Word: creamed
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...you’ve been saving up your Herrell’s dollars, now is the time to spend them. After a 27-year tenure on Dunster Street, Herrell’s Ice Cream will be closing its Harvard Square franchise as soon as November. The move was forced by rising rents, high product costs, and increased competition...
...cream is a sacred institution in Harvard Square,” said Nick H. Batzell, assistant manager at Herrell’s and long-time customer since childhood. It is “the loyalty” that Batzell will miss most, noting that especially during reunion weekends, Harvard alumni often reminisce to staff about their Herrell’s memories...
...Other industries have been affected by the plunging prices too. Only 10% of all milk produced in the European Union is sold to consumers for drinking. One-third is used for making cheese, a quarter for butter, 12% for cream and the rest for milk powder and other products. Europe's cheese industry has been particularly hurt in the downturn. Unlike milk, which is seen as a staple, cheese is regarded as a luxury, and sales tend to drop off dramatically during a recession...
...Nowhere has history been more thoroughly defanged than at Checkpoint Charlie, the famous crossing at Friedrichstrasse that has mutated into a kind of G.D.R. funfair. Tourists jostle for ice cream at the Kalter Krieg (Cold War) parlor, buy Russian hats and I ♥ BERLIN T shirts, and pose at a reconstruction of the American military post. "Cool," says a teenage visitor to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum, inspecting a VW Beetle with a secret compartment for smuggling human cargo. "Reunification was really great," says Alexandra, a 15-year-old from southwestern Germany, as she browses in the museum's gift shop...
While those sorts of questions will linger, the unfortunate bottom line is that Herrell’s is closing soon, possibly by November. Its unique approach to ice cream will surely be missed, and we encourage our readers to savor its treats while they still...