Today's Patch Camp involves a road trip, to the local ice cream store.
Nothing says summer like a double chocolate fudge flavored ice cream cone melting down your arm faster than you can eat it.
Our favorite ice cream store is ... wherever we are eating ice cream at the time. Here are some local places we frequent when it gets hot and we need a cool treat:
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- Ashley's Ice Cream, 724 Boston Post Rd, Madison, CT(203) 245-1113. Mon-Thur 11am - 10pm | Fri-Sat 11am - 11pm | Sun 12 pm - 10 pm
- The Carousel at Lenny and Joe's Fishtale, 1301 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT, 203.245.7289. Sunday-Thursday, 11:00-9:30 | Friday & Saturday 11:00-10:30. Open 7 Days a Week
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- Jelly Beanery, 200 Boston Post Rd # 11, Madison Center - (203) 779-5690
- Papa Joe's Good Humor Ice Cream Truck, at the Madison Farmer's Market Friday's, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and around town, hours vary. (203) 494-4591
Going to be out of town? Some ice cream parlors that are worth the drive, the calories and all that sugar are Michael's Dairy in New London, Alice Acres in Ledyard, Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream in Mystic, and Buttonwood Farm in Preston.