Boston Police Invite You To Have ‘Cones With A Cop’

In an effort to further connect with the community and solidify relationships, the Boston Police Department has a special invitation for you. On Wednesday, September 27 at noon, you are encouraged to join them at Ron's Ice Gourmet Ice Cream in Hyde park for an ice cream social. This event has neighbors and law enforcement coming together for cones and conversation. No agenda, just a get together. Boston Police invite YOU to have cones with a cop!

There won't be any speeches or fundraisers. Instead, it's a chance for you to ask questions, or voice your concerns. Ice cream has been know to cure heartbreaks, bring people together and cure pregnancy cravings. So, what better way to get your neighborhood together than with delicious frozen treats. And Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream has been hosting neighbors and visitors in Hyde Park since 1979. They are famous for their award winning homemade ice cream. According to Ron's website, it's "hand made in our Hyde Park location fresh daily using only the finest ingredients."

The Boston Police invite YOU to have cones with cops, Wednesday September 27 at Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream in Hyde Park at noon. Would you like some more info ahead of this event? Just call the E-18 Community Service Office at 617-343-5611. And come together with your neighbors, or just stop by and visit if you live anywhere in the Boston area. It's a great way to for a community to meet with police officers. And if you have little ones they will certainly get a kick out of meeting the men and women in uniform up close!

I've been all about ice cream as of late. So when I saw this bit on Massachusetts' favorite ice cream flavors, I just had to share.

Yesterday, I shared something else ice cream-related. It was a piece on New England's favorite ice cream truck treats. If you check it out, you'll see, state-by-state, what frozen goodies New Englanders buy the most when the ice cream truck shows up on their street. There's also a link in the piece if you want to see what the rest of the United States of America is treating themselves to.

And while I'm plugging my other ice cream "reports," allow me to plug this: my favorite North Shore ice cream spots. You'll likely find a few of your own favorites there. I’ve also cobbled together a list of Friendly’s in the greater Boston area. Contrary to popular belief, Friendly's is still alive and well in the Commonwealth. They're not as omnipresent as a generation ago, but they're still out there.

Let's bring it back to the basics now. BetMassachusetts did a little digging around to answer this question: what are the fave ice cream flavors in the Commonwealth? How'd they do it? they "utilized Google Trends to determine the most searched ice cream flavors by each state of  YouGov’s data on the Top 11 most popular ice cream flavors in 2018. After completing the trends over the past 12 months (from July 6, 2022, to July 6, 2023), we were able to find results to get the top five flavors."

So basically, they scooped the ice cream, and now I'm serving it up to you. Keep scrolling to see what the Top 5 favorite ice cream flavors are here in Massachusetts. Spoiler alert: the list should be inverted. No. 5 should actually be No. 1. But that's just my take.

How is this not No. 1? It's got everything you love about ice cream in every scoop! Hell, they even did a Rolling Stones-themed version of it!

I've never been a big fan of strawberry ice cream. Probably because I'm not a big fan of strawberries. This version, however, I'd try.

I can't say I'm happy with chocolate not topping this list since rocky road isn't topping this list. A good scoop of chocolate ice cream is maybe the best ice cream experience you can have.

This will please both of my kids. They've grown up, so their ice cream palates have gotten a bit more refined. But this was their first favorite flavor. Throw it in an ice cream sandwich and DAMN.

Vanilla. No. 1. Shouldn't even be in the Top 10, let alone the Top 5. Bogus.