J.P. Licks in Davis Square!

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OK, so when Krispy Kremes came to town, everybody and their uncle went screaming for donuts. Me, I think they're disgusting, but to each his own :)

Anyway, Denise's, right across from the Holland Street Davis Square T stop, just got bought out by my favorite ice cream place, J.P. Licks.

Colleen turned me on to the fact that their ice cream is better in basic areas like dairy quality, consistency and flavor rather than necessarily getting insane with wacky flavor combinations (Which can be good too, places like Christina's and Tosci's do this well. I love Tosci's ginger snap molasses ice cream, and the egg nogg ice cream around Christmas :) so I always end up getting something simple there like strawberry or sweet cream or a chocolate malted frappe and being quite happy with it.

Anyway, yay. Groovy new things opening in Davis Square. See you all around. I love walking around in this nice warm weather :)

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just a voice from the other side

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at the same time, I'm not defending the mini-chain that JP Lick's is, but they recieved a call the week Denise's was shutting down, an offer to buy it, and they took it. Controversial move-in yes, but the place has been getting packed and most people still get ice cream once they hear it is no longer Denise's, and most of those people come back.

(I was hired there the first week...and took the job as I needed extra income...but I'm quitting soon for personal reasons)

Re: just a voice from the other side

[feoh.livejournal.com]

No, thanks very much for chiming in.

Honestly I don't think J.P. Licks are to be viewed
as the guys wearing the black hats.

I must admit having dealt with them (in their Brookline and Newton locations) for YEARS and having met some of the people involved it seemed very out of character for them to enact a hostile
take over complete with the usual dirty tricks, and thank goodness based on your information it sounds like that in fact didn't happen.

I've also noticed groups of happy people eating ice cream around the outside tables in Davis (actually more than were ever there when Denise's was around) and they all seem quite happy and some seem to be coming back.

Anyway, let's keep patronizing those locally owned businesses we like and expressing our vocal opposition to gentrification in all its guises.

Re: just a voice from the other side

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Well, I worked at JP Licks for about 3 years... and you learn one thing... THEY LIE! It does not take a week to sell a store. They knew they were buying it for SEVERAL weeks... almost months.. AND due to contract, The Denise's owners couldn't tell us this. It's a breech of contact. Which sucks because for most of us.. that was our only job. It still sucks and I stand by saying that they sell a shitty product. So I mean, I don't know what they told you.. obviously they're gonna make themselves look like the good guys, but it was BS. It was cheaper to hire new kids at $7.50 than keep the people who made Denise's stand out.