Well, we abjectly failed to get to the City last weekend.

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So, no Cones, or Mary's Dairy, or even Il Laboratorio del Gelato.

(Last week, the New York Sun ran an article with a useful list:

• Otto: 1 Fifth Ave at 8th Street


• Il Laboratorio del Gelato: 95 Orchard St., between Broome and Delancey streets


• Grom: 2165 Broadway at 76th Street


• Shake Shack: southeast corner of Madison Square Park, near Madison Avenue and 23rd Street


• Cones: 272 Bleecker St. at Morton Street

They add some honorable mentions:

• Chinatown Ice Cream Factory: 65 Bayard St., between Mott and Elizabeth streets


• Eddie's Sweet Shop: 105-29 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills, Queens


• Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory: 1 Old Fulton St., DUMBO, Brooklyn)

But we did get to Christina's in Inman Sq.. And later to Hull and Nantasket Beach.

(While we missed Paragon Park by only 22 years, the coaster enthusiasts I was with will be glad to know that The Giant Coaster that was there until 1985 was bought and moved down to what is now Six Flags in Upper Marlboro, MD. They restored it to its original condition and renamed it The Wild One. I imagine there's a field trip in our future.)

I have an absurdly long list of places I want to visit in all five boroughs. Did you know there's a cluster of Sri Lankan restaurants on Staten Island?

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Il Laboratorio!!!!! God how I love that place. :-)

[parisgreen.livejournal.com]

Go to Otto! And get the olive oil gelato. Also, their caramel gelato is the best -- not too sweet. They often serve it with sea salt on it.

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

I have been disappointed by Il Laboratorio - I find Cones much more intense and fruity, in particular, and Mary's better for the chocolate. Grom must be new; I'll have to try it. Shake Shack is just good custard - nothing special.

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Go here to read about the restoration of the Paragon carousel.

I grew up at Nantasket Beach and Paragon Park.
I wrote this for the Paragon Carousel Newsletter a couple years ago.

[fotofile2002.livejournal.com]

Ciao Bella gelato is terrific. Also, have you been to Sripriphai in Woodside ? It is the best Thai food.