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Embrace Spring With a Trip to Bubbling Brook

Having reopened for the 2011 season just last month, the renowned restaurant is a local favorite for food . . . and ice cream.

If you're a Westwood resident, the first sign of spring isn't chirping birds, budding daffodils or noisy peeper frogs, it’s the sight of a line gathering outside the soft-serve window at .

It's a reminder that the school year is ending, the pool cover will soon be off and weekend barbecues are around the corner.

If you're looking for a skinny salad or light dinner Bubbling Brook isn't the place, but if you have a hankering for a mammoth plate of fried clams or the best hot dog outside Fenway Park make a pit stop at the Westwood institution, it’s sure to do the trick.

Meet friends for lunch, take the kids after soccer practice for an early dinner or savor a hot-fudge Sunday after a weeknight meal.

One thing to remember, soft-serve ice cream is sold at one window and hard ice cream at another, so be sure to bring more than one person with you if you have a large order that includes both varieties. If not, you’ll be waiting for a very long time and your treats will be sure to melt.

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