After dining at The Cask And Pig (excellent brisket, and novel appetizers like Spicy Deviled Eggs and Hanging Bacon) in Dartmouth, my friends decided that "we should go generate content for your blog" so we ended up at The Ice Cream Cottage in Fairhaven.¹ The Cottage is tucked in down some one-way streets a block in from the waterfront. Smaller than most - one order window and one pickup window under an overhang, a public lot across the street, one bench (the breakfast shop next door² also has a bunch of benches and closes at 5pm, seemed like a popular overflow spot.) Opened in 2023 on the site of the former Brady's Ice Box.

We got lucky, this was the last weekend they were open late, and after Labor Day they're only open on weekends.

First Visit

The Cottage has a medium-length list of flavors, plus soft serve (twist, but no dip cones), dairy free and sugar free flavors. (The article on their own website credits Acushnet Creamery, about 4 miles up river, for the ice cream itself.)

They also have a 4-scoop "Ice Cream Flight" (seen previously at West Side Creamery), Hawaiian Shave Ice, frappes, floats, and Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches. (Also hot dogs.)

I had a cup of Coffee Oreo Cookie with Butter Crunch underneath. Reasonably strong coffee flavor, and the butter crunch was actually crunchable (in some versions, the crunch bits are too hard to actually bite down on, these were fine.) On a future visit I'll probably try the Hawaiian Shave Ice, especially if it's still hot out; otherwise the Espresso Brownie Fudge, Mocha Peanut Butter, and S'mores are on the short list. They also list a Very New England "Cranberry Harvest" - one hopes that hip waders are not required for serving it.