Baby Emily and her Mommy, Meghan, took me out for ice cream last week after we continued our “Ladies Who Lunch” tradition. Just a dangerously short ride from their lovely home is the spectacular Crescent Ridge Dairy Bar.
One of my few laments about living in the city is the inability to have this type of nightly summer ritual. Sure we can walk over to J.P. Licks in Davis but for some reason it doesn’t feel the same. Probably because J.P. Licks isn’t surrounded by green grass, trees, and a herd of cows. Hailing from Maine, I felt right at home in this quintessentially suburban locale.
As you can see, Emily and I bonded over an equally profound fascination with the “moo cows.” Too bad they were too busy eating grass to come over and visit with us.
But soon Emily lost interest in the cows, as sophisticated ladies are known to do, so we slowly strolled over to the ordering area for the dairy bar.
There were so many amazing choices! Plus Crescent Ridge milk comes from cows not treated with the rBST growth hormone so you can feel confident about overindulging your children.
And over indulge you will! Meghan and I ordered small ice creams and these monstrosities were what we were given. You definitely get your money’s worth, but I’m pretty sure consuming an entire cup of ice cream this size equals your entire day’s allotment of calories and then some. I’d recommend getting the “kiddie” size and even then possibly sharing with a friend.
Being a total peanut butter addict I of course ordered the very naughty Peanut Butter Cup flavor. The chocolate ice cream was delightfully dark and rich and the peanut butter cups were present in abundance. I managed to eat the top portion of the cup before I quit. In my defense quite a bit of it melted all over my pants.
Meghan’s Mint Chooclate Chip was equally phenomenal. I know this because it dripped all over my hand while I carried it over to the picnic table in the scorching sun.
I highly recommend taking a road trip to Crescent Ridge Dairy Bar in Sharon especially if you live in the city. Don’t you think it’s time you have a real sweltering hot summer night ice cream experience in the burbs? By the way, Crescent Ridge Dairy also delivers milk products to various locations in Massachusetts. Their milk is very quaint and comes in glass bottles that are returnable. I think I’d feel just like June Cleaver if I had a milk man. Now how fun would that be?!
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Could that baby be any cuter?
She is super cute! I love little places like that …. we have them all over Utah, too
See, what another great reason to move west!
Emily is so adorable. and those ice creams–that’s a small?!?!?! omg.
I’ve never heard of this place. How does that happen? It looks awesome. When I was a kid we always went to Kimballs, which has drastically changed since then.
Oh Holy Cow! I cannot believe how much ice cream that was! YUM!
My boyfriend grew up right down the street from there. When we went to visit his parents a couple of weekends ago, we walked over, and I tried my first Crescent Ridge ice cream — delicious! I agree that the smalls are insanely huge. I couldn’t even finish it. I had the black bear which has these raspberry truffles in it. Can’t wait to go back! (And we always get Crescent Ridge milk at Whole Foods — and keep the glass containers to decorate with.)
I went straight to MapQuest after reading this post, and your photos are incentive enough for the 40 minute drive south of Boston! Yum.
Looking forward to meeting you at the blogger meet-up on Friday!
You JUST reminded me of one of my favorite ice cream places in my hometown, and how I must take my sister in law, her husband, and nephew there this weekend when we all go for a visit to the boonies.
Those are some absolutely SERIOUS scoops of ice cream! I love places like that
I love all the pictures of Emily she reminds me of Meghan when she was a baby, always happy and smiling! Those ice creams looked so delicious I would starve all day just to have one of those. The area is so pretty what a big difference it must be for you living in Maine and moving to the North Shore. Hope you have a great wonderful weekend!
i love your pictures and comments that goes along with each one. Ice cream, cows, cute babies and green grass are all reminders of the ” quieter and simple pleasures” in our lives. Keep up the good work, I am a sincere fan of your website
Can that baby be any cuter? I don’t think so. The cows are nice, the ice cream delicious but the BABY is adorable. I’m certain that I’ve never seen a more beautiful baby.
I love places like that, although honestly I’m also a HUGE JP Licks fan
Good to know about the milk delivery. That does sound quite fancy 
ooh, that looks PHENOMENAL
and a girl after my own heart with the pb cup!!
If Emily liked it (and with that big smile of hers, it sure seems that she did) it must be worth the trip!
What a GREAT little story and shout out to Crescent Ridge. I live about 2 miles away from there in Canton and it really is a wonderful place to just sit and hope you get lucky with a little visit from a “moo cow” Maybe it would be fun to do another “Adventures with Emily” piece..that was awesome. There is a great little childrens Museum in Easton also, hands on and not so far from Canton next time your out and about.
Isn’t having a little daughter the best…and it only gets better. Enjoy your summer.
Andrea,
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Emily is beautiful and I must say the ice cream looks delicious!
That little girl should be in commercials, she is so cute!
Wow, that little Emily is a beauty!! FYI, I had Crescent Ridge Dairy deliver my milk for about 12 yrs. My milkman’s name was Lou. I miss that guy. And the milk too.
The ice cream is HUGE! I’d rather pay less and get a normal portion. Looks good though.
Sorry, but I’ve lived a few miles from Crescent Ridge for more than 30 years, and I don’t go there any more because their quality has gone way down. Example: their pistachio used to be off-white and had real pistachio nuts in it. Now it almond-flavored and bright green. I’ve concluded that they outsource most of the actual ice cream making.