Comments on: Ice cream round up

By: Cassie & Jake

Cassie & Jake — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:14:33 +0000

To all of you who are not familiar with Richardson Dairy Farm… This is what is being sold at Maria’s, Polonus as well as select Grocery Markets. As good as it is…If you want Fresh Hard Ice Cream in the Downtown Salem area, I would suggest Puleo’s NEW store on Washington, but for a Healthy Fat Free,Cholestorol Free, Trans Fat Free as well as select Sugar Free flavors they are all “Made Fresh in Store Daily” from Fresh Fruit or Fruit concentrate and water, I would go to Rita’s Italian Ice on Essex just up from Red’s Sandwich Shop. They also have Real Old Fashion Frozen Custard made with Milk,Cream,etc… The Real Stuff. They also give you a free sample of any Italian Ice flavor so you can try before you buy, who does that anymore. It is refreshing and we can’t wait for them to reopen March 12th.

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Wine wars and harvest festivals | The Salem Insider — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:05:43 +0000

[...] too long ago we wrote a post called the Ice Cream Roundup in light of recent events we should do a follow up called Ice Cream Wars. Which got me thinking – [...]

By: Barb

Barb — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:05:07 +0000

Could someone tell me , if that ice cream place on 114 is still there, I can see it as I type this. Right Side :O) I live in NYS and coming up next month, and I mention it to a few people. They had great ice cream, and childhood memories with my Aunts and Uncles. Thank you. Have a great week.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:32:07 +0000

After having wonderful, real frozen custard in Wisconsin two years ago, we’ve been on a hunt for it ever since. Found some (the real deal) in Needham, and have made special trips.
Imagine our surprise to find Rita’s at the Salem Mall offering ‘frozen custard.’ Imagine our disappointment when we tasted their concoction that bears not the slightest resemblence to frozen custard. It tastes a bit like cold FLUFF. It has an overly sweet, artificial taste and texture. I should have known better..real frozen custard costs more than Rita’s poor imitation because it contains rich, real ingredients, not chemicals.
Bummer.

By: Glen Hughes

Glen Hughes — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:54:19 +0000

Mark, Thanks for the reminder about Dairy Witch (I added them to the post) they totally slipped my mind. I did talk about Rita's and in fact we did a write up about them a while back.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:13:47 +0000

You left out one that I noticed and tried yesterday – Rita’s. They offer gelato and soft-serve (which they’re calling frozen custard). I had a misto (gelato + soft serve “shake”) and it was good. A few doors east of Fuel.

We also like the Dairy Witch up on Boston St. for more traditional ice cream stand fare.