Saturday, June 15, 2013

Banana Splitsomania Quickies 2

Another round of a few ice cream spots lately that I just go through.  Let's just spit out a few more.

SPRUCE POND CREAMERY: Franklin
Open Year Round, it's actually a Pizza and Ice Cream Parlor in one.  It's got about 20 to 30 flavors of ice cream, open year round (Ohhh, are you reading this, Kimballs)?, and even features some fall-like flavors that are also actually served year round.  How about Apple Cream Pie, kind of like Rota Spring's Apple Pie and Indian Pudding.  Now here's something striking: This is a SMALL brownie sundae.  A Large one is three scoops.  That's another excuse for Kimball.  Why do Kimball Farm restrict you with one flavor despite putting three flavors.  Oh well, but in a growing trend of ice cream stands that are opening year round, I do believe that it can have a market.  Oh, and they did a nice paint job making the columns and the parking space stoppers different colors.

FRESHENS: Cambridgeside Galleria Mall, Cambridge
Located at the Duplex Kiosk, this is like an ice cream-yogurt combo place.  About 14 flavors of ice cream, some frozen yogurt, and smoothies.  Generally they sell cups and cones, and it's about it.  A run-of-the-mill mall ice cream kiosk.

THE AMAZON BAR: Natick Mall, Natick.
It's an indoor ice cream stand with about 16 flavors of ice cream, smoothies, and more.  It's got like a tropical Caribbean-type look to the stand.  Serves Banana Splits as well as some other sundaes.

SUNSHINE FARM: Sherborn, MA
It's an Ice Cream/Farm at Sherborn, Massachusetts, where they sell Bliss Bros. Dairy ice cream, plus fruit picking.  The Portions are strikingly actually like 4 to 8 ounces like they serve you a serving of ice cream in a world when ice cream stands serve you big portions.  They are open May through October, which actually they start later in the season and the hours are short..  However, they DO serve strawberry shortcakes there, which are actually better then these served at the Strawberry Festival at Westford.

MEOLA'S WAYSIDE ICE CREAM: Sterling, MA
Located on route 12, this place has 60 flavors of ice cream.  Now it claims to say: "HOMEMADE", but as I notice, it's like a combination of different ice cream places like Richardson's and Bliss Bros Dairy.  In other words, just another run of the mill stand selling Richardson's in the form of banana splits, brownie sundaes and cones.