Word: creams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with sinking disappointment that I eyed the latest arrival along Mt. Auburn St., Gelateria Giuseppe. Translated that means sugar, and butterfat and crunch wafer cones--is this beginning to sound familiar? At my count, that brings to nine the number of ice cream emporiums a cone's throw from the Harvard T stop. What are they bringing into a world already complicated by oatmeal cookie vs. pina colada...
...this is Italian ice cream," my friends explain patiently. Nationality, however, is not the issue: common sense is. Knock out even one of the existing home grown ice cream stores, and we could revel in cultural diversity, but simply adding to an already glutted market is not contribution to the Square...
...cream proliferation is only part of the trend that threatens to transform the Square, once and for all, into a Quincy Market outpost. Over the past 20 years, the area has steadily shifted away form local shops and services toward national chains that cater primarily to students and tourists. In 1961, the Square boasted 12 tailors--now there is one. How did you feel the last time you had to get a pair of shoes fixed...
Like Dunster House, Leverett also offers eggs in the form of a ham and egg sandwich, one of their most popular items. To complete the line of dairy products. Leverett serves six kinds of ice cream which managers will scoop of frappe. Imported from the outside world is the "Chippey Pie," an ice cream sandwich trimmed with chocolate chips--a cousin of the popular Chipwicin sold by street vendors...
Mather's grill is not a social hot spot. The area tapers to a sharp corner which only fits one ice cream parlous table and a vending machine: the action is in the video arcade upstairs...