Yesterday Ben and Jerry's offered free ice cream from 2-9 pm. We of course had to go, because the only thing better than ice cream is free ice cream. Also, Ben and Jerry's is literally $15 per pint here, so this was a legitimately good deal.
The night started with dinner at a Thai place on Chapel Street:
We went pretty early and were the only ones in the restaurant for most of the meal, which was nice. I am a complete grandma and get annoyed when restaurants are too loud.
We then walked down the street to join the long-like hundreds of people long- line at Ben and Jerry's. We were skeptical as to whether or not the wait was worth it, but the people behind us had already been through the line 3 times (genius) and assured us it moved quickly.
There was a legitimate security guard controlling the crowd. He took his job a bit too seriously...
While in line we got free t-shirts and posed with ice cream props. Living the dream.
It was madness. People will do crazy things for free ice cream.
I got a cookie variety which was really good. We considered getting back in line for seconds but decided against it as the promotion was almost over.
So in summary: it was basically the best day ever.
This is cool. I saw something yesterday which makes me think that Ben and Jerry's free ice cream cone day is world-wide. So, like, we should look for it here in Minnesota. Now that it is starting to warm up and all...
ReplyDeleteI think I saw something about it being in the U.S. too...so don't miss your chance!
DeleteAs expensive as Ben and Jerry's is in Australian, I would have done crazy things for free ice cream also. www.eatallovertheworld.com
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly!
DeleteFree cone day at Ben and Jerry's is literally one of my favorite days of the year - cookies and cream was a solid choice :)
ReplyDeleteYes! I didn't even know it existed until this year!
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