Best of Boston
Best Ice Cream
Ice cream at Crescent Ridge in Sharon. / Photo by Rachel Leah Blumenthal
Toscanini’s
The week before Gus Rancatore opened the doors to his ice cream shop, Toscanini’s, in Central Square, he stood on the sidewalk just up Massachusetts [...] read more»
2023 Best Ice Cream
Crescent Ridge
It’s no secret that ice cream tastes better when enjoyed on a working farm. Luckily, Crescent Ridge’s Boston Public Market outpost has mini plush cows [...] read more»
2022 Best Ice Cream
Crescent Ridge Dairy
There’s no better place to enjoy Crescent Ridge’s thick, luscious scoops (made from locally sourced milk) than its pastoral “dairy bar” and market in Sharon. [...] read more»
2021 Best Ice Cream
J.P. Licks
Good thing J.P. Licks launched a new line of ice cream cakes in time for its 40th birthday. Now we can properly celebrate the small [...] read more»
2020 Best Ice Cream
Tipping Cow
Somerville
Dave Lindsey’s secret ingredient? Joy. He says he never makes ice cream unless he’s in a happy mood—and you can taste the love in his [...] read more»
2019 Best Ice Cream
Crescent Ridge Dairy
Boston
Made from premium hormone- and antibiotic-free milk, the generous scoops at 50-plus-year-old Crescent Ridge are as thick and luscious as ever. And now that the [...] read more»
2018 Best Ice Cream
Honeycomb Creamery
Cambridge
With vanilla, chocolate, and matcha-flavored homemade cones and a smattering of bold ice creams to top them with, wife-and-husband team Kristen Rummel and Rory Hanlon [...] read more»
2017 Best Ice Cream
Honeycomb Creamery
Cambridge
Former Union Square Donuts kitchen manager Kristen Rummel and her husband, Rory Hanlon, started churning up batches of ice cream for deliveries and pop-ups in [...] read more»
2016 Best Ice Cream
Gracie’s Ice Cream
Somerville
The future of ice cream lives in the freezers of this Fluff-cone-stuffing, hot-fudge-slinging, topping-tossing mecca of flavor, now with even more selection: Affable dairy maven [...] read more»
2014 Best Ice Cream
Toscanini’s
Cambridge
We can confidently say that we’ve sampled just about every cone in Greater Boston—and scoop by scoop, Gus Rancatore’s Central Square ice cream shop remains [...] read more»
2013 Best Ice Cream
Toscanini’s
Cambridge
Owner Gus Rancatore is a bona fide gourmet, a guy with a penchant for combining unusual flavors and unique textures. As a result, his inventive [...] read more»