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By adamg - 6/16/23 - 10:27 am

Update: JP Licks reports its ice cream survived.

Eversource reports nearly 3,000 businesses and homes lost power along Centre Street and South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica Plain at 10:10 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 1/2/22 - 11:51 am
Sign at West Roxbury JP Licks: Don't harass employees over mask mandates

The JP Licks on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury had a new sign on the counter this morning.

By adamg - 6/12/21 - 4:54 pm
JP Licks in Jamaica Plain

Hard to miss the JP Licks on Centre Street, thanks to the giant cow's head.

The owner of the onetime firehouse at 661 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain this week sued her ex-husband, who runs the J.P. Licks ice-cream chain based there, for some $113,000 in back rent from last year. Read more.

By adamg - 5/21/20 - 5:52 pm
Squirrel with a cup of JP Licks to go

Suzanne Hinton spotted a squirrel going nuts over a JP Licks cup at Flaherty Playground in Jamaica Plain today.

Earlier:
Toasted bagel, hold the shmear.

By adamg - 2/3/18 - 8:10 am

Eileen Murphy reports JP Licks is looking to mooove into the space at 397 W. Broadway once occupied by the Cutting Club hair salon.

There's a meeting, put on by the city and the landlord, for neighbors at the space on Feb. 13 at 6 p.m.

By adamg - 1/14/18 - 1:43 pm

A blind New Yorker is suing JP Licks because he claims the chain's Web site makes it impossible for him to look up its store locations, none of which are located anywhere near New York - or even outside Rte. 495. Read more.

By adamg - 1/18/14 - 3:48 pm

JP Licks is running a contest to find a new name for its Oreo ice cream, because the Oreo people say that is not how their cookies will crumble, thank you very much.

Via Mike Ball.

By adamg - 3/12/12 - 3:44 pm

Boston Tweet reports there'll be no hemp ice cream for Back Bay residents.

By adamg - 2/22/12 - 10:21 am

Wicked Local Somerville reports that JP Licks is coming out with a line of hemp-based non-dairy ice cream. The press release doesn't say what the chain will call the stuff, but Pot Pie seems too chickeny.

By adamg - 10/4/07 - 8:37 am

Pam braves all four of JP Licks' new Thai ice-cream flavors, which, yes, include pad thai:

... The ice cream is filled with short noodles, slices of green onion, chunks of peanut, and specks of cilantro. Is that a hint of garlic as well? This ended up being my favorite of the bunch because of how well it pulled off the unique combination of ingredients. I would never order this as a dessert, but for a savory snack, it was pretty tasty. ...

By adamg - 8/9/06 - 11:23 am

Lissa Harris notes JP Licks has come out with a new line of multi-culti ice-cream flavors, but says the chain missed a few.

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