Has Central Dairy ruined other ice cream shops for anyone else?
I’ve been going to Central Dairy my whole life, and the combination of portion size, price, and product quality is unlike anything I’ve experienced elsewhere. And it honestly set my expectations at an utterly unfair level for all other shops.
Tonight I drove by Clementine’s and saw dozens of people standing in line outside and I thought to myself that it just can’t be worth it. To be fair, I haven’t been yet, but I imagine that the price, portion, and product all won’t compare to Central. Same thing with Sparky’s (though I of course love Sparky’s for what it has meant to CoMo).
Am I the only one who is disappointed because of this admittedly unfair comparison?