Ron's Story

If you ask Ron, he will say that he started making homemade ice cream by accident. It started in the early eighties when he had a soft serve ice cream machine in the bowling alley in Hyde Park. He was using Hood Dairy to supply the ice cream mix for the soft serve machine. A delivery mix-up brought the Vice President of Hood in to investigate. Ron had received hard ice cream mix instead of the mix for the soft serve machine. As the Vice President of Hood walked out the door he said, “You know Ron, hard ice cream is going to take off in the future. If you could find a better location, I would tell you to start making hard ice cream.” Well, Ron knew that he could make it work in Hyde Park, and the rest is ice cream history.

Ron’s is a hot spot for many politicians trying to get the vote from the small business owners. Hillary Clinton was here in the early nineties campaigning for her health care legislation. She enjoyed the ice cream so much, that she sent the Secret Service in for more and then stated on CNN that it was the best ice cream she has ever tasted. John F. Kennedy Jr., William Weld, Mayor Menino have all enjoyed Ron’s Gourmet Ice Cream.

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Ron's Ice Cream & 20th Century Bowling Staff

Some highlights of Ron’s ice cream making career:

1. Award from the Parent’s Paper for “Most Kid-Friendly” for the Ice Cream and Bowling Alley
2. Best of Boston from Boston Magazine 1995 and 1996
3. Phantom Gourmet “Great Ate” for ice cream (spot on July 24 2004)