JP Licks

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JP Licks is an ice cream maker in Boston that was founded in 1981 by Vincent Petryk. It started out with one location in Jamaica Plain, and there are seven locations in the Greater Boston Area. Its name is taken from its original location.

[edit] Locations

• Jamaica Plain: The first shop was near the corner of Centre Street and Boylston Street, where Acapulco now stands, but in the early 90's it moved to the corner of Centre and Seaverns Ave, where Purple Cactus is now. Around 2000 it moved across the street to its current, much larger location, which used to be occupied by Bruegger's Bagels.
• Coolidge Corner: This is the second location of J.P. Licks. It was opened in 1988, on Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• Newbury Street: The third store, opened in 1993 in the Back Bay section of Boston.
• Newton Centre: The fourth location, opened in 1997.
• West Roxbury: The fifth store, opened in 2001.
• Davis Square and Arlington Center: The sixth current and seventh original locations, opened in 2003. The stores were formerly Denise's Ice Cream Shops. The Arlington Center store has since been closed and reopened as a Chilly Cow.[1]
• Mission Hill: The seventh location, opened in 2005.