408906 Wed Jun 06 15:15:32 -0700 2007 11 12 Boston Area 0 2636421 hi -- i'm wondering if people could help me identify any ice-cream trucks in the boston area and if you know anything about their routes, schedules or whereabouts. i know the 'frosty ice cream truck' by the public gardens... any more knowledge on this one in brookline? http://www.chowhound.com/topics/143465#767967 this one from davis square is immortalized... but I can't properly find anything on the web regarding "K&J Ice-Cream" except this post which says it's been spotted around davis/tufts. http://realfake.org/blog/2007/05/03/isnt-it-rich/ http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/842854.html and i hear (but have not personally seen) one making rounds in south end. if you have any dirt or have spotted any in the wild, please throw in your knowledge. it'd be great to have a comprehensive list of them come summertime. thanks so much! Wed Jun 06 15:15:32 -0700 2007 15776 liuliuliu 1 2636424 I used to see one outside BMC last summer....sorry, no more details than that. They had soft serve, not just crappy good humor. Wed Jun 06 15:16:32 -0700 2007 2636421 14271 tamerlanenj 1 2637803 There's one that sits in the parking lot at Walden Pond in Concord all summer long. Thu Jun 07 05:38:08 -0700 2007 2636421 15217 gini 1 2638201 The's one usually parked at the foot of the steps to the Bunker Hill monument in Charlestown. Thu Jun 07 08:09:37 -0700 2007 2636421 14412 wontonton 1 2638813 It's not consistent at all, but every once in a while I spot one in the backroads here of Technology Square (read: Kendall Square, about 2.5 blocks down) in Cambridge. They seem to service mainly the offices in this lot, as they're not out on the main street. Thu Jun 07 10:40:33 -0700 2007 2636421 13028 kobuta 1 2638894 The Brookline Farmer's Market truck is unusual in that it serves scoops of a variety of flavors - it's basically a mobile ice cream parlor. Apparently it's from Trombetta's Farm (or Creamery.) BTW, that market is due to start up on June 21. There's a soft-serve truck that comes around Allston (Pratt/Ashford/Gardener Streets.) According to BFP, who works at home and is more up-to-date on such things, they usually come through a couple of times a day, about 4:30 in the afternoon and last night I noticed them around 8 although that seemed a bit on the late side. Thu Jun 07 10:58:23 -0700 2007 2636421 18512 Allstonian 2 2639298 Yeah, specifically this is a Frosty truck just like the ones at the Public Garden, and while my standard is the canonical soft-serve twist cone, they also sell novelties and sundaes and the like. Thu Jun 07 12:34:02 -0700 2007 2638894 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 1 2639394 There was one tooling around the South End every sunny day last week; I didn't hear him at all this week. He's too fast for me; by the time I get my nickels together and outside, he's gone. Thu Jun 07 13:02:06 -0700 2007 2636421 10143 MC Slim JB 2 2641538 I think that there are two in the South End - if they can be differentiated by music. One plays the more traditional ice cream truck music. The other plays a frenetic song punctuated by car horns and a crazy woman yelling "hello!?" They generally hit the parks where children play. I don't know by time, but it seems like they just circulate. You'd find them in Villa Victoria (the playground in the middle), Sparrow Park, Peter's Park, and maybe a couple of others. They don't seem to stop on any of the streets. Fri Jun 08 07:25:57 -0700 2007 2639394 47860 kbw18 1 2639412 Ditto Dotdiner. That ice cream truck music is ubiquitous in the public housing units of Southie around dinner time. Just what they need. Thu Jun 07 13:06:57 -0700 2007 2636421 84693 mtm7654 1 2640094 Depending on how far you want to go with this, I would contact the people that supply the ice cream trucks with goodies. Thu Jun 07 16:36:56 -0700 2007 2636421 29011 foodieB 1 2640440 There's usually a truck at the ball field on the corner of Cypress and Franklin Streets in Brookline - late afternoon/early evenings on weeknights. Not sure what the selection is like. Thu Jun 07 18:48:22 -0700 2007 2636421 47772 cookiezim