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.

I was looking for an evening¹ ice cream option (it's August, so most ice cream places are open until at least 9pm, and if they weren't people would probably come knocking anyway) that wasn't too much of a drive (I've almost exhausted "new places that are less than half an hour by car", though not quite.)

Nanabette's is in Woburn, about two miles inbound from I-95 (it's also less than ¼ mile from Horn Pond so I will definitely add this to my "get ice cream after birdwatching" list.) Two windows, one picnic bench, limited street parking.²

First Visit

They were pretty busy at 8:30 and I ended up doing a little shopping at the CVS across the street, which let me get a clean shot of the counter without anyone waiting. (Looks like a lot of the locals just walk from the huge CVS parking lot instead of fighting with local street parking.) The menu looks relatively ephemeral, but what caught my eye was the Creamsicle Float (which was really a frappe but that's what I wanted anyway) that I'd failed to get at the last few places, so I didn't end up trying their other flavors. They did have a S'mores, a Peanut Butter Oreo, and a Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough, all of which will be getting attention next time through. They also have Slush, Razzle (soft serve with mixins), and some fancy-sounding Sundaes.