Baskin-Robbins

Had to wait 26 minutes for a large ice cream. This BR has lost my business.

This is a solid ice cream option, and I have to say that their specialty seems to be the good old ice cream cake. Once my students managed to get one of my pictures from Facebook and place it on an ice cream cake for my birthday. Having your likeness embossed with icing was pretty awesome. It was almost as good as knowing that my students cared enough to show their appreciation for what I do.
That’s right, kids, when you want to say thanks or job well done, say it with ice cream cake. Yum!

Baskin Robbins is a good place to satisfy your ice cream cravings. You can get a double scoop for $ 4.99, which isn’t exactly cheap, but hey, the ice cream is high quality. Apparently you can get a free waffle cone with 2 scoops, but I prefer mine in a cup. The service is pretty friendly and efficient, but the size of the scoops can vary. They have a good selection of ice cream pints to take home, ice cream pies and cakes, ice cream cake bites (dying to try those!), and my favorite — ice cream clown cones! As a kid, nothing was better than getting one of those. If you are a BR ice cream lover like me, make sure to sign up on their website and you can get a free scoop for your birthday :). My recommendation is to try the world class chocolate ice cream and the chocolate oreo ice cream — heaven! I believe this store is open until 10 pm, so you have plenty of time to stroll over after having dinner at Ramparts.

The staff at this Baskin-​Robbins is amazingly efficient.
I’ve popped in here from time to time since its close and I frequent other shops in the plaza, but tonight’s visit was for 31 cent scoop night to benefit the National Junior Firefighter Program. The shop was completely packed but the staff kept everyone moving very quickly and it took less than 10 minutes to get my 3 scoops.
I like this particular BR because its still just a BR — and not a BR/​Dunkin Donut hybrid. They offer up all the traditional ice cream shop options and services which sometimes the hybrids don’t. My scoop of old fashioned butter pecan was staple BR creamy goodness that I have known and loved for years.
Scoops 2 & 3 were from BRs «Bright Choices» (read = healthier) flavors. The Premium Churned Light Raspberry Chip Ice Cream had a good strong berry flavor and the ice cream was smooth. Also had the Premium Churned Reduced-​Fat, No Sugar Added Caramel Turtle Truffle — I WILL DEFINITELY BE GETTING THIS ONE AGAIN! I’m amazed at the quality of both these flavors. They lacked the odd aftertaste that healthier options often have and if I hadn’t seen the no sugar added label on the one — I never would have believed it.
I don’t indulge in ice cream often, and when I do I certainly don’t have good nutrition forefront in my mind. But it is refreshing to find a quality product that I would choose to have again simply on the quality of the flavor. I also like that the BR web site does a good job at providing nutritional and allergy information for all their flavors.