There's one on Diversey, too, I just haven't made it down there yet.
In New England, you don't need Cold Stone. There's plenty of good native ice cream.
Partly because I pass a little homemade ice cream shop (Bobtail Soda Fountain)on the way. They make a Merlot ice cream with dark chocolate slivers. Man oh man is that good.
Also, to avoid excess, I either get one and share with lori or get the kid's size.
My favorite ice-cream is the bitterwseet chocolate at Thomas Sweet in Georgetown (or Steve's? Whichever one didn't close.), though. Oh, so good.
The original Steve's, where they invented mix-ins, was down the street from where I grew up. They made the ice cream right there in the shop. Man, that place was the bizz-omb.
The lemon at Fran's remains the One True Ice Cream, but the burnt sugar caramel comes close. Jilli swears by the ginger lime with chocolate sauce on it, and I'll have to try that at some point.
Ben and Jerry's Chocolate Therapy is also excellent.
And I have a sick fondness for B&R Daquiri Ice.
In New England, you don't need Cold Stone. There's plenty of good native ice cream.
That's very true. There are more family owned private ice cream shops than chains, even. We have an excellent place in town, and when we're in York, we're really close to Brown's Ice Cream, which is always making the top 10 on all the New England Lists.
And you were right, it was Dipping Dots. I never did have them. Sigh.
Alaska has the highest per capita consumption of ice cream, or at least used to. But it seems we don't have nearly as many ice cream shops as other places. People just buy it at stores. They say that the consumption is high because the population is young. I think we don't have the stores because the population density is low.
I have to admit, I defected from B&J to Coldstones. We had B&J and it just wasn't the same.
Also, last night? We had steamed chicken ravioloi with oyster mushrooms and inoki in a mushroom sauce.
So good.
They say that the consumption is high because the population is young.
Also, if you're ever attacked by a bear, you can just drop your ice cream to make your escape.