welcome to the greater boston milkshake ratings archive! (yes, we mean frappes, but 'frappe shakedown' isn't nearly as cool-sounding, don't you agree?) share your own review FAQ

eatery the shakedown Louie's Somerville submitted by georgy on 8/8/2004 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments This family ice cream stand in East Somerville is in a somewhat gritty neighborhood, but their frappes are anything but. They use some of the richest, most satisfyingly tasty ice cream I've eaten. Highly recommended. Herrell's Renaissance Cafe Harvard Square submitted by georgy on 5/14/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments since herrell's is a harvard square establishment, it's bound to be a bit pricey. but the shake is so appropriately thick and rich that, like any good date, it seems larger than its cup size. but beware of the place on warm days, the lines go out the door! Mr. (and Mrs.) Bartley's Harvard Square, Cambridge submitted by Sean Graham on 5/14/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments Good stuff, i try to stop by and score one whenever I am in Harvard Square (which is embarassingly often). Bill and Bob's Roast Beef Salem, MA submitted by Ann on 5/14/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments bill and bobs isnt known for its drinks, but this is heavenly :D go try it! Kimball Farms Chelmsford, MA submitted by Jen on 5/14/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments you go for the ice cream, you stay for the shake. mmm, mmm good! Johnny Rockets Burlington Mall, Burlington MA submitted by Liz on 5/14/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments Johnny Rockets makes one of the *best* milkshakes. Very thick and yummy. TOo bad I can't have milkshakes anymore. Oh, for those days.... Emack and Bolios Newbury St. Boston submitted by Lisa on 5/15/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments This was by far the crappiest malt I have ever had...it was WARM when I went to drink it! I probably should have known when the guy behind the counter had to ask the other girl there what malt was. I was totally craving a good malt and this one just ruined my whole day. McDonald's Tremont Street, Boston submitted by dan on 5/15/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments Like drinking a headache. Importantly, this McDonald's location has not upgraded its shake selection to the superior "Triple Thick" variety (still powder-based, but a little thicker and more substantial) - the result is a flashback straight to third grade, as I cough and retch my way through a milkshake that seems like a good idea at first, but gets progressively warmer and more watery in the delightful midday sun. The nadir of fast-food milkshakes may well be the White Castle on 32nd Street in Manhattan, where personal hygiene goes straight out the window (once I found multiple long, thick black hairs in my shake, and I recall no one fitting that description behind the counter!), but the McDonald's on Tremont is close. In March I was all excited about the return of the Shamrock Shake, but was greeted by a confused trainee struggling to fit her mind around the concept and her lips around the sibilant word: "Sham...rock?" Dejected, I swore off shakes for a solid month and a half. My most recent Mickey D's experience leads me to a similar fate. By the end, I decide to ask that one crazy guy who stands by the fountain in the Common wearing the full-length quilted parka if he wants some, but he takes a look inside and says, "No, man." As usual, he knows what's up. Pour House Boston, you're my home submitted by Jeremy on 5/17/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments You know that scene in Pulp Fiction where Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega are talking about "five-dollar milkshakes," and Vincent isn't sure that any milkshake is worth five dollars? Well this one is. Except they only charge you about $3.50 Baskin Robbins Kendall Sq., Cambridge submitted by vortexshedding on 7/8/2003 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments NASTY STUFF!!! Avoid the place like the plague! JB's Coffee Shop Main St, Worcester MA submitted by Jeff on 1/4/2004 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments It's not perfect, as the perfect milkshake will not leave a chunk of ice cream at the bottom. Although I give Annie at the counter props for putting anything in for a milkshake. +1 for allowing the Milky Way Milkshake, which gives a great caramel blast when you least expect it. HiFi's Pizza Central Square, Cambridge submitted by Mike on 3/29/2005 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments This is one of my favorite pizza places. I should have stayed away when I saw the outdated 70s poster of milkshakes... but I was craving one. I don't even think they had milkshakes on the menu. It was surprisingly salty and made me sick to my stomach. The pizza is awesome, but don't get adventurous: stick to a drink on the menu. JP Licks Davis Square, Somerville submitted by Lis on 6/22/2005 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments This was a very expensive cold glass of milk. Any milkshake that doesn't require a little bit of straw action is worthless in my world. They make milkshakes thicker for an extra buck. I bet even then it would suck. Puleo's Dairy Salem submitted by Kristen on 3/22/2005 Thickness still ice cream straw-chokingly thick smooth and sturdy uneven: half-ice, half-cream milk Size pitcher big gulp tumbler mug shot glass Price frozen solid ($4.50 and up) icy ($3.50-$4.50) cold and refreshing ($2.50-$3.50) the coolest ($1.50-$2.50) extinct like the ice age ($1.50 or less) Taste rich like richie rich sweet like sugarcane mild like milo and otis bland like blanched blankets bitter like a breakup Flavor selection 32 flavors and then some 20 questions sweet 16 eight is enough three's company Overall subjective ranking 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Comments The vanilla was a little on the sweet side, but my two-year-old loved it (and I enjoyed finishing it)

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