Today's Takeout Pick: Pied Piper Creamery

Much of the restaurant industry has had to rapidly change its business model due to COVID-19, and we’re highlighting the Nashville places that are attempting to stay open. Each day we will give you a critic’s pick for a restaurant and a dish, as well as a running list of restaurants still open that you can support. Today: Pied Piper Creamery.

This weekend was prime stroll-to-the-local-scoop-shop, get-an-ice-cream-cone, talk-to-your-neighbors kind of weather. Except, well, you know. Luckily for us, last week Jenny Piper — Ice Cream Mogul at Pied Piper Creamery — started an ice cream social of sorts, offering pickup and delivery. Pied Piper has been shuttered since the March 3 tornado. While the beloved East Nashville creamery on 11th Street had relatively minor structural damage, it had major electrical damage, and Piper is waiting to hear when that will be repaired. She hadn’t yet hired her summer scoop crew when the tornado and COVID-19 hit, but she had two year-round staffers who missed making ice cream. (As is the case with many area businesses, Pied Piper’s wholesale orders disappeared as restaurants temporarily shuttered). She and her crew had previously been cooking out of Citizen Kitchens in East Nashville, so they decided to fire up the freezer and start making treats available to us in our homes. Pied Piper posts the daily flavors (usually around eight) on their Facebook page. Just as in the shop, they’ll rotate, with classics and some well-loved favorites, such as Trailer Trash and Toffee Loaded Coffee. Dairy-free options are coming this week. Pick either three quarts ($32) or six pints ($36) and have them delivered or pick them up yourself at Citizen Market (don’t forget to tip). In theory, the delivery radius is 10 miles, but Piper has taken a few larger orders to home-owner associations further afield. “Sort of like an ice cream CSA,” she says. Such group orders are welcome.

Deliveries take place noon-7 p.m. daily. Flavors are limited, so if you see what you want posted, text (615-618-1552) or email (piedpipercreamery[at]gmail.com) Piper and ask her to put aside your order for later in the day (not that there's anything wrong with ice cream in the middle of the day). Orders come with sugar cones, bowls, spoons, and sprinkles, all packed in a decorated party bag that Piper draws herself. Pay via Venmo and the ice cream is on your porch, contactless and ready to eat.

I went with basics — chocolate, vanilla and peanut butter chocolate — thinking I would use these essentials as ingredients. I used end-of-their-useful-life strawberries to make a strawberry milkshake and then I re-created a family-favorite date shake using crystals from Shields Date Garden. Finally, I just ate peanut butter chocolate ice cream on a cone, chocolate sprinkles optional ... you don’t really need me to give you serving suggestions for ice cream, do you?

“I am loving seeing all the recipe experimentation that people are coming up with right now,” Piper says. “I think people are looking for ways to support their favorite places after the tornado, and things to brighten their day that will not put them in harm’s way.” At first she was calling the packages “Birthday in a Bag,” but switched to “Survival Kit” realizing people wanted a quarantine pick-me-up even if they didn’t have a birthday to celebrate. Call it “Tuesday,” just order some ice cream.

Below is a list of Nashville restaurants (with links) remaining open for takeout and delivery during the COVID-19 shutdown. While some may have had existing relationships with delivery providers, most of this list are offering the service for the first time. Most offer curbside pickup, but check when you order. As this list is a moving target, please leave any changes, suggestions or omissions in the comments.

Margaret Littman

Places with takeout or delivery as of Monday, May 4

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