Editor Pick
G & D's
- December 6, 2002
- Rated 4 of 5 by
meadowlark from Boston, Massachusetts
G & D's is an Oxford classic with north (Little Clarendon Street) and south (St. Aldate's across from Christchurch) locations. With a prominent cow theme, G&D's offers an excellent selection of ice cream that is all made freshly in the store. Popular flavors include Bailey's, Dime Bar Crunch, Bananarama, and Oxford Blue. Flavors rotate and there is the every popular petition of flavors where patrons put suggestions in a book for new flavors and when the suggestion gets 30 signatures, G&D's will make it. My favorite petition flavor was pina colada or raspberry pavlova. G&D's also offers a selection of coffees and fresh-baked desserts and the option for bagel sandwiches. These are quite good for lunch or a late dinner. I suggest turkey with cranberry sauce.
The north G&D's has a cow motif decor and is very reminiscent of icecream parlors like JPLick's in the Boston area, while the newer south store has chick ivory walls and a dark wood fire place giving you a hint of the old oxford buildings past. Both stores have many games, quizzes, and contests going on during the weeknights to foster a community spirit and give away free icecream to the winners. You'll find a lot of students here. One scoop in a cone is around £1.75 and a bagel sandwich is around £3.
The name G&D's is short for George & Davies in the north and George & Danvers in the south. There are many urban legends explaining who these guys are but the most probable one is that they are the owner's dogs.
From journal Only in Oxford