Though really good ice cream isn’t as synonymous with New Haven as really good pizza, premium cream is still easy to find. Arethusa on Chapel Street and Ashley’s on York dish out some serious scoops, and just over the line …
Sweet Ride

It’s common these days to claim fall as one’s favorite season, with its leaf-peeping and apple-picking, its sweater weather and pumpkin spice. But for summer fans like me, these fleeting final weeks before fall are precious. And there’s no better …
Cream Vacation

At Milford’s Walnut Beach Creamery, colorful signage outside and tubs of artisanal ice cream inside made good counterpoints to a drizzly day. As friendly staff gave samples to the three teen taste testers accompanying me, a line quickly formed …
Making Merry

Nothing says summer quite like a cone full of soft serve from an old-fashioned drive-up ice cream joint. …
Cold Comfort

In Edgerton Park last Friday, before a performance of Elm Shakespeare Company’s The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, theatergoers were settling down with their lawn chairs and pizzas. Next to the reflective surface of the…
Cold Fusion

In the 1970s, America was in the dark ages of ice cream. Gourmet brands like Ben & Jerry’s and Häagen-Dazs had yet to churn their way onto the national stage and brightly colored ice pops with floods of food coloring …
Milky Way

Since May, waffle cones with wiffle balls of ice cream have become frequent sights on Chapel Street.
A rustic yet elegant sign marks the source: Arethusa Farm Dairy, spelled in gothic …
Edgewood Perk

Nestled in a quiet neighborhood on the outer edge of Edgewood Park, recessed from the corner of Edgewood and West Rock Avenues, Deja Brew Cafe isn’t quite hidden, but it isn’t quite in plain sight either.…