Best of Boston

Best Ice Cream

2000 Best Ice Cream, Far

Erikson’s Dairy

Maynard
All of the ice creams at Erikson's—a fourth-generation outfit that's been around for 63 years—are unbelievably rich and thick, and thankfully not too sweet. It [...] read more»
1999 Best Ice Cream

Toscanini’s

Cambridge
You need not travel to Italy to taste the best. Each bite of Toscanini's divine ice cream conjures memories of Italian piazzas, gelato peddlers, and [...] read more»
1998 Best Ice Cream

Christina’s Homemade Icecream

Cambridge
Cones from this cute Inman Square shop lick sweeter, silkier, and stronger than the rest, and for less moolah. Ice cream here has it all: [...] read more»
1997 Best Ice Cream

Toscanini’s

Cambridge
This stuff is outrageously creamy. The consistency is mousse-like without being airy, rich without being heavy. Toscanini's selection of original flavors seems to change hourly [...] read more»
1996 Best Ice Cream, South Shore

Hilliard’s House of Candy

North Easton
The summertime venture of this family candy business is creamy and extra rich. The chocolate chip is the best anywhere. Chewy Turtle Soup is coffee [...] read more»
1996 Best Ice Cream, Metro West

Herbie’s Ice Cream

Sudbury
Maybe it's the White Chocolate Blizzard, the heady Rum Raisin, or the Chocolate Raspberry Truffle. No, it's the Mud-Slide Chip—ice cream for grownups, with Kahlua, [...] read more»
1996 Best Ice Cream

Ron’s Gourmet Ice Cream & Twentieth Century Bowling

Hyde Park
Ice cream in a bowling alley? It works because the ice cream is delicious—creamy, with lots of wild flavors like Amaretto Swirl and Irish Coffee [...] read more»
1996 Best Ice Cream, Boston

Herrell’s Ice Cream

Allston
The ice cream created by the original ice cream genius, Steve Herrell. He's still got it, as each delectable flavor from maple cream to malted [...] read more»
1996 Best Ice Cream, North Shoe

White Farms

Ipswich
The key lime pie, complete with a ripple of graham-cracker crust, is remarkable. So is Coco Jamocha Chip, coffee-mocha ice cream spiked with rum and [...] read more»
1995 Best Ice Cream

Ron’s Gourmet Ice Cream & Twentieth Century Bowling

Hyde Park
Super homemade ice cream in flavors like Peanut Surprise (chocolate with a swirl of peanut butter), plus 10 lanes of candlepin bowling. Can you think [...] read more»