Bronzeville’s Nitro Nostalgia Ice Cream Plans Food Truck After Winning South Side Pitch

BRONZEVILLE — A South Side ice cream parlor and board game café is looking to bring its business to local events and festivals using its recent $15,000 grand prize winnings in a pitch competition. Father-and-daughter duo Garland and Kamillah Lucas opened Nitro Nostalgia, 4254 S. Cottage Grove Ave., in December 2024. The shop offers a space for visitors to play classic and modern board games while tasting ice cream made from scratch with liquid nitrogen, which can be enjoyed as-is or in a milkshake — with an option to spike the latter with alcohol. Our dairy, vegan and sorbet bases [are] all made here in-house, while the flash-freezing of the liquid nitrogen gives a smaller ice crystal and makes for a creamier ice cream, Garland Lucas said. Of course, we pair that with the board games so people come down and play, and get that bonding time back. Nitro Nostalgia won the 13th annual South Side Pitch competition last month, joining past winners including Moor s Brewing, R C