Had dinner across the border in Westerly, RI with Maureen’s college roommate Amy and her husband Peter. Capped it off with a coffee milkshake at this old school ice cream parlor in Stonington. In addition to soft serve and hard ice cream, they had Hawaiian Shave Ice.

Ashley’s Ice Cream Shops is classic New Haven ice cream. A few shops in the area  but honestly not that impressed. I had hard coffee and my wife had chocolate soft-serve with sprinkles. Pricey but limited variety and ice cream was soft and honestly not that tasty. The soft serve machine was broken and seemed like it took forever to fix it. Staff was friendly but I think the best years of this place is behind them.

 

 

 

An oldie but a goodie. Spent a lot of time here in the 1990s when I first moved to the Shoreline. An American classic serving soft serve ice cream. Simple ” fast food” ice cream, chocolate or vanilla, dipped in chocolate, covered in sprinkles, Blizzards, milkshakes and my fave Dillybars.

We were on our way home from the movies, Super Troopers 2, and this seemed like a good place to start this quest at the DQ in Westbrook on Route 1. I always assumed Dairy Queen was a northeast chain but they were founded in Joliet, Illinois in 1952 and are operating across the States, with Texas having the most franchises (who knew?).

April 28, 2018. Prompted by my wife Maureen finishing her 50 state quest, we decided to start a new challenge. We decided we wanted to visit all 169 towns in Connecticut and check out some part of the town. Maureen decided she wants to visit a historic site or local history museum in each town. I have a more lofty and worthy goal to visit an ice cream establishment in each town. So here we go…

“When your on a quest, you need to respect the quest.” Tim White, April 19, 2018