I'd heard a lot of buzz about Toscanini's, so I packed up my 4 kids and drove to Cambridge to try it. I was *very* disappointed! Their flavors are definitely extreme, but in my opinion *too* extreme -- my white chocolate was so heavy in taste that I couldn't eat more than about a third. Of my wife and four kids, only one of the kids (lemon sorbet) finished her small cup -- the rest only ate about half, and that *never* happens with my kids. Everyone had the same objections as me -- the tastes were too overpoweringly heavy to enjoy more than a couple of spoonfuls.
I also didn't like the texture of the ice cream, all four flavors I tried had a graininess that just didn't compare to the smoothness of some of the other places I've tried in Cambridge and Somerville.
Pros: Funky store, extreme flavors
Cons: graininess, overpowering flavors, expensive
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