Best ice cream in Boston? I’m looking for fresh date ideas. If you have any besides ice cream that would be much appreciated.

My library helpers have a lot of ice cream ideas, as well as date ideas. Check them out!

Ice Cream:

J.P. Licks
New City in Cambridge (amazing flavors like Baklava! & Vegan options))
Toscanini’s Ice Cream in Cambridge
Scoop N’ Scootery. There’s one in Brighton center and another in Allston– they have huge portions which make sharing easy if you want!
Ron’s Ice Cream (Hyde Park and Dedham)
Honeycomb Creamery. Lots of cool flavors and plenty of vegan options.
Honestly, White Mountain Creamery on Comm Ave is great and is walking distance from campus. But, if you want to venture out, try Toscanini’s in Cambridge. Scoop and Scootery is also great for late night ice cream delivery … they have locations in Brighton, Allston, and Arlington. Cabot’s in Newton is hard to beat for old-school diner ambience, and they have great burgers too.
Caffe Vittoria (North End)

Date Ideas:

Beacon Hill book store – cool bookstore + great cafe downstairs
Painting pottery at The Clayroom in Brookline
Thursday night at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (free with your BC id anyways) does Free First Thursdays. Not only is it then free to everyone, but they’re open until 9pm on those days, so you have extra time to see some art and/or hang out in the garden there
Cooking class at Shiso Kitchen
If you can get to the deCordova Sculpture Park, it is really fun! You could combine it with a walk around Walden Pond
Go to a museum! BC students get free admission to the Boston MFA and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Take advantage of it! 🙂
ramen at Ganko Ittetsu => movie at Coolidge
Swan boat ride in the Public Gardens
Live music at the Lizard Lounge

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