Ice cream on Middle Street

Apparently the new ice cream place (Coldstone Creamery) on Middle Street won't be opening until mid-July; they just started construction-like work last week. On Saturday they were using a gas-powered saw in the basement and filled the building up with carbon monoxide... with that kind of smarts, we'll be lucky to see the doors open by mid-August.

In case you haven't got the scoop (hehe): Coldstone Creamery is a California-based chain whose gimmick is mixing up ice cream flavors on a cold marble slab right when you order them. I'll probably stick with Beal's (at 12 Moulton St), though. Less gimmicky than Coldstone, plus they're a Maine company.