Sunday is National Ice Cream Day, Where are you Coning?

[jackattack]

I think it's going to be a tour of the mysterious ice cream triangle for me! (search previous topics for info on the mystery).

[Isolda]

My family just walked down to Rancatore's in Lexington. I pureed some orange honeydew melon from Wilson Fams with some vanilla Breyer's and made myself a delicious melon frappe.

[Bob Dobalina]

I started early - grape nut custard at Louie's in Somerville. Very generously sized single for $3.50.

[catsmeow]

Bob...I started early too and had the exact same thing yesterday!

[southie_chick]

I'm actually "celebrating" at home with a pint of Graeter's strawberry chocolate chip, sitting on the deck, looking at the ducks on the pond (& recoving from yesterday's "girls nite out"). : )

[DrMag]

Ooh, where did you get Graeter's around here? I've totally missed it since I left Cincinnati.

[catsmeow]

I get it at Fresh Market in Hingham at the new shipyard development on rte 3A. They also have Graetner's sorbet. Right now, I think that's the only place carrying it in the Boston area. They'll give you a bag of ice to take with you so it stays frozen. Ask for the ice when checking out at the register. I live in downtown Boston and bring a little cooler, and that with the ice does the trick.

[Prav]

How does Graeter's compare to Boston's ice cream choices, say, Toscanini's?

[catsmeow]

Much richer feel to it. The chocolate in the favors with "chips" is huge chunks of premium chocolate that are so big that I take some of them out and have them at a later time with tea.

[quirkydeb]

I think Toscanini's is much better flavor and texture-wise than Graeters--although Tosci's textures vary from ice cream to ice cream. Where Graeters shines is the chip flavors, which, as catsmeow wrote, have outrageous chunks of chocolate.

I went for Cold Fusion gelato at Olea in Brookline Village to celebrate.

[treb]

tough not being 16 anymore, funny when I look in to the mirror I see a senior in high school. BTW - classy choice to fend off that hair-of-the-dog!

[jackattack]

Oh okay, I'll help you out. After all ,it's National Ice Cream weekend.

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