Brigham's sells itself off; Hood to get ice cream lines, some Baltimore company you've never heard of to get the remaining Brigham's stores.

Around 7 p.m. tonight, the line outside the newly opened iScream Works on Centre Street in West Roxbury stretched to the end of Real Deal. Even at 9:30, there was still a line outside. You'd think Centre Street hadn't seen ice cream in years.

Oh, wait. It hadn't.

Inside, the store is kind of small, but cool, what with exposed brick and the original tin ceiling. All the ice cream is from Brigham's (even the frappe and ice-cream cups say "Brighams"). Considering the place only opened today, the line moved remarkably quickly.

IScream on Centre Street has taken down its Friday the 13th banner and put up its new sign.

Over in Roslindale, Washington Street is getting a new seafood takeout place - in the same general vicinity as Yucatan Mexican Grill and BBQ Town, but on the other side of the street:

David Ertischek reports the Local Scoop Ice Creamery opens next week next to Papa John's in the Roche Bros. plaza (basically, across from the Hallmark). No seats, though.

This is in addition to iScream Works on Centre Street which, as you can see above, opens Friday the 13th in June - where Imagine That used to be (note: Kidlet wants it noted she is not actually scared of either ice cream or Friday the 13th) - and Champs, which is slated to open next to where Tai Ho used to be.

Michael Femia asks because the East Boston HEH-LO ice-cream truck is back.

OK, but what does it mean?

Anybody who drives on Washington Street south of Forest Hills knows the Puritan Ice Cream building - that sad looking brick building with the "Retail Store in Back" sign that never actually looks like it's open.

Rhea Becker reports that not only is it open, but it's 100 years old this year.

But, have any of you ever actually bought any of its three-gallon tubs of ice cream? Maybe that's why they're not better known.

The West Roxbury Bulletin reports that the new iScream Works (to replace the old Imagine That) will be selling Brigham's ice cream "in quarts, sundaes and cones." Seems one of the new owners is an advertising guy and one of his clients is, ta da, Brigham's. Opening could be by Memorial Day.

Centre Street used to have an actual Brigham's parlor, but it closed years ago, to be replaced by Yoo Hoo's, which itself shut down, to be replaced by Himalayan Bistro.

Centre Street in West Roxbury is getting TWO ice cream places, one next to where Tai Ho used to be and one where Imagine That soon won't be, the Transcript reports. However Sugar has backed off its plans to sell Emack & Bolio's ice cream.

Not even in the summer, let alone in March.

Speaking of ice cream: In an otherwise depressing story about how Centre Street in West Roxbury now has more vacant storefronts than funeral homes, the Bulletin reports the old L'Essence art gallery (burned out in last year's Tai Ho fire), will be replaced by an ice-cream joint. Centre hasn't had an ice-cream place since Yoo Hoo's and Friendly's closed back in 2005.