{"id":277416,"date":"2026-05-20T00:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277416\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:31:15","slug":"dutchies-ice-cream-boat-expanding-fort-lauderdale-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277416\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutchies Ice Cream Boat Expanding Fort Lauderdale Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FL \u2014 Dutchies Ice Cream Boat, operated by Dirk Van Onselder and his girlfriend and business partner Angela Anker, serves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Fort+Lauderdale%E2%80%99s+waterfront&amp;oq=Fort+Lauderdale%E2%80%99s+waterfront&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQABgNGIAEMgkIAhAAGA0YgAQyCQgDEAAYDRiABDIJCAQQABgNGIAEMgkIBRAAGA0YgAQyCQgGEAAYDRiABDIJCAcQLhgNGIAEMgkICBAAGA0YgAQyCQgJEAAYDRiABNIBBzg5NGowajeoAgCwAgA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;ref=businessdebut.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Lauderdale\u2019s waterfront<\/a> communities with two boats offering ice cream, drinks and boat-day essentials. <\/p>\n<p>Van Onselder told Business Debut the team is now working to add a floating hot dog cart service, with a launch targeted within the next two weeks pending state permitting.<\/p>\n<p>What to Expect<\/p>\n<p>Dutchies Ice Cream Boat currently serves Fort Lauderdale\u2019s sandbar, canals and waterfront community with packaged novelty ice creams, drinks and more. Van Onselder said the larger 20-foot pontoon typically stays at the sandbar, while Anker operates a smaller 10-foot boat through nearby canals, Lauderdale Marine Center and local waterfront neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The business carries about 15 ice cream varieties, including strawberry shortcake, chocolate eclair, Bomb Pops, and many others. Dutchies also sells bottled water, sodas, bags of ice, locally made and sourced chocolate-covered frozen bananas with sprinkles or peanuts, sunscreen, hats and waterproof phone cases.<\/p>\n<p>The next addition will be hot dogs served from a commercial roller on the boat. Van Onselder said the idea came from repeated customer requests at the sandbar, especially after a longtime food boat stopped regularly serving the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really sell ice cream, we sell smiles,\u201d Van Onselder told Business Debut. \u201cNobody ever buys an ice cream without a smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The name Dutchies comes from their backgrounds. Van Onselder is Dutch, and Anker is half Dutch, he told Business Debut.<\/p>\n<p>Opening Timeline<\/p>\n<p>Dutchies has been operating since September 2023. The hot dog service is targeting a launch within the next two weeks, depending on permitting, Van Onselder told Business Debut.<\/p>\n<p>The team hopes to begin selling hot dogs by Memorial Day, but Van Onselder said the exact start date depends on state approval.<\/p>\n<p>Hours<\/p>\n<p>Dutchies generally operates Fridays through Sundays from about 10 a.m. \u2014 6 p.m. at the sandbar, weather and tide permitting, Van Onselder told Business Debut.<\/p>\n<p>Anker also takes the smaller boat through canals and nearby waterfront areas on select afternoons, often around 3 p.m. \u2014 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Follow for More<\/p>\n<p>Follow their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchiesicecream.com\/?ref=businessdebut.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dutchiesicecreamboat\/?ref=businessdebut.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dutchiesicecreamboat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessdebut.com\/drive-community-attention-and-media-visibility-with-business-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Drive community buzz with Business Debut<\/p>\n<p>We aim to create local buzz before you even open.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/comings-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display = 'none'\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FL \u2014 Dutchies Ice Cream Boat, operated by Dirk Van Onselder and his girlfriend and business&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-277416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}