If you find anything close to the stuff we ate twice daily in Italy, let me know.
In the meantime, Talenti from the supermarket is better than anything I’ve found in the states.
Did you happen to hit up San Crispino near the Trevi fountain in Rome? Place looked like a laboratory. Had some incredible gelatos there, flavors I haven't seen in US, like bergemot.If you find anything close to the stuff we ate twice daily in Italy, let me know.
In the meantime, Talenti from the supermarket is better than anything I’ve found in the states.
La Carraia. Florence. Best i have had.
Had some in turin that was amazing also
Hell, you could gain a few lbs just from olive oil tastings.My BMI skyrocketed the week I was in Florence. I think I just went from pizza to gelato to carbonara/cacio e pepe on repeat every single day.
Yeah I was just showing my fiance pictures of when I went to Italy for a few weeks. First international trip I ever took without my parents. I think I was 19. It gave me a craving.
Vecchito's in Middletown is really good but it isn't really gelato.
Did you happen to hit up San Crispino near the Trevi fountain in Rome? Place looked like a laboratory. Had some incredible gelatos there, flavors I haven't seen in US, like bergemot.
Talenti isn't bad. I researched gelato as we were considering offering it at the coffeehouse. Tried a ton at different trade shows, nothing close to what we had in Rome. Ultimately we decided on making our own cannoli instead.
Vecchito’s the Italian ice spot? Man I used to remember running to catch that truck at the beach in old saybrook.
Smaller portions over there though, I never felt like I was stuffing myself even though I ate well and drank wine constantly.My BMI skyrocketed the week I was in Florence. I think I just went from pizza to gelato to carbonara/cacio e pepe on repeat every single day.
OTOH, you're compelled to finish that pizza instead of boxing up the last couple of slices and taking it home...Smaller portions over there though, I never felt like I was stuffing myself even though I ate well and drank wine constantly.
True but I'm compelled to finish the pizzas over here as well and they certainly aren't made for one.OTOH, you're compelled to finish that pizza instead of boxing up the last couple of slices and taking it home...
There’s a place in Lecce Italy (in the heel of the boot, called the Florence of the South) where I had the best gelato I’ve ever had. I can still taste it almost 20 years later. Dark chocolate rum.I want gelato. Not ice cream. And not that crapphy grainy stuff they call gelato. Like real, Italian stuff. I will drive an hour or more if I need to.
It's the off season. Anyone got any recommendations?
I thought ice cream from the supermarket was crap, until I discovered Tillamook. I sold my home ice cream freezer to a young couple opening a small restaurant in the city. Tillamook is awesome.If you find anything close to the stuff we ate twice daily in Italy, let me know.
In the meantime, Talenti from the supermarket is better than anything I’ve found in the states.
Call this place. They might sell it or make it:
Arethusa Farms
822 Bantam Rd. Bantam, CT 06750
PHONE
860-361-6460
If not there, Dematteo's in Hamden should have it.
You can google gelato near me, and it will pull places that sell it.
Any decent Italian restaurant should have it. You could order it as takeout there if you chose not to dine in.
The gelato place in downtown New Canaan is pretty good. It's right next to Tequila Mockingbird, which is some of the best gringo Tex-Mex I've ever had. My go-to birthday evening is starting with drinks, dinner and then dessert at the gelato spot.I want gelato. Not ice cream. And not that crapphy grainy stuff they call gelato. Like real, Italian stuff. I will drive an hour or more if I need to.
It's the off season. Anyone got any recommendations?
I agree. Good but not true gelatoThe stuff they sell in restaurants here is basically ice cream. Even the fancy places. It isn't very good tbh.
Word is there's a decent spot in new canaan. It stinks of privelege and I hate that area... but I'll take the trip later and give an update
No. It’s the same as what they are talking about.Libby's Italian Pastry Shop in New Haven on Wooster Street (same street as Pepe's, Sally's),
should have decent gelato.
Their phone number is Phone: (203) 772-0380.