Get Free Water Ice, Ice Cream Cones Tuesday On The Main Line

There's one way to make the prospect of a first-day-of-spring snowstorm a little less painful: Free dessert.

To celebrate the first day of spring, Rita's will be giving away free water ice from noon to 9 p.m. at all of its locations.

Rita's locations on the Main Line and in the surrounding area are:

• 958 County Line Road, Bryn Mawr
• 500 West Chester Pike, Havertown
• 55 W Eagle Road, Havertown
• 2105 Sproul Road, Broomall
• 1776 East Lancaster Avenue, Paoli
• 430 Lancaster Pike, Malvern

Click here to see all participating Rita's locations.

If water ice isn't your thing, how about an ice cream cone? Dairy Queen will give away free ice cream cones at all non-mall locations of both Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill restaurants.

While the small vanilla soft serve cones will be free, customers participating in the fourth annual Free Cone Day will be asked to donate money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. More than $300,000 was raised last year on Free Cone Day.

Participating Main Line-area Dairy Queen stores include the locations at:

• 710 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill
• Lincoln Court Shopping Center, Frazer
• 416 W. Lincoln Highway, Exton
• Exton Square Mall, Exton
• The Shops On Eagleview Boulevard, Exton

Click here to see all participating DQ locations.

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