Ice Cream Shop Profile

MOTTO: “The Best Ice Cream in the World.”

YEAR OPENED: 1981.

OWNER: Gus Rancatore.

HOW THE NAME WAS CHOSEN: Gus’s former partner’s grandfather played with Toscanini.

NUMBER OF FLAVORS IN REPERTOIRE: Eighty-five to ninety; including frozen yogurt, sorbet, and gelato. The selection offered depends on the store; the Main Street shop in Central Square is bigger.

MOST POPULAR FLAVORS: Nocciola, coffee, Belgian chocolate, French vanilla, burnt caramel, mango.

SIGNATURE FLAVORS: Molasses ginger, cocoa pudding, Guinness, Grape Nuts with raisins.