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What To Do In Port Jeff: #92 - Stop at the Port Jefferson Frigate For Dessert

Don't just think it's for after dinner either because this place is not to be missed at any time morning, noon or night.

Imagine that you're around four or five years old and you walk into a confection shop that is about 3,000 square feet of ice cream, candy, chocolate and sweets swirling with color, sugary goodness and flavors galore in wrappers, baskets, boxes, wrapped in bows and ribbons and golden Godiva paper bags.

You might say .

Heck. Even if you're forty or fifty years old you might say that.

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is an ice cream and candy store that brings you back to the old days. The kind of place that they spell with two p's and an e for effect like this: Shoppe.

Come into Port Jeff by ferry and you'll encounter the Frigate almost as soon as you step on dry land because it's conveniently located across from the docks. It's a favorite destination for both tourists and locals who stop in for a quick treat or after dinner desert before taking a stroll along the picturesque waterfront that overlooks the Long Island Sound.

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They feature over 40 flavors of hard and soft ice cream, large cases of the finest candy, fudge and chocolates on the market. If you need to buy a gift or want to bring something back home then there are plenty of baskets, trays, mugs and tins to remember your visit.

A trip to Port Jeff is not complete unless you capped it off at

Category: Dessert.

Price: Varies.

Season: Really? Take your pick and go.


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