rancatore's ice cream & yogurt — Restaurant in Belmont

For some context, I used to work here back in high school and Joe is big on taking care of all his bases when it comes to the store: happy customers, quality ice cream, and happy staff-most of which are high schoolers. The ice cream is made local and delivered everyday to each of the locations.

The store has rotating flavors with six ice cream flavors that are in the store year round: 1. Vanilla or Vanilla Bean or French Vanilla, 2. Hydrox (cookies and cream but with hydrox cookies), 3. Milk Chocolate, 4. Bittersweet Chocolate (dark chocolate), 5. Sweet Cream (the base for all the ice cream), and 6. Coffee, and these are all located together near the register. They typically have two frozen yogurt flavors and one to two sorbet flavors. The rest will rotate and they can vary from extremely esoteric flavors like Kulfi (indian frozen dairy dessert) and Tiger's Milk (frosted flake) to coconut or salted caramel. And no, they don't have soft serve here.

Came here on a hot summer day and spent $5 on a micro (one large scoop) with Cocoa Joel which is a blend of their Milk and Bittersweet(dark) chocolate ice cream that has chocolate chips and hydrox cookies(Oreo like cookie). I've always been a fan and couldn't be more happy with the quality and the consistency of the ice cream over the years. A little bummed out that the prices have gone up to $5 for one scoop though!

The store was recently repainted black and red, and there are all new tables and seats! Come here if you want to try some...

This is a great ice cream shop staffed mainly by young local kids. They even have a college fund tip jar with the logos of where the students are headed (or maybe currently attending, too!)

They have a wide variety of flavors and not always the same ones. I am allergic to chocolate and they have opened new ice cream containers to ensure there was no cross contamination from a chocolate tub.

I almost always get their ice cream, but most recently got their mango sorbet, it was fantastic.

This is a great local spot, there is always a line, but it moves quickly. They have set up some outdoor seating and there are some city benches in front of the store as well so you can still sit and enjoy your ice cream or treat even though indoor seating is currently still...

I bike at Beaver Brook and this is a great place to end a ride (especially on a hot day). Service is always good and the lines are never long. My only rec. and this goes not just for Rancs but for all ice cream places, it to have a clean spoon ready for people with nut allergies. They are always happy to wash a spoon/get a new bucket to scoop from, but with a common enough allergy it would be great to inform and not have people feel annoyed that they have to go through a process for one customer. As I said, Rancs was great and that statement is for every ice cream place. I'll keep...