♪ NICOLE: THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, ODD FELLOWS, IS ODDLY FANTASTIC.
IT IS A SAVORY ICE CREAM YOU CAN TRULY SAVOR.
YOU CAN FIND THIS ODD ADDITION TO THE ICE CREAM SEEN IN CHESTNUT HILLS.
THE ICE CREAM MARKET IS SO BIG, SUCH A UNIVERSAL THING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEPARATES ODDFELLOWS IS THAT WE CAN PLAY WITH A DIFFERENT FLAVORS.
>> THE DECOR IS SLIGHTLY OFF.
ODDFELLOWS A LOT OF ICE CREAM SHOPS LOOK LIKE A CHILDREN’S BOOK ERUPTED ON THE WALLS.
WE ARE MORE ELEGAN THE JUST POSITION OF THINGS ON KILTER MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE ENTERTAINING.
NICOLE: A NOD TO FAMOUS BOSTONIANS SPRINKLES THE WALLS, INCLUDING A PAINTING THAT PROVIDES JUST ENOUGH DETAIL TO LEAVE YOU GUESSING.
THE FLAVORS, A BIT HEAD SCRATCHING, TOO.
>> WE HAVE AN OLIVE OIL BASE WITH STRAWBERRY JAM MAKES TIN, PEANUT BUTTER JELLY, BASIL CHIP IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU WILL EVER TASTE.
>> SOUNDS LIKE AN OPEN INVITATION.
THAT’S AMAZING.
IT’S A COLLABORATION WITH CHEF KAREN, FRESH BASIL, MACERATED INTO ICE CREAM BASE WITH DARK CHOCOLATE CHUNKS IN IT.
IT IS LIKE A GARDEN.
SAFFRON PASSIONFRUIT, APRICOT PISTACHI MISO CHERRY IS ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL FLAVORS.
IT IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW SAVORY CAN WORK WELL IN AN ICE CREAM.
THIS IS CHOCOLATE MADE FROM CASHEW MILK.
NICOLE: ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.
AS FOR THE BANANA SPLITS, SERIOUS BUSINESS.
>> OUR SCOOPS ARE THE ROUND THIS TINY THE GAME.
ODDFELLOWS YOU’RE MAKING A LOT OF -- NICOLE: YOU’RE MAKING A LOT OF CLAIMS HERE.
>> WE HAVE TO.
NICOLE: THEY ARE LOOKING TO BECOME A BOSTON FAVORITE.
>> BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND LOVE ICE CREAM.
WE HAVE HEARD STORIES OF PEOPLE NOT JUST WILLING TO GO TO ICE CREAM SHOPS AND A BLIZZARD BUT PROUD OF IT.
WHEN YOU SELL ICE CREAM AND YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, SEEMS LIKE A GOOD GAMBLE.
NICOLE: TO SECURE THAT GAMBLE, A SOFTSERVE WITH A TWIST.
>> BURNT MARSHMALLOW ICE CREAM.
THINK ABOUT THE TASTE YOU GET WHEN YOU PULL A MARSHMALLOW OUT OF THE CAMPFIRE.
WHEN YOU MIX THAT WITH PEANUT BUTTER, IT IS A FLUFFERNUTTER.
NICOLE AT GRACIE’S ICE CREAM IN UNION SQUARE, ANOTHER FLUFFERNUTTER, KICKED UP A NOT WHEN PAIRED WITH THE SIGNATURE FLUFF CONE.
IF WE DO IT RIGHT, THE LAST BITE OF THE CONE IS A CONE AND FLUFF BITES.
NICOLE: A FANTASTIC WAY TO FINISH OFF A SWEET TREAT.
AS FOR WHAT MAKES THEIR ICE CREAM STAND OUT, THEY CREDIT THEIR CHUNK GAME.
>> WE TRY TO JAM AS MANY COOKIES AND CANDY INTO TRADITIONAL FLAVORS AS WE CAN, SO WE WILL TAKE A REGULAR FLAVOR AND PUSH IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER A LITTLE BIT.
NICOLE: GRACIE’S AS SIX REGULAR FLAVORS AND SIX ROTATING, LIKE THIS PURPLE SWEET POTATO TREAT.
ALL MADE IN SMALL BATHES RIGHT IN THE SHOP.
THEIR CREATIVITY INSPIRED BY -- >> YOU WALK AROUND AND YOU’RE LIKE WHAT COULD GO INTO ICE CREAM OR SEE A DESSERT FROM A MENU AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE AN ICE CREAM LIKE THAT.
NICOLE: IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CANNOT GOING TO ICE CREAM?
>> I HAVEN’T FOUND ANYTHING YET.
WE MADE A PICKLE ICE CREAM AND IT HAS BEEN WEIRD.
NICOLE LET ME SHOW YOU THE PICKLE HERE.
HE WENT FOR IT.
IS IT GOOD?
>> IT’S GREAT.
♪ NICOLE: OK, THE JURY IS OUT ON WHETHER OR NOT PICKLE HAS A HOME HERE, BUT THANKFULLY THIS STOP HAS A DOZEN PALLETS PLEASING OPTIONS, MAKING IT HARD TO
CHOOSE JUST ONE.
IS YOUR SWEET TOOTH SATISFIED?
WE DIDN’T THINK SO.
WE SAVED THE BIGGEST FOR LAST.
WE HAVE VANILLA, CHOCOLATE, STRAWBERRY, AND MY FAVORITE, COFFEE OREO.
NICOLE: THEY CALL IT THE TAJ MAHAL, BUT IT CAN BE FOUND HERE AT TAVIS ICE CREAM.
PINTS MAKE UP THIS TREAT AND THIS IS A SMALL.
>> THIS IS THE FOURTH-LARGEST, THE TAJ MAHAL, SERVING ABOUT 70 TO 80 PEOPLE.
NICOLE: LET’S TRY.
I HAVE COFFEE OREO, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
NICOLE: I HAVE STRAWBERRY.
TODAY, WE SAT DOWN WITH THE OWNER TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE A DENT.
BEFORE WE DECLARED FAILURE -- SO YOU’VE NEVER SEEN AN INDIVIDUAL FINISH THIS?
>> NO.
NICOLE: MUST BE SHARED.
>> YOU SERVE IT AS A BUFFET AND YOUR GUEST COMES ALONG AND SCOOPS THEIR OWN SUNDAES FROM IT.
NICOLE: THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS, A TRUE NOSTALGIC EXPERIENCE.
>> A MENU WITH OVER 90 ITEMS.
THERE ARE 70 DIFFERENT FLAVORS, AND TOPPINGS, OVER 30.
NICOLE NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE BEGINNING.
>> WE STILL PUT THINGS IN GLASSES AND DISHES, EVERYTHING SCOOPED BY HAND, SO EVERYTHING IS OVERFLOWING AND RUNNING OFF ONTO THE PLATE.
NICOLE: EXCEPT FOR ONE THING, SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> WE WILL SERVE SIX SUNDAES TO A TABLE AND PEOPLE WILL TAKE PICTURES OF ALL OF THEIR ICE CREAM’ MELTING, BUT THEY ARE ALL WATCHING THEIR SUNDAES AND SAYING I CANDY THAT.
BELIEVE ME, THEY -- I CAN’T EAT AT.
BELIEVE ME, THEY EAT IT.
NICOLE: WITH ALL OF THIS, WE WONDERED -- WHO HAS TO WASH THE DISHES?
>> THEY COME BACK PRETTY EMPTY SOMETIMES, I WILL TELL YOU.
[LAUGHTER] >> THEY RECENTLY RESUMED INDOOR SEATING AND STILL HAVE A TENT OUTSIDE TO ACCOMMODATE GUESTS.
BACK TO GRACIE’S, THE PICKLE ICE CREAM WAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED FOR A PICKLE FESTIVAL WHERE IT WAS A BIG HIT.
NICOLE REPORTS I MIGHT BE AN ACQUIRED TASTE.
YOU MIGHT SAY THE SAME FOR THE ICE CREAM FLAVORS POPULAR IN THE COLONIAL AREA.
OYSTER, PARMESAN, AND ASPARAG