I love love love the Big Chill.
As much as I love the ice without the cream, sometimes gelato just doesn't cut it. I mean it is just flavoured ice, and it doesn't have that extra oompf that ice cream offers. Not to mention you can't get gelato with chunks of cookie dough in it.
The Big Chill is the GREAT local ice cream joint. I think the ice cream there is delicious, and their waffle cones are the perfect combination of soft and crunchy. Personal favourites: Cookie Dough (obviously), Bordeaux Cherry, and bubblegum. Beware when getting bubblegum or any other kiddie-type flavour -- they tend to stop tasting so good when you get a large cone and your entire mouth turns blue.
This place gets packed on weekends, cause kids love it and they can eat their ice cream while playing on all the sticky toys outside. Parents like it because they can sit. And everyone else loves it because they love cheap, delicious ice cream.