25 Beloved Ice Cream Shops (Boston)
The July 2005 Boston Magazine listed the following 25 ice cream shops. I think it'd be fun to go visit all the ones I haven't been to, and maybe collect a few which they didn't list.
Here's the list, in alphabetical order:
Most of the ones I haven't been to are a drive, but that's no problem.
I think we could make a serious dent in that list before the end of the summer.
Comments on these shops--or on any other shops, really--welcome.
Here's the list, in alphabetical order:
- 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
Most of the ones I haven't been to are a drive, but that's no problem.
I think we could make a serious dent in that list before the end of the summer.
Comments on these shops--or on any other shops, really--welcome.