NYC Chinatown Ice Cream Dragon: There Can Be Only One. David Yee summarizes the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory vs Nolita Ice Cream Factory shebang.
I checked out the Nolita joint two weeks ago and they do seem to serve the same ice cream as Chinatown—the black sesame and mango I tasted seemed the same, as did the coconut I eventually and inevitably ended up getting—so I really don't understand what's going on.