It's an ice cream stand that makes their own ice cream, have their own dairy cows that make the cream, and has a long list of flavers. On this friday, the days before Sandy strikes, and the day when Kimball Farm closes their ice cream shops for the season, I came out to this place, simply because many people talked about this place, including a 90-year-old man who's been here since he was 7 years old.
Furthermore, The Phantom Gormet was here at this location praising Richardson's Ice Cream, and putting this on the top 8 spot of ice cream places across New England. When they say, 70 flavors, they weren't kidding. That's however, the total flavers including all the ice cream, sherbet, sorbets, yogurts, and much more. Now, counting the flavors of ice cream alone, there is 53 of them. That's NOT including the featured flavors, which I had today, which was Pumpkin and Apple Crisp. The other one, was Death By Chocolate, but more on that later on.
Richardson's ice cream also features a driving range, 36 holes of mini golf, and a batting cage, similer to what Kimball Farms has. But here's one thing that's striking about it, which Peter Kimball needs to listen up about this. These outdoor activities are actually run year round! As long as there's no snow, the mini golf and driving range is open. So, if it's January, and there's no snow, well, there is a chance that the mini golf course is open, unlike Kimball's mini golf, which is closed after a week after Columbas Day, regardless of the weather. However, in Richardsons, it's actually run by a third party company. However, I do admit that the Mini Golf place here isn't as intense as the one in Kimball's, but it's cheaper here (12 dollars for both courses as opposed to 18 dollars for both at Kimball's.
Now, I'm also surprised that WeAllScreamForIceCream hasn't reviewed this place yet, but I could say that they may like this place, due to it's enviornment in the back and that there's tables that are right next to the pasture where they hold calfs.
Also, the ice cream (yes, Kimball Farm, are you listening?) is open year round! They keep the windows open during a nice day, and they still serve your sundae indoors when it's snowing outside. The only time that they are closed during the winter is Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Speaking of my ice cream, I went back to Banana Splits, and ordered Pumpkin, Apple Crisp, and Death By Chocolate. Now, here's one thing Rhichardson's done right. The Apple Crisp, unlike the one at Jay Gee's doesn't have all that acess cinnamon taste, and tastes more like an Apple Crisp with the tastes of apples and crisps in it, like it's supposed to taste like. Mind as well on Jay Gee's to just buy the Apple Crisp from Richardsons here then making a horrible Apple Crisp ice cream. The Death By Chocolate is that, Chocolate with various chocolate stuff in it. Kind of like their brand of Bedford Farm's Chunky Chocolate Pudding, Kimball Farm's Chocolate Chocolate Truffle, and Jay Gee's Chocolate Overlord.
Now, as you may also notice, they prepare the ice cream in much the same way as Kimball's does. There's some difference though. On a small, you can actually have two flavers, which one flaver fills the cup, and a second flaver as the scoop on top. The banana split, shown above, is actually the same way, which there's one scoop of ice cream on top of two more scoops. The difference, is that they actually put the whip cream on the sides and three cherries on top, and that they put it on a plastic bowl instead of a #200 savaday tray.
Now, to end this off here, many ice cream places actually get their ice cream from this very place. The list includes but not limited to:
Sprinkles - Boston MA
Dairy Delight - Malden MA
Mad Willie's - Framingham, MA
Ice Cream Lady - Douglass, MA
Flint Farm - Mansfield, MA
Berlin Farms - Berlin MA
Jimmies - Roslindale MA
Robbie's Place at Crystal Caves - Auburn MA
Tasty Treat - Ashland MA
Mack's Ice Cream - MA
Castle Creek Adventure Land - Salem MA
Well, if there's any more ice cream places here that aren't listed, I can put that on the list.
Now, the only thing bad about this place is that there's no country store, bumper boats, or arcade, but I think that the arcade is just dated to me, and the sub and pizza shop next door makes up for the lack of a country store.
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