King Kone vs. Ben&Jerry

[mdmc]

Poll question: King Kone vs. Ben&Jerry

There are two ice cream stands in Pittsfield, MA. One is a local shop, King Kone. The other is a corporate franchise, Ben&Jerrie's.
I'm curious. Given the choice, which stand would you get ice cream from?

[mdmc]

1. kick

[cali]

2. How's the ice cream at King Kone?

[mdmc]

3. They mostly do soft ice cream - choc..van..and mixed

Basically it is a shoe string operation in the heart of inner city Pittsfield.
$1.00 for a small.
$2.00 cones (as big as you want!)
I was just drivin around the town...chillin...when I thought I saw a couple of black kids with white light sabers. On closer inspection the kids were walking away from King Kone with ice cream cones that were almost a foot high. They were trying with all their might to keep those things up right. It was a wild scene.

So no doubt - B&J have the gourmet thing down. You can buy a single scoop cone for $3 bucks. I don't think that they have soft icecream... Not sure.

What is amazing is that B&J and King Kone are only about 4 blocks from each other.

[cali]

5. well, I'd like to support the small guy but I can't stand soft serve ice cream

loved your story about the two kids with foot high cones though.

[mdmc]

15. thanks

:)

[Occam Bandage]

7. Okay, well, in that case,

I'm going for King Kone. I don't particularly like soft serve, but it isn't really worth that much of a price difference.

[TheWraith]

9. With that in mind, I went King Kone.

I love Ben and Jerry's, but for a cone I prefer soft serve, and that's a nice deal they've got.

[semillama]

4. We have one Ben and Jerry's in Columbus, Ohio

I'm not sure it competes well with our homegrown ice cream places, which are much better than B&J and that's no exaggeration:

Graeter's: http://www.graeters.com/

Jeni's: http://jenisicecreams.com/0505signature9.html

Denise's: http://cmhgourmand.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/denises-exhibit-a-ice-cream-capital-of-the-world/

[cali]

8. wow. the jeni's ice cream flavors look fantastic

we need a *drool* smilie.

[mtnester]

10. I have the Jeni's blackberry and sweet corn seasonal ice cream

horded away in my freezer.

That said, there is not a better butter pecan to be had than Greaters (or cookie dough), nor is there a more fun day than a trip to the North Market for Jeni's ice cream and other good eats.

Where is the Ben and Jerry's?

[semillama]

12. It's supposed to be on Lane Avenue.

There was one in the arena district but it closed. I just googled it and there was one shown on Lane. The blackberry and sweet corn ice cream is amazing. Also great is the Thai Chili ice cream.

[mtnester]

13. I need to make a trip back up this weekend....

after it warms up to 20 degrees. I love her flavor combos...the peach sorbet is also a delight.

It is dang BRRRR right now and soon to get colder...and here we are talking Ice Cream....at least the snow is pretty right now, until I go out and drive in it in about 45 minutes...then I am sure it will become ugly.

:)

[Occam Bandage]

6. Depends on the prices and what they sell.

Knowing nothing, I'd go to King Kone, but if the ice cream is a worse value for the money, forget it. I like to support local businesses, but not for charity.

[mdmc]

11. I agree...

Locally we have 4 local ice cream shops and a DQ. I never go to the DQ, I go to the inner city local spot. The three other local spots are owned by GOP leaning owners.

I wonder what the politics of the King Kone owners are? Hopefully, they are leftist. I know B&J are pretty good, all in all..

[Sebastian Doyle]

14. Ben & Jerry really disappointed me when they switched to high fructose corn poison

They have always made a point of not allowing bovine growth hormone in their products, and God bless them for it, but now they're including something even worse? :evilfrown: