Brown's Velvet Dairy, now Brown's Dairy, is a historic business in the Central City section of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It was opened in 1905.[1]
Brown's Velvet was the oldest and largest dairy company in New Orleans and served the Gulf States market area. Ice cream flavors included Creole cream cheese.[2][3] Marigold Foods purchased the Brown's Velvet Ice Cream division in 1993 to expand its line of Kemps frozen desserts.[4] The milk business was retained.[1]
In order to stay in New Orleans, Brown's had made a deal with the city for a one-block stretch of Thalia Street. The dairy was initially bought out by Southern Foods Group which also acquired Barbe's and Walker-Roemer, two other area dairy companies.[5]
Brown's Dairy is now a line of Dean Foods.
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- Brands on the move - hometown ice cream brands explore new markets Dairy Foods June, 1993^
- Susan Tucker, S. Frederick Starr New Orleans Cuisine: Fourteen Signature Dishes and Their Histories Univ. Press of Mississippi, Feb 1, 2009 - 259 pages^
- Native Palate: R.I.P Brown's Velvet Ice Cream! 7 September 2010^