J.p. Licks Newton Centre

Terrible, awful service, aged and sexist. Not a lot for vegans Extremely disappointing to see in Newton. Also super expensive. Never will return.

A good staple ice cream shop in Newton. Loved my first try of the vegan Madagascar vanilla.

Friendly staff, let me sample some flavors before I decided on a scoop of pistachio ice cream. It ended up being more than the cost listed on the menu board (maybe because it's a gluten free flavor? which was a bit annoying that it wasn't listed but it tasted great so I was happy.

Rich the manager went out of his way to help me . A real pleasure. Turned a machine on for soft serve that was off then straightened out my rewards account 5*

Look up totally effing inept in Wikipedia, and you 'll come up with J.P. Licks, Newton Centre. Head there on a chilly evening, when you think things might be calm, and you 'll find a line of covid-spewing teens going right out the door, each one taking longer than the next to decide which flavor might do the best job of clogging up his or her arteries. To make matters worse, there 's another herd of equally inept (auto-fill suggested infected, which would also be accurate) teens behind the counter, taking their own sweet time to fulfill the orders. That said, the ice cream is truly outstanding. They could actually sell quite some quantity of this excellent product if the owners had even the slightest clue of how to efficiently run a food service establishment.