Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium

Limited to four stores in Maine and Massachusetts, Ben and Bill’s Chocolate Emporium could perhaps be one of the smallest multi-state ice cream “chains.” The Falmouth store brings with it an air of nostalgia, its narrow interior lined by shelves of hand-made chocolates on one side and a store-long ice cream counter on the other. Although Ben and Bill’s offers many inventive flavors (including Moose Droppings and Graham Slam), their signature flavor is surely Lobster, a butter-flavored ice cream accented by chunks of real lobster meat. This is their most frequently tasted flavor; however, the question that remains is how many people follow up a taste with a full scoop order.