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While they shuffle through the orderly single-file maze of the serving line, we twirl spastically from one tub to another, careening around arms and flailing scoops to finally smack cups onto the counter, then pivot to the register, ducking around cone-wielding scoopers. It's a sport more intricate than basketball, with the interesting complication that the other team is working with the wrong set of rules...
Emack's and Herrell's both offer Aga brand waffle cones, imported from Denmark. At Herrell's, such a gourmet cone costs an extra 45 cents; at Emack's, it's included in the regular purchase price...
Emack's sells nine different sorts of hand-dipped waffle cones, and customers can get everything from cones dipped in chocolate and oreo bits to ones dipped in chocolate and toasted coconut. Wolf says about 25 percent of the store's customers purchase dipped cones--paying up to an extra $1.15 for the privilege, depending on what the cone is dipped in. Chocolate heath cones are the most popular, Wolf adds...
Herrell's assistant manager Theresa Orourke-Cantrell says the store currently has no plan to compete with Emack's for the dipped cone market. "I don't think [not having dipped cones] hurts our business any. We have a very steady, loyal clientele," she says, adding that Herrell's is the only Harvard Square ice cream store that makes all of its ice cream on the premises...
...whether the pretzel cone is a boom or a bust, whether or not the dipped cone fever ever fizzles, ice cream will continue to be a hot topic in the Square. "I was choosing between Harvard and Brown," David says. "The only reason I came to Harvard was the ice cream. If it weren't for all the amazing ice cream around here, I would have gone to Brown...