A cup of coffee chip at Gray's Ice Cream.
After last fall’s botched attempt to try Gray’s Ice Cream, I decided to give it another try this spring. Their Bristol location officially opened for the season on May 8, and I arrived the next day despite the cold and windy weather. I had to sit in my car waiting for them to open for the day, since apparently they don’t expect people to want ice cream before noon.
I tried their chocolate, which was quite tasty — more of a light malt chocolate than a rich dark flavor. But I ultimately opted for their coffee chip since the coffee is their specialty, along with a scoop of regular chocolate chip for comparison. The woman working there told me they had just brought in the batch of coffee chip that day, and you could tell — the texture was perfectly soft and creamy. I guess ice cream is more like bagels than I thought — the fresher, the better. The chocolate chip was fine, but nothing special. Overall, it’s no Handel’s, but it’s a much shorter drive to Bristol than Ohio, and that’s not to be overlooked.
Gray’s Ice Cream
16 East Road
Tiverton, RI 02878
259 Thames Street
Bristol, RI 02809
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If you like Handel’s , you owe it to yourself to try Graeters. Also from Ohio… They sell it at the Whole Foods in Cranston. Obviously it is nothing like the real thing in Cincinnati, but it’s as good as you are going to get in Rhody. The chips are like fudge and you can taste the love in every bite. Let me know what you think!
Sounds great — I’ll check it out. Thanks for the tip.