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

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

I heard the scooper bowl is happening today and tomorrow, $7 for adults...

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

What's that?

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

I thought it would be better to talk to you to tell you about it. Sorry about the gratuitous misdial after the fact when I thought I was calling someone else--that just came out wrong. Gotta check in with that inside/outside voice concept...

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

There's also a small Toscanini's at 500 Kendall Street in Cambridge, in the small building that also serves as an entrance to the underground parking garage just outside of the Genzyme building.

[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...

[allium.livejournal.com]

That was just cruel. I am far far away and bitterly craving ice cream right now.

[midsummernd.livejournal.com]

Wow, I've only been to maybe 6 of them. . .my work is cut out for me. . .

Is it sad that this is the post that makes me think I need to move to Boston?

I have to say though, some of the best ice cream I've ever had was in Pennington, NJ. But ice cream after driving for hours on the Jersey Turnpike always tastes better :P

[(Anonymous)]

There's a new Emack & Bolio's in Porter Square shopping plaza, in the building with the CVS. Right next to the entrance to the womens' only gym... (In the words of the immortal Nelson, "ha ha!")

[elisaana.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Thanks for this delicious-looking list! I actually went to Toscanani's (whichever one is near Hahvahd Yahd) a few weeks ago, and it was splendid (though lacking seating)!

Also, have you ever been to Yelp.com? It's a consumer review site where people can make lists like this one that you can mark on personal and sharable maps. It might be a convenient way for you to organize and archive some of your amazing restaurant reviews... after you post them here, of course. :)

[tyellas.livejournal.com]

I agree. I don't know whether to cry or start up the Antarctic Ice Cream Company.

[pantsie.livejournal.com]

The White Mountain Creameries in Wellesley and Newton also can't be beat!

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Oh. Start the Ice Cream Company. You know you want to....

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

The Ben and Jerry's in the Park Plaza is right near my office. My cow-orkers and I have been known to stage mid-afternoon "getting in touch with our inner cow" runs. (Moo. Elevators. 3:00. was all we needed to say....)

There's an Emack & Bolio's that opened up right next door to my gym in Porter Square. (Not fair, I tell you, not fair at all.)

I used to go to White Farms a lot when I was a kid. It has great French vanilla.

Mad Maggies is, of course, amazing.

I wish we could duplicate the macadamia ice cream that you got in Tampa though. That was a buttery, creamy bowl of divine loveliness.

[ceo]

There's also a decent ice cream stand on 117 in Weston.

And, there's an Emack & Bolios (which I can't not call "Emacs") in the CVS building in Porter Square.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Too bad it's raining like a bastard or I would so be there.

Here's the URL. They do this every summer.

http://jimmyfund.com/eve/event/scooper-bowl/default.asp

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Yes, right next to the gym. Those bastards.....

[holmes-iv.livejournal.com]

Oh my. There's an an Emack's in the CVS? The mind boggles. ;-)

[evilbunnymayhem.livejournal.com]

cresent ridge is under 2mi from my house.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

There isn't decent ice cream in Japan? That sucks. :(

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

It seems odd that there isn't any high-quality ice cream there, given the abundance of other dairy products.

But I imagine--as you or rednikki said--it's a matter of demand. Which also seems odd.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Is it sad that this is the post that makes me think I need to move to Boston?

It just says you have your priorities right. :)

Just about anything is better after driving for hours on the Jersey Turnpike (except more driving, that is). :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I wish we could duplicate the macadamia ice cream that you got in Tampa though. That was a buttery, creamy bowl of divine loveliness.

Can't we?

Experimentation is required, I think. :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Not in the CVS so much as in the multi-purpose building the CVS is in.

(It's the freestanding building in the parking lot of the Porter Square shopping center.)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

You said! Time for a visit.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Definitely. Let's do it.

[sea-bound.livejournal.com]

*gasp*

So untrue! You just have to know where to look because the good ones are few and far between.

[sea-bound.livejournal.com]

Yay Crescent Ridge. BUT! There is a Cold Stone Creamery near Government Center. I nearly gave T a heart attack when I saw it.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

You should definitely tell allium where they are.

[allium.livejournal.com]

Agreed, there is ice cream and some of it is beyond decent, into spectacular, but they have just removed my favorite lotte ice cream (little ice creams with mochi around them, YummY!!!!) from the market. Additionally, while green tea and seseme almost make up for a weakness in the chocolate aspects of ice cream I don't see it as a fair balance.

[wolfkitn.livejournal.com]

(totally aside from anything else, if you look like your toon, i wonder if you also look anything like me?)

[wolfkitn.livejournal.com]

a web site that i came across, recently, that you clearly should know about if you don't already: www.agilitynut.com/roadside.html

100% up your alley (and down the highway, as well ;) ).

hey, speaking of which, weren't we going to take a roadtrip sometime? are you back in town?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

As a matter of fact, we were. I called you and left a message a while back. :)

I'm in and out of town, and that seems like it will be my life for a while. If you're free, we should definitely arrange to go somewhere together.

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

I probably do! (My toon is a good resemblance. This icon is an actual picture.)

[amarysta.livejournal.com]

do you have any suggestions for particularly good gelato places in the north end? i miss gelato...

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

So, believe it or not I don't actually have any memory of having gelato in the North End. Little Italy in Manhattan, yes. Bologna, yes. Florence, yes. North End, no.

Clearly this problem needs fixing. I'll be glad to go exploring for it.