Ben & Jerry's has a new line of Greek-style frozen yogurts, and will serve it up for free to D.C. for the next four weeks from a truck arriving in town today. more ›

Pleasant Pops asked for your help in raising money for a brick-and-mortar location, and it got it. more ›

Get ready, set and stand in line—today is Ben and Jerry's Free Cone Day! more ›

For those bummed out by another NFL season that left the Redskins as pathetic as ever and those hated New York Giants in the Super Bowl, maybe some free ice cream will help. more ›

"It's a beautiful day!" reads the latest communique from that bunch of fringe extremists down at Occupy DC, who, in the same terrifying message, note that they'll be holding a public barbecue at 2:30 in McPherson Square. more ›

With the dawn of apple season, we search for the best places to pick up an apple pie. Want to know which local startup is one of our favorites? more ›

Gelato and frozen yogurt seem to have been hogging all the frozen treat attention lately. But in my mind there are two local ice cream parlors that trump them. more ›

The silly ice cream shop with the made up name, Häagen-Dazs, is giving away free ice cream around the D.C. area from 4-8 p.m. today. more ›

It's a no-good, rotten shame that this isn't happening today -- what with the mid-80s temperatures and the pleasant breeze being the perfect conditions for waiting outside and eating ice cream and all -- but Ben and Jerry's annual Free Cone Day will take place tomorrow, April 12. more ›

This past weekend, local ice cream maker Gifford's Ice Cream reopened its Chevy Chase retail location at 21 Wisconsin Circle, which will now be managed by Artfully Chocolate Kingsbury Confections (ACKC). Gifford's four retail locations were closed last summer when it was discovered that Luke Cooper, the Baltimore-area investor who purchased the retail business, was selling Hood Ice Cream as Gifford's product. more ›

The downtown location of Gifford's Ice Cream (555 11th Street NW) hopes to reopen in about a week, following a temporary closure ordered by the D.C. Dept. of Health. more ›

For the cost of less than a first-class stamp you can get an ice cream cone tonight at Baskin Robbins. Their annual promotion of 31 cent cones runs this evening from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. more ›

If you missed out on free pastry morning at Starbucks, don't fret. You've still got the rest of the day to grab a free ice cream cone from Ben & Jerry's. The chain's annual Free Cone Day event is back once again, running this afternoon from noon to 8 p.m. Just stop by, wait in the inevitably long line, and score your free cone of any flavor you please. more ›

First Hello Cupcake, and now Ben & Jerry's joins the list of dessert purveyors helping D.C. gay couples celebrate their newly granted marriage freedoms. more ›

Baltimore-based Pitango Gelato officially opens its first D.C.-area location today. Located across from the P Street Whole Foods, it is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. And Virginians, don't fret, as another Pitango will be opening soon in Reston Town Center. more ›

Ben & Jerry's is hosting their annual free cone day today from noon to 8 p.m. Grab a scoop of Cherry Garcia, Chubby Hubby or your favorite flavor in D.C. from the Dupont Circle, Georgetown, Old Post Office or Union Station locations. Make sure you get there early in the day to get your favorite flavor, or you could end up stuck with the bottom scrapings of vanilla. And remember, the lines have historically gotten very long, especially toward the end of the day -- plan to wait a bit. more ›

Although we at DCist have no affiliation with any plastic surgeons' association, we can't help but bring news of today's annual 31-cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins, tonight from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. In cooperation with the National Fallen Firefighters Fund, The BR will once again shell out 2.5 oz. scoops of any flavor for anyone with three dimes and a penny. Note: there is a 10 scoop limit per person per purchase. more ›

Another day, another dollar. Another year, another free cone day. In celebration of their 30th anniversary - despite the fact that the giveaway occurs every year - Ben and Jerry's is offering one free scoop of ice cream to customers between noon and 8 p.m. more ›

A Giant Food opened this morning on Alabama Ave. SE in Ward 8, making it the only full-service grocery store in the Anascostia ward. It's also the first supermarket to operate in the neighborhood in over a decade. On Saturday the Post ran a story highlighting the lengths Ward 8 residents have had to go to up until today to purchase groceries. The "Camp Simms" Giant joins a bank and a hardware in a shopping... more ›

Moms are great. Aside from birthing us, they wipe our mouths when we dribble food, wrap us up warm when it gets cold out, and give us Jell-O and ice cream when we're sick. For many years it seemed like mom and dad were the smartest people in the world, an Encyclopedia Familica. Usually they give us advice like cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands after using the bathroom and useful stuff... more ›

For the past few weeks, we’ve been hearing rumblings between the Virginia ABC and Rustico’s head chef, Frank Morales, over his new concoction: beer popsicles. more ›

>> Conner Contemporary opens Academy 2007, their annual BFA/MFA art show featuring talented graduates from the region. The curators have been touring student shows since January to find the best from this year's class in a wide variety of media. Find the Next Great Artist this Friday at their opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. more ›

You heard it here first: The bloom is officially off the rose of the Fenty administration. On Monday, the Mayor held an opening ceremony for the District's public swimming pools, at which he failed to fulfill our simple request that he make sure somebody did a cannonball. The Examiner was there yesterday afternoon to witness the pitiful display of showmanship where Fenty opened the city's pools, not with a dive, but with a whistle. While... more ›

>> Today is Ice Cream Soda Day. We're just going to start making up our own holidays at this point. Tomorrow is National Pedicure Day, and the day after that is Give A Stranger a Teddy Bear Day, OK? [Freakonomics Blog] >> A man who tried to force a co-worker into a sex act with a knife was only arrested because he's such a good employee. [City Desk] >> More on whether those beer... more ›

Thanks to a tip from the writers at WeRiteGoode, we are letting you know of yet another fast food giveaway (well, almost). more ›

It's never a good sign when it's already this steamy this early in the morning, and indeed, the heat index looks like it will near 100 degrees today (actual temps closer to 94). The D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management has some helpful tips to beating the oppressive heat, but this list has a shameful lack of ice cream sandwiches involved. DCist heartily recommends the Ice Cream Sandwich Method of keeping cool today, which involves... more ›

Happy Father's Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one's for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network. It was a week of bizarre, embarassing headlines at DCist. The trial of the local administrative law judge who sued his cleaners for $54 million over a pair of missing pants left everyone shaking their heads. Then the capital city was nearly brought to its knees, twice, by... more ›

Feeling a little blue? Flickr user Pa-ya-so packs a number of common zoo images (the little kid with ice cream, the picture taker, the folks bending forward to get a better look) into one shot here, but all in silhouette, framed by that intense aquarium blue, and framed again by the cinematic letterboxing of the top and bottom of the window. We also like how the seal seems to be looking at the people with as much interest as the people have for the seal. EXIF. more ›

This post from DCist contributor Eddie Kim Isn't it the winter holiday season that's the time of year when we're supposed to gain those extra pounds from overindulgences? It doesn't help that several franchises– especially ice cream shops–have taken advantage of the spring months to hold promotional giveaways. Here's hoping you don't have a wedding dress to fit into anytime soon! In case you missed the Baskin Robbins and Ben & Jerry's giveaways earlier this... more ›