Gray's is one of New England's classic roadside ice cream stands, located on a pleasant bayside road in eastern Rhode Island. We went with classic local flavors- coffee and maple walnut. Both were exemplary. This is the kind of ice cream you might have grown up with- simple, creamy and well-flavored, not the fancier, yuppified kind. The atmosphere is pleasant, too, with park-style picnic tables- though we didn't see the llamas. If we lived in Providence, we'd have been happy to take a couple of half-gallons home. As it is, Gray's is well worth the ride from Boston.
"A Gray's cone coming out the order window: that's ginger ice cream on top, coffee on the bottom. Mmmmm."
Michael Stern
"A couple of New England's favorite flavors... frozen pudding on the right and Grape-Nuts on the left."
Cliff Strutz
"Gray's order windows uncharacteristically uncrowded. That's because this picture was taken at 11am. By evening, on a nice summer night, there are long lines. "
Michael Stern
"An old-fashioned carved wood sign marks an old-fashioned ice cream parlor ... with some of the best ice cream in New England."
Michael Stern
