Baskin Robbins or Dairy Queen

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Baskin Robbins or Dairy Queen.

Blech. Neither. I can think of umpteen places I'd go for ice cream over those two.

But, okay I'll play along. You asked who has the best ice cream. As far as I'm concerned, soft-serve =/= ice cream. So between the two, BR by default.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Blech. Neither. I can think of umpteen places I'd go for ice cream over those two.

But, okay I'll play along. You asked who has the best ice cream. As far as I'm concerned, soft-serve =/= ice cream. So between the two, BR by default.

After reading the posts, I totally forgot about Cold Stone. It is the best, but I can never finish it. It's too filling.

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Well, I'd rather go here:
http://www.jplicks.com/

Once again...I miss living in Boston.

Oh yeah! I also loved Brigham's

But out in Cali, I love Cold Stone

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

Oh yeah! I also loved Brigham's

But out in Cali, I love Cold Stone

Brigham's is good stuff, and Emack and Bolio's is very good as well. Someone at my old office worked at Brigham's on the weekends, and used to bring ice cream into the office all the time.

One of our apartments had an Emack and Bolio's right down the street. Not quite J.P. Licks, but still really good.

J.P. Licks also has great ice cream cakes. Their Oreo cake is outstanding. My wife and I used to get them for each other's birthdays (that is, when we weren't getting cakes from Rosie's, an excellent Boston-area bakery).

Count me among those who think Cold Stone is overrated. There was one next door to my gym in Boston (I know, really funny); I tried it once, and it was only ok.

[jess_pom]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Count me among those who think Cold Stone is overrated. There was one next door to my gym in Boston (I know, really funny); I tried it once, and it was only ok.

There used to be a Cold Stone in the same complex as my gym, right next to the Quiznos and near McDonalds, across from Lane Bryant. Talk about irony. Anyway, that Cold Stone, along with most of the others I know of in southeastern PA, has shuttered its windows. I never did eat at the one in my gym's complex but I do love Cold Stone.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Cold Stone is totally overrated in my opinion. I happen to like Baskin Robbins - I'm old skool like that. But the ice cream I LOVE is Tillamook from the Tillamook dairy in Oregon!

For a nice alternative, I like Pinkberry and Red Mango.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Cold Stone is totally overrated in my opinion.

Co-sign. Their ice cream feels too "thick" to me and relies too heavily on the mix-ins -- the ice cream itself has very little flavor, IMO.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Co-sign. Their ice cream feels too "thick" to me and relies too heavily on the mix-ins -- the ice cream itself has very little flavor, IMO.

Really? I always thought the ice cream had too much flavor...I guess it depends on who makes it. I worked at Coldstone for a while, and love to eat it while I was there. Now I can't stand it. I can tell when the ice cream is made wrong, where there is not enough "flavoring" or too much. Bleh!

I'll take Baskin Robbins over Coldstone now.

But you really can't compare Baskin Robbins to Dairy Queen. Like someone else said soft serve is not ice cream.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

But the ice cream I LOVE is Tillamook from the Tillamook dairy in Oregon!

Now that is good ice cream. Once upon a time, Biltmore Diaries in Asheville had great ice cream, too.

As for mix-in-type, I prefer Maggie Moo's to Cold Stone -- love the cinnimon flavored ice cream with almonds mixed in.

[Tinia2]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Now that is good ice cream. Once upon a time, Biltmore Diaries in Asheville had great ice cream, too.

As for mix-in-type, I prefer Maggie Moo's to Cold Stone -- love the cinnimon flavored ice cream with almonds mixed in.

love cinnimon ice cream. hard to find it however. seems to be the state flavor of Maryland however based on several visits.

[Benzgirl]

I prefer a local, Mitchell's, over all of them. Including Cold Stone.
Choosing between the two, it would have to be DQ.

first i loved baskin robbins( California Girl)....... then i went to college in arkansas and discovered Blue Bell.......... then i lived in Oklahoma and fell for Braums.............. now hands down accross the board.....COLD STONE!

[nittanyalum]

[Tinia2]

does anyone here know where the first carvel store opened?

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by Tinia2

does anyone here know where the first carvel store opened?

Hartsdale, NY