<p>Cornell has a really nice creamery, too, with very good traditional ice cream.</p>
<p>Years ago, a fell in love with the gelato at a place called Bravo Fono in the mall adjacent to the Stanford campus. I have no idea whether my since-refined palate would still find it so wonderful; it was the first high-end gelato I ever tasted. (Premium ice cream was a product category that was just, just beginning to exist then, circa 1980.)</p>
<p>Penn had a very good ice-cream place called Hillary’s – originally near campus, and then in the on-campus “Shoppes” food court. It turned into a local chain, and then, I think, collapsed. Last time I was there I think there was still an ice cream place in the Shoppes, but it wasn’t Hillary’s, and I don’t know if it was any good. There are dozens of places with great ice cream or gelato around Philadelphia; I don’t know where Penn people go.</p>
<p>Not exactly a college brand, but-- for store-bought ice cream, we like Giffords of Maine. It’s a treat for us because we only get it while on summer vacation. Booklady-- have driven by Emack & Bolio’s in Orleans a zillion times but have never tried it. One more thing to look forward to this summer :)</p>
<p>JHS, I too had very delicious gelato in downtown Palo Alto. I don’t know if it’s the same place you’re talking about though. It was many years ago and I don’t remember the name</p>
<p>ReneeV – I know it was Ferdinand’s back in the '70’s, although it is now located in a different building on campus than it was then. And you are correct, the Cougar Gold cheese is tough to beat too.</p>
<p>WashDad, I hate to break it to you, but a fiberglass cow is… well, it’s ordinary for a good Massachusetts ice cream place. And Theno’s pumpkin ice cream may be great–I wouldn’t know–but their strawberry (which I think is their best) is NOT as good as some others. Face it, the Seattle area is an ice cream wasteland compared to the east coast. Coffee, however, is an entirely different story–but I’m not going there right now.</p>
<p>Anyone remember the ice cream place at the Reading Terminal market in Philadelphia? I can’t remember their name but they made a great butterscotch-vanilla swirl. This thread has me thinking about all the great ice cream places I’ve known and loved over the years.</p>
<p>Haywards is great. I’d forgotten about. Gelato people go start your own thread…gelato can’t be in the same class with pure full of butterfat ice cream, especially when it’s at one of the schools with it’s own dairy-right from the cow…</p>
<p>While my memories of Bailey’s are somewhat vague (not surprising given the circumstances that usually preceded my visits) I also recall great hot fudge sundaes in those funky metal bowls. Also the Jackson Pollack-quality of the ice-cream-covered white aprons worn by the servers.</p>
<p>My H was at UVM Med School when Ben & Jerry first opened the original place in Burlington in a converted garage, and on Sat. nights played old movies on the roof. They were there serving up the ice cream themselves, back in the late 70s.</p>
<p>Now, as others have said, the UCONN dairy bar is just great.</p>
<p>Hey, Lake Washington— is that ice cream shop on Nassau St. still called Buxton’s? They were fabulous - 30 years ago! Glad to hear they still are, if that’s the one you mean. I haven’t been back to Princeton for almost as many years.</p>
Totally agree. Locally, you can buy it in the grocery store.</p>
<p>In a strange coincidence, Gifford’s in Silver Spring and Bethesda, Md. is also wonderfu. They serve you your hot fudge in your own little pitcher so you (a) have enough and (b) can dole it out as you see fit as you savor your sundae.</p>
<p>I feel I must also vote for Kettle Cove Take Out and Ice Cream (also here in Maine) as DS was the ice-cream maker there during his high-school summer job years. :)</p>
<p>Also, UMd-College Park had a dairy and creamery during my growing up years. The older teenagers in my neighborhood would drive us younger ones there in their Chevy Impala convertibles.</p>
<p>Herrell’s Harvard Square hands down. Though there’s great ice cream all over New England including great soft serve. I had coffee ice cream buzz buzz buzz last time and drove home to NY on that caffeine buzz! We briefly had a great ice cream store in our town - the pumpkin ice cream was incredible. Emack and Bolio’s is okay, but there are better places IMO.</p>
<p>Having grown up in Connecticut, I’ve got fond memories of UCONN’s Dairy Bar, but I’ve got to give first prize to Penn State’s Creamery: I’ll second SpringfieldMom’s endorsement of Peachy Paterno, although the chocolate ice cream is probably my favorite.:)</p>
<p>ebeee - for your information gelato IS ice cream, and the BEST I have ever had was served (circa 1970) at a a place named “Vivoli” on the via delle Stinche in Florence, Italy. By now, I presume you have heard of it if you know ANYthing about ice cream.</p>
<p>In the States, I completely agree with those who mentioned Bailey’s, in both Harvard Square and Chestnut Hill, that its hot fudge was a bit of ‘paradise found’. Alas, “progress” can be cruel, as it is gone now…</p>