Rich Farm Ice Cream, Oxford, Connecticut

Some of the best ice cream in the country — made on a working family farm in Oxford, a Yelp Top-100 scoop shop worth the short detour from the Litchfield Hills.

The short version

• A family-owned ice cream shop on a working farm in Oxford, Connecticut, churning out small-batch ice cream since 1994.
• It’s no local secret: Rich Farm landed on Yelp’s Top 100 ice cream shops in the entire country.
• It’s the sweet, inexpensive, perfect end to a Litchfield Hills day — a cone eaten in the fresh farm air.

What is it?

Rich Farm has been making ice cream on its Oxford farm since 1994 — dozens of flavors, generous scoops, and the kind of line out the door that tells you it’s the real thing. It sits a little south of the Litchfield Hills proper, but it’s an easy, worthwhile detour, and it’s been named among the best ice cream shops in the country.

Why go?

Because the inexpensive, perfect things are half the point of a New England fall — and a cone from a genuinely great farm stand, eaten in the crisp air, is exactly that. An inexpensive thrill, a lasting memory.

Good to know

• Where: 691 Oxford Road, Oxford, Connecticut.
• Hours: seasonal — check the official site.
• Cost: a few dollars a cone — well worth it.
• Pair with: a Litchfield Hills foliage day.

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