Kimball Farm Wins Best Of Boston Award

WESTFORD, MA — Boston Magazine named Kimball Farm the best family friendly activity west of Boston in its August 2020 issue.

Each year the magazine's team of judges search the city, the 'burbs and the the Cape and the Islands to find top businesses and laud them.

Kimball farm got its start as a destination when Jack and Clara Kimball turned the family's woodshed into an ice cream parlor in 1939. Back then a cone of one maple walnut, frozen pudding or peppermint stick – would run you five cents. More than 80 years later, the Kimball's grandson is running the 50 acre farm on Route 110, which includes mini golf, bumper boats and batting cages. The arcade is on hiatus amid the pandemic, but the rest of the outdoor play is still up and at it.

Here's what the judges had to say about Kimball Farm on Littleton Road.

"Kimball Farm started as an ice cream stand on a sandy patch of parking lot, a rite of passage for local kids to eat cones as big as their heads," the judges wrote. "Today, the Westford location has socially distanced family fun down to a science with attractions that rival most theme parks. Here you’ll find well-monitored lines for gargantuan sundaes; an al fresco snack shack with kid-friendly meals (cheesy tater tots, hot dogs) and local beer for grownups; live music; and even mini golf, bumper boats, and batting cages for open-air fun with your pod."

And yes, they have ice cream shop locations in Lancaster, Carlisle and Jaffrey New Hampshire.

Also west of Boston, Waltham, the Cuban restaurant Gustazo won a Best Of Boston recognition. The magazine named the Habitat Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary in Belmont as the best outdoor space west of Boston, and LuxCouture in Newton the best boutique with curbside west of Boston.

All of the “Best of Boston” winners can be found here