25 Beloved Ice Cream Shops (Boston), reprise.

[randomness]

So, I posted this at the end of last summer, which again I think was a tactical error.

I'm posting the list again now, just to get everyone thinking about ice cream again.

• Bedford Farms, 18 North Rd. Bedford and 68 Thoreau St. Concord


• Ben & Jerry's, 174 Newbury St. and 20 Park Plaza, Boston; 36 JFK St., Cambridge


• Benson's, 181 Washington St., Boxford


• Brigham's, 109 High St., Boston; 268 Washington St., Wellesley; 1328 Massachusetts Av., Arlington Heights; and other locations


• Bubbling Brook, 1652 High St. (Rt. 109), Westwood


• Cabot's, 743 Washington St., Newtonville


• Christina's,1255 Cambridge St., Cambridge


• Crescent Ridge, 407 Bay Rd., Sharon


• Emack & Bolio's, 290 Newbury St., Boston; 736 Centre St., Jamaica Plain; 2 Belgrade Ave., Roslindale; and 1663 Beacon St., Brookline


• Erikson's,12 Great Rd. (Rt. 117), Maynard


• Farfar's, 272 St. George St., Duxbury


• Herrell's, 15 Dunster St., Cambridge and 155 Brighton Av., Allston


• J.P. Licks, 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain; 311 Harvard St., Brookline; 352 Newbury St., Boston; 46 Langley Rd., Newton Centre; 661 VFW Pkwy., Chestnut Hill; 4A College Av., Somerville; and 451 Massachusetts Av., Arlington


• Kimball Farm, 400 Littleton Rd., Westford and 343 Bedford Rd. (Rt. 225), Carlisle


• Lizzy's, 367 Moody St., Waltham


• Mad Maggie's, 327 Main St., North Reading


• Peaceful Meadows Farm, 60 Bedford St., Whitman; Rt. 28, Middleboro; and other locations


• Rancatore's, 283 Belmont St., Belmont and 1752 Massachusetts Av., Lexington


• Richardson's, 156 S. Main St. (Rt. 114), Middleton


• Ron's Gourmet, 1231 Hyde Park Av., Hyde Park


• Shaw Farm, 195 New Boston Rd., Dracut


• Soc's, 67 Lynn Fells Pkwy., Saugus


• Sunshine Farm, 41 Kendall Av., Sherborn


• Toscanini's, 899 Main St. and 1310 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge


• White Farms, 126 High St. (Rt. 133), Ipswich

Comments

[frotz.livejournal.com]

There's a big new Toscanini's at Beacon and Washington as well. Which is not to say that I'd recommend them for much of anything with Christina's down the way.

I'd call Mad Maggie's the best of the lot for my palate, with Christina's the best in-town option. (This rankles slightly, since they pissed me off several times in the past when they were trying to figure out how to run a business without being total flakes, but good ice cream is good ice cream.)

When do people not think about ice cream, though? Perish the thought.

Another in the "basic farm stand ice cream" genre (which I think describes most of the places above) is Hodgie's in Amesbury, very near I-495. (Exit onto 150 briefly, hang a left on 110 at the light, and they're down the road a bit on the right.)

[quietann.livejournal.com]

I second Mad Maggie's as wonderful! I am also partial to Richardson's, at least partially because I like visiting the cows who gave the milk to make the ice cream, and because they sell milk from those cows. I drink skim milk, and theirs actually tastes like milk...