Breakers Ice Cream in Woburn (no web presence) is on Winn Street, a couple of blocks north of Woburn Common. While it has a 4 windows and a set of well-lit benches with umbrellas along a large parking lot, it's not actually that visible from the street - it's tucked in behind Mike's Place Pizzeria and has a relatively small street sign. Since it's after Labor Day, they were notably one of the few places in the Burlington area that were actually still open¹ after 9pm (they were actually serving people right up to 9:30.)

They might have indoor seating, I couldn't tell if it was that or that Mike's Place extends around behind them (a disadvantage of late night ice cream runs, even the well lit places aren't all that conducive to wandering around, though google maps shows that the extensive parking continues around the back of the building too.)

First Visit

I went with "Death By Chocolate" (which had a proper dark chocolate flavor to it, as well as mixed in brownies and other chocolate.) Followed it with "Green Monster" which is a traditional mint with stuff in it; not all the way up to "grasshopper" level, but plenty of mint and plenty of chocolate.

Next visit I might try "Maine Black Bear" (raspberry) or Totally Turtle, though if their machines are up a chocolate dip cone is just as likely.

The menu lists soft serve and dip cones; they also have frappes and slush.

West Side Creamery (yes I'm the sort to be amused that the URL is wwww SCREAMERY :-) is in Acton center, a block away from the Acton Coffee House which used to be one of my go-to coffee shops for sipping-and-sketching (not that they've changed, just my habits have.) Right on 111 (as in, drive out rt 2 past the former-prison rotary, take the weird straight-left exit for 111 and keep going straight for another 3 minutes.) Street parking, indoor and outdoor seating. (It's also right across from the Gardner Field park, which has additional parking, picnic benches, and tree shade, though it's mostly a 2-12yo playground - to be fair, on a random Tuesday there were a lot of 6-8yo kids at West Side, apparently ice cream with gummi bear topping is the Best Thing Ever.)

I had "Coffeehouse" (more coffee-flavored-than-usual coffee ice cream), "Green Monster" (Boston-area standard green mint with chocolate cookies and chocolate fudge), and Coffee Heath Bar (what it says on the tin.)

What I missed out on, since it was a First Visit:

• ice cream "flights", 3 or 4 "tasting" scoops your choices of flavor
• ice cream sandwiches made individually with your choice of cookies
• butterscotch explosion
• peanut butter sauce

I'll definitely be back, probably late summer/early fall when I can enjoy the outdoor seating.

Bedford Farms (in Bedford next to Holi, and in Concord Depot adjacent to commuter rail station) has really dense ice cream in huge servings, and serious Frappes (no coffee drinks though.) Window service in Bedford, indoor counter service (and bathroom) in Concord. Only a dozenish flavors, with some New England standards like Green Monster and Moose Tracks. (Concord location also has a freezer with prepacked icecream and icecream cakes - they'll pack pints on the fly too, but it's good for picking something up on the way to a party that'll stay frozen.)

If you're picking something up for me: Moose Tracks Frappe (fallback: Mint Chip.) But really, just ping me, I can walk there in 15 minutes :-)