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There’s a new kid on the block in Oakland Park, and it’s bringing some serious sweetness to the scene. FMS Creamery, the latest venture from Jason “Jay Rok” Smith — the mastermind behind BMC Smash Burgers next door — is taking dessert to the next level.
Smith tells New Times the idea had been bubbling for a while. “I always had the idea of shakes with the burgers. They just pair well together,” he says. When the barber shop next door to BMC Smash Burgers became available, Smith jumped on the opportunity. “I had told the landlord before that if he had any other units in the area, I wanted to open up an ice cream shop just to go hand in hand. And then that happened.”
The result is a retro-meets-modern ice cream parlor that feels right at home beside BMC’s griddle-fired energy. The shop sources its scoops from Ice Cream Club up in Palm Beach — think locally made carrot cake, peanut butter fudge, and other classics — and lets customers go wild with custom creations. “[Ice Cream Club] has over like 140 flavors to choose from,” Smith says, noting that FMS plans to rotate through crowd-pleasers while keeping staples like chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry on deck.
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A Soda-Lovers Dream: Bacon, “PB&J,” and More Wild Flavors
But the secret sauce here isn’t just the ice cream on its own. It’s the candy and soda lineup that would make Willy Wonka jealous. We’re talking bacon, “PB&J,” “Buffalo Wing,” “Churro,” “Barbie Punch,” “Bazooka Bubble Gum, craft root beer, and “BAWLS,” among dozens of fizzy finds. “FMS stands for Floats, Malts, Shakes,” Smith explains. “I got the sodas with the intention of people being able to build a float type of deal, pick a crazy soda, get a scoop of ice cream, and mix different flavors. I thought the float idea would be a good thing besides just shakes.”
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Floats, shakes, malts, and ice cream sandwiches made with cookies from next door keep the menu easy but dangerously tempting. The pricing is refreshingly straightforward: $4 for a single scoop, $7 for a double, $6 for a single in a waffle cone, $9 for a double, $9 for a shake, $10 for a malt, $8 for a float, and $7 for an ice cream sandwich. Bonus points: the waffle cones are made in-house.
Oakland Park seems to be embracing it. “The city’s been great. They were super helpful getting us open, too,” Smith says. “They were excited about having ice cream in the general area. There was no ice cream right here in Oakland Park, and now, here we are.” Consider this your cue to get scooping, y’all.
FMS Creamery. 3498 NE 11th Ave., Ste. 3, Oakland Park; instagram.com/fms.creamery.
