Salt & Straw to open new shops in Palo Alto and Burlingame

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Less than a year after opening not one but two locations in San Francisco, Portland-based Salt & Straw is expanding its Bay Area footprint beyond the seven-by-seven. Specifically, the ice cream outfit will open new locations later this fall in Burlingame (1309 Burlingame Ave.) and Palo Alto (250 University Ave.).

For folks familiar with Salt & Straw over the last few years, rapid expansion has been on their menu for a while. Since Kim and Tyler Malek founded the brand in 2011, they have opened more than a dozen locations, including the two Bay Area spots, as well as a forthcoming shop in Anaheim’ s Downtown Disney shopping district.

The team will keep the menu offerings consistent at the Peninsula outposts by debuting in July a few of the popular San Francisco options, such as freckled mint TCHO-colate Chip, and Mt. Tam with Acme bread & sour cherry jam

The expansion news coincides with Salt & Straw’s ongoing chef collaboration series this month wherein Tyler Malek, the shop’s head ice cream maker, has been producing new flavors with chefs from the neighborhoods near their shops throughout the West Coast. In San Francisco, for example, he worked with Traci Des Jardins of Jardinière on a flavor inspired by her culinary style: Duck Crackling with Cherry Preserves with Duck Fat Ice Cream & Honey Gastrique.

Justin Phillips is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jphillips@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @JustMrPhillips