New Englanders love their premium ice cream, consuming more per capita than any other Americans; many brilliant local parlors thrive by satisfying that jones. But with its legacy of operating an adjacent retailer and restaurant supplier of spices and fruit purees, Inman Square’s Christina’s has always offered a more dazzling, novel array of flavors for its supernally rich ice creams and vivid sorbets. Get a scoop each of gianduja chocolate and malted vanilla, and swoon.
Christina’s Homemade Ice Cream
1255 Cambridge St., Cambridge • (617) 492-7021
christinasicecream.com
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