Cape Cod Cones: A Field Guide to Ice Cream on Cape Cod & the Islands

This one-of-a-kind field guide provides the scoop on the ice cream scene of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket, capturing the special relationship between this storied vacation destination and everyone’s favorite frozen treat.

This updated edition of Cape Cod Cones navigates the extensive ice cream terrain of Cape Cod and the Islands, providing detailed information on all 123 ice cream shops on the Cape, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Based on Maria Finch Chandler’s visits and interviews, this portable guidebook serves up the inside scoop on each shop, sharing the shop’s origin story, menu, most popular flavors, and most unusual flavors.

Learn which shops make their ice cream in-house and where others source their delicious treats, as well as details on the shops’ open hours, seating, nondairy and sugar-free options, prices, and customer ratings. Author and ice cream connoisseur Maria Finch Chandler also shares insider tips and provides original watercolor illustrations. Field note pages provide space for readers to add their own sweet observations. 

For visitors and locals, checking out the ice cream shops is a key part of the Cape Cod experience, and this handy guide provides everything they need to enjoy their own tasty tour of the Cape and the Islands.

Maria Finch Chandler is a visual artist and ice cream aficionado, her art and work having taken her along many of the Cape’s back roads and trails, where the wildly beautiful landscape has been a constant source of inspiration. Her art, including many of the pieces in this book, is frequently on display in local galleries and shows. She lives in North Eastham, Massachusetts.