Word: creams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like the music on the stereo, the Toscanini'sice cream we sampled was far bolder than theSquare's offerings. With our Chocolate andVanilla, Toscanini's workers offered us a verystrong Rum Raisin and a daring Raspberry Peach...
...Raisin was too strong for our sensitivepalates, but the fruit was praised for itsplumpness and freshness. Raspberry Peach wascreamy and full of raspberry seeds, which provedthe ice cream was naturally flavored, but gotcaught in some of our teeth...
Much closer to the Square and a decisive stepdown the ice cream totem pole is Baskin Robbins, anational chain. The narrow Mass Ave. store andsparse selection of tables doesn't lend itself tositting down, but its prices--$1.43 for a singlescoop, $2.38 for a double--are among the lowest inthe Square proper...
...cream concept went overwell--Kit Kats always disappear quickly from theCrimson's vending machine. But some reviewers saidthey preferred their candy "smooshed in", a laHerrell's and Steve's, rather than frozen with theice cream...
...Swensen's, we sampled Chocolate, Vanilla andCaramel Turtle Fudge. The ice cream was some ofthe thickest around, and the vanilla was suitablysubtle. The chocolate received mixed reviews--manyfelt it tasted too much like a fudgesicle. Andwhile the Caramel Turtle Fudge was a surprise hitwith some reviewers, others said it had a"supermarket" taste