This group pays sincere respect to the genius of G&Ds.

G&D's (George & Davis / George & Danver) is an Oxford tradition of the best kind. Started up in Little Clarendon Street by George and his dog 10 years ago, the new branch opened opposite Christchurch in November 2001. The dog may have changed, but the tradition hasn't: if you are looking for ice cream between the hours of 8am and 12 midnight, G&D's is where it's at. Freshly made (with Jersey cream from a local dairy and no artificial ingredients) in the mysterious and presumably heavenly basement of the Little Clarendon Street shop, the selection of flavours ranges from dime bar crunch, mars mania and super chocolate to mango sorbet, after eight and crunchie bar. There are also regular new flavour experiments (eg. guiness!!) according to customers' suggestions. Collect 30 signatures in the G&D's flavour petition folder, and your idea will be tried out.

G&D's ethos is reflected by its cheery, light, open decor. The staff are friendly and smiley, the stereo plays a range of standard student favourites, and there are constant competitions and fun giveaways. Win ice cream by providing the correct answer to the Question of the Week on the board at Little Clarendon Street, or by bringing in some kind of cow artifact on Wednesday night. Tuesdays at St Aldate's is Silly Hat Night, and Mondays will be Hoop Night (win a litre of ice cream by getting the cow through the basketball hoop) when the management find a way to fix the hoop so as to avoid bombarding the customers with a shower of bovines. A different newspaper is provided each day at both branches, and the Beano and Dandy are also available. Buy a coffee before 10am and get another free; get endless free refills after 10am when you buy coffee with your food; make up an ice cream shake of your choice; put smarties on your ice cream... the fun never stops. Ahem.

As for foods other than the creamy and iced kind, G&D's do a mean line in bagels and pizza bagels, which at around the 3 mark are enough for a small meal. (You can even put ice cream in your bagel if you are really obsessive.) The cakes on offer are good, and ice-cream-free smoothies are available. Back to the ice cream: G&D's will supply college balls by arrangement, and they provide the trendy Branca on Walton Street with their delicious raspberry sorbet. At 1.25 a pop for a little pot brimming with creamy goodness (!), value is excellent. Try the Kenya AA coffee and the pistachio flavour, and the B52 ice-cream milkshake - a meal in itself, and the cheapest cocktail in town.

George and Davis has now been around for over a decade in Oxford and has become something of an institution. On a sunny May day, you can see an animated tutorial in one corner, a group of teenage European tourists giggling in the other, and a tired graduate student wearily sipping a hot chocolate by the window after an all-nighter. Late nights see everything from rowdy first year students trying to fight off hangovers with massive sundaes, and serious middle-aged couples sneaking away half-liter ice-cream packs for guilty late-night snacks.

G&Ds (as it is affectionately called by its devotees) is funkily decorated, with huge cows painted on the walls, comfy chairs in one corner, and minimalist wooden stools scattered around the rest of the small shop. A huge notice board at the entrance announces an eclectic selection of plays, films and music gigs in the area, while a pile of newspapers are scattered at the back for those wanting to while away a lazy afternoon. A large board at one end has the "Quiz of the Day" - a "Trivial Pursuit" kind-of-question, which entitles the winner to a free scoop of any ice-cream!