the flavor of the place - View this location on map 'get out onto nassau street, princeton's main street, to window-shop the bookstores and boutiques, check out vintage buildings and peek down side streets at beautifully kept victorian houses. the red-brick bainbridge house, dating to 1766, is now the historical society of princeton (open noon to 4 p.m., tuesday through sunday; 609-921-6748). the tudor revival building at 92 nassau street, built in 1896, was once a princeton dormitory. your goal is the bent spoon (35 palmer square west, 609-924-2368), whose owners pledge to use local, organic and hormone-free ingredients whenever possible in the ice cream and sorbet they make fresh every day. order blood-orange sorbet or roasted-hazelnut ice cream ($2.50 for small, $3.50 for medium).'' New York Times 158 nassau street, Princeton, NJ Shopping, Restaurant

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