Once a year, bodies line Church Street as ice cream fans look for a hand out. April 11, 2011, Alice joined the Free Cone Day festivities to find out if it’s really worth standing in line 45 minutes just for a free scoop of Ben & Jerry’s.

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AAN award-winning food writer Alice Levitt is a fan of the exotic, the excellent and automats. She wrote for Seven Days 2007-2015.