Word: creams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Over a year ago, Emack and Bolio's bolted from the Harvard Square ice cream market, closing a Mass. Ave storefront (now home to Ultimate Bagel), and leaving many of their devoted fans without a home. The chain still has a store open on Mass. Ave. north, convenient to the Law School, the Quad, and the Co-Op, for diehard believers...
...points to the store; a couple of video games, a shorter walk for Quadlings, and a pleasant server. On the other hand, the video games were unplugged on a recent visit. While the chocolate was a disaster, showing many frozen flakes and a bitter taste, their chocolate chip ice cream showed flashes of the old Emack and Bolio's genius which earned them a Best of Boston award. The vanilla ice cream was rich and the chocolate chunks were large and at the right temperature to melt in your mouth...
...final ice cream outlet worth mentioning is Swenson's, on Brattle Street. Strictly a takeout joint, Swensen's shares space with David's Cookies, introducing that distraction factor. On the other hand, cookies and ice cream go well together, and you might like that fresh-baked cookie smell...
...cream here is something of a Russian Roulette game. Flavors and freshness can vary widely. The chocolate is on the sweet side, and yogurt is, of course, available. But the weird thing is, we've never seen anyone we know at Swensen's. From what we can tell, the primary clientele seems to be tourists who don't know about Herrell...
...those left in Cambridge, life is good. All of the summer reading a person could want is in the Harvard library system. All of the ice cream a person could want is in the six shops within a 10-minute walk of Harvard Yard (see related article, this section.) There is free live music on the streets every night. When it gets too hot, people play in the fountain in front of the Science Center. For summer in the city, it's pretty much ideal...