fuss was about, today is a good day to find out.
The Portland-based ice cream company set up at 2323 N. Henderson Ave., Suite 107 — right next door to Gemma, open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The phone is (214) 716-2440. You can walk up or order ahead at order.thanx.com/saltandstraw.
The backstory: cousins Kim and Tyler Malek started Salt & Straw in 2011 as a literal pushcart on a Portland street corner, serving Chocolate Gooey Brownie and Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons out of what Kim once described as a garden trough. They had no professional ice cream experience. Kim had spent years at Starbucks helping build what she called “third places” — the idea that people need somewhere to go that isn’t home and isn’t work. That’s still what she’s building. Tyler is the one who figures out what goes in the cup…