Gracie's Ice Cream
22 Union Square, Somerville
(617) 764-5294
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I'm spending the night in Boston and the hotel had a special treat in their food court freezer, Gracie's Ice Cream! Their Black Rasberry Chip is AMAZING, creamy and flavorful!!
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Black Raspberry Chip
Love it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really rude and entitled staff!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
They have a great selection of rotating flavors. We really enjoy their fluff cone as it adds a s’mores like quality. There are benches outside and in several directions as you usually need to eat your cone quickly in the summer heat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kiddie, Ice Cream Cone, Gluten Free Cone with Toasted Fluff, Chocolate Ice Cream
Life is hard. ice cream helps. Came to Gracie’s for dessert while in town visiting friends. Great little spot with unique flavors. Loved the strawberry Swiss roll bursting with fresh berries and the honey cornbread. All the great flavors of summer wrapped in a creamy cool treat! Loved it!
I couldn't be more impressed with the taste of the ice cream and I thought it was great that poptarts were included. It was also too airy for me
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Very friendly staff and super yummy ice cream!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Honestly some of the best quality ice cream I’ve ever had, it’s super rich and never icy or crunchy. The Ube is my favorite flavor, it’s spectacular!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Ube Ice Cream on a Fluff Cone
Decadent ice cream. Solid flavor selection. (Ube ice cream was great.) Kind staff. And good portions for fair prices. Cute street corner location. Could not recommend more highly. Not the craziest best ice cream in Boston but a very solid 5/5.
Vegetarian options: I mean it’s ice cream. Not sure how you could get much more vegetarian than that. And not sure how you could get less vegan.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yummy Ice cream, good service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Ice Cream, Black Raspberry Chip
Restaurantji Recommends
This place has THE BEST ICE CREAM IN BOSTON! It's so creamy, the flavors are always on point and the workers are so friendly!! I take everyone who visits here! 110% would recommend! You can tell they take their time making their flavors and they rotate flavors pretty often so always something new to try :)
Food: 5
Service: 5
My partner and I visited about 2 weeks ago and had a rather disappointing experience. I've provided details regarding the experience below:
We shared a 2-scoop dish with one scoop each of a black raspberry flavor and a mint flavor.
The ice cream itself was very subpar. It was texturally somewhat gritty and icy at the same time as being very soft right from the outset. The only redeeming factor about this is that the ice cream here is considerably cheaper than many other overpriced local options (I mean you, JP Licks). It's probably pretty comparable (price-wise) to Lizzy's in Harvard Square.
We entered the store and there was a line of about 4-6 people in front of us. We waited for 2 employees to somehow take nearly 25 minutes to serve those people, by which time we almost left, but we wanted to try the place. We got our ice cream and left, finishing it on the walk home, but finding ourselves generally disappointed. We will not return.
Parking: Very limited paid street and lot parking in the area. Walking or transit is best.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
The ice cream is very good with excellent flavors. However, every time I go, I notice that they always hand me the cone touching the cone with their hand. This seems unhygienic to me. I’ve never seen them wear gloves, which is concerning since they handle food.
I had been anticipating visiting Gracie’s and I’m sad to say it did not live up to my expectations. I tried the honey cornbread prior to buying, thankfully, because it had little to no flavor. I went for the grape & Reese’s (was told it was supposed to taste like a pb&j) and the m&m. The texture of the icecream is light, almost fluffy, which causes it to melt very fast. I couldn’t walk 10 minutes without it dripping everywhere on a 65 degree day. As to the flavors… they left much to be desired. I never tasted any peanut butter in the pb&j. I barely tasted the grape for that matter. The m&m was fine but the m&ms had a weird bite to them that I don’t recall having ever experienced with m&ms in icecream. Overall, not sure I’d recommend a visit here over other local spots.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
This place is so creative and fun! I love that you can get an ice cream “flight,” and the idea of a “fluff cone” (which means the foam is dipped in fluff and then toasted like a smore).I don’t think their ice cream is uniquely tasty but it is good, and you can ask for a sample if you’re unsure. They also have really fun swag, and lactaid if you forgot it (only ice cream shop I know who thought to do that).
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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