Editor's Note: Welcome to a new episode of 1 Minute Meal, a series of video snapshots documenting the places, people, and foods that make New York a vibrant food community.

The Lemon Ice King of Corona, an Italian ice stand opened by Peter and Nick Benfaremo in 1944, continues to serve ices of all flavors, to all kinds of customers, at all hours of the day—for a fistful of change and with uncompromising standards for texture. In the Queens neighborhood of Corona Heights, the first warm day of the year is synonymous with an ice from The Lemon Ice King. In this episode of 1 Minute Meal, co-owner and store manager Vincent Barbaccia recounts the feeling of that day, and why this ice stand has only become more precious to New York since over the past 69 years.

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