J.P. Licks — Restaurant in Newton

I wish that I could give you a good review but you are consistently out of your vegan ice-creme flavors. You claim to offer vegan flavors but I have been to your store in Newton at least twenty times and each time you have one vegan flavor left. People are waking up to the brutal violence and cruelty inherent to the dairy industry. Cows are pregnant for nine months and then their babies are stolen from them and sent to become veal immediately after their birth. We hijack the Momma's bodies and pump them with hormones so that they will produce four times the amount of milk that they would naturally. Their udders are chronically inflamed and they live in a state of chronic pain. This is why there is such a large percentage of pus in milk. In effect when we are licking ice-creme we are licking puss from the udders of cows that are chained and confined to lives of misery, despair and grief. What right do we have to take their babies from them? We hijack their bodies as though they are here to serve us and not to live out their lives with their children and their communities. They no longer walk on grass. They no longer see sunlight or feel the breeze or nuzzle their babies. On the factory so called 'farms' they live tethered to the milking machines. They are our slaves. If you are having trouble believing the information that I am sharing with you here please educate yourself by watching the documentary Earthlings. We have stolen everything from them and Jp licks continues to perpetuate the heartless lie that ice-creme comes from happy cows and that ice-creme is pure joy. Vegan ice-creme is everywhere. We don't have to support a violent industry. There is vegan ice-creme everywhere now. Check out FoMu in Alston, Fenway and in Jamaica Plane. Their entire ice-creme store is Vegan. I'd support JP licks if I saw that they were making an effort to accommodate vegans but zero effort is being made. Having vegan flavors in theory is...

My First time in this store about a week ago. Walked out. Unfortunately staff didn't even acknowledge my presence after 7min of being there, there was only myself and another person, I saw at least three staff members. I hope you guys can do a little bit better. After asking if someone can take my order, the answer was something like "you were by the register and we weren't sure", I answered, "I've just never been in this store before"... after saying that, I've been told that they are short staffed, to what my answer was that "there are only two people here". The other customer - lady with the little kid was nice to say that she ordered a lot, and in fact I heard what she ordered and it wasn't "a lot" ))) 27$ with taxes, but she for some reason thought that saying that will help this uncomfortable for the staff situation, it didn't. (so apparently the order placing is being done at the very end of the stand, which I didn't happen to see a clear signage for)

For the future guys - Instead of telling the customer that "we are short - staffed" just say : "sure we'll take your order in a minute" - THAT'S IT GUYS ! Super simple )), but it didn't click for some reason. So, I just left, because there was another customer that walked in and went straight to the "proper" area to place the order - I didn't want to "disturb" anyone any further. Maybe next time, if there'll be one. Don't hate me, just learn from this. I didn't take it personal, so neither should you....

Can't beat the extensive hours, but the ice cream itself is decent for the premium they charge! We were pleasantly surprised when we called on a Wednesday night asking how late they would be open, midnight during the summer! (After our dismay that Cabots Ice Cream was closed for vacation for the entire week...)

They have some unique flavors and the typical toppings but nothing special that keeps me up all night salivating. The location in Newton Center is also very recognizable with their cow print sign. When we have a hankering for something sweet and in the area we will stop by but otherwise there are plenty of other options.

Also this is more of a grab and go type place. There's only about 5 stool seating options available and the outdoor bench seating for warmer months. Sad that Sweet Tart FroYo place is now gone so this is basically the only option. I guess they just have a prime location right smack in the middle of...