Our freezer is broken again and as of today we're open every single day and one reason we hadn't opened every day sooner is because of wanting to make sure we'd have enough ice cream, but that's a fallacy because there's never enough ice cream and "the best way out is always through" which is a line from a Robert Frost poem and considered the source of "the only way out is through," though Shakespeare's Macbeth said "I am in blood / Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more / Returning were as tedious as go o'er" which is basically the same. And well, all this to say it's summer time now and we should be open every day even if running ice cream shops with busted freezers is a little (not at all) like wading in blood. As always, you can pre-order and pay for Gracie's in Union or Earnest Drinks in Kendall Square. You can order delivery from both locations just by clicking the links. Fields of watermelon found on Mars.
Want to know our new hours for blood wading? Gracie's in Union will be 2-9pm Mon-Sun. Earnest Drinks in Kendall will be 11-9 Monday-Friday, 12-8 on Saturday, 12-7 on Sunday. These hours are both subject to change (likely expand), so stay tuned. If you read this, could you tell someone about our new hours and make a plan to visit us on Monday or Tuesday? Thank you.
You might think this shows a reckless disregard for trees on the part of woodpeckers, but in fact the woodpeckers, by ridding the tree of bugs, are saving the tree. So that's nice.
Earnest Drinks and Gracie's gift cards and gift certificates make a good gift to the graduate in your life and if you're wondering if it's appropriate to give your kids' teacher a gift certificate to a bar, it 100% is. We have plastic gift cards at both shops that have to be purchased in person ($15 minimum) and digital gift cards you can purchase online forEarnest Drinks in Kendall Square and Gracie's in Union Square. Or I don't know, maybe buy them a poem written just for them by their favorite ice cream shop. Or I don't know, maybe a made to order ice cream pie? Or, I don't know, maybe grab them one of our new T-Shirts and a new Tank Tops which ought to be available next week or the week after.
If you're mischievous you can take someone's phone and change their auto-correct to say something different. This is a good example.
Here's a list of the pints we have in Union Square right this second. Here's another cat in a place a cat shouldn't be. What if you want to order something, but don't want to leave your house? Visit ordergracies.com or orderearnest.com and select delivery before check out. Getting stuff delivered to your house is fun.
Like every other restaurant in the area, we're still hoping to hire a cook. We're going to try to pay you right, give you a good lifestyle outside of work, and give you schedule flexibility in case you have other stuff going on. Our next cook will be guaranteed at least $18 an hour, room to grow, and we demand you maintain a life outside of the shop because there are more important things than work. We're not open late, so you won't be working late. Additionally, our shop has a brand new HVAC so you won't be sweating your ass off on a poorly ventilated hot line with someone screaming at you.
If you're reading this and you want all of our cocktails at Earnest Drinks to have the option of being served as slushies, you should let us know here or on instagram or on Twitter. It is up to you. Not gonna do it if you don't want cocktail slushies, though.
It's awild pitch. Post Malone's mustache looks like two Capybaras kissing. Anthony Hopkins was only on screen in Silence of the Lambs for only 16 minutes, but you think of him as the whole movie. Philosophical toilet flapper. Cat in a hammock.
You're regularly scheduled freezer troubles are happening again. In Union, our hardening cabinet has been down since Saturday and might get fixed on Friday or Saturday maybe. But I don't know if I'll ever trust it. I actually went in on Saturday to make ice cream and noticed it was struggling so I had to move all the ice cream that was in it out of it which would have been fine except we were jam packed for a hot summer weekend so pints got stuffed everywhere. Then on Tuesday the hardening cabinet in Kendall had a little bit of trouble, which seems to be solved now. Why don't I buy a new one? I did, but it hasn't come yet and it's not going to come for a long time. You can see what ice cream we have in Union by clicking here.
Thank you so much for your continued support. I don't think there's any exclamations in the newsletter this week. Would you like a book recommendation? How about Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi. A good book about sisters and family. You should read it. Buy it at Porter Square Books or Amazon.
Gracie's + Earnest Drinks team