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il laboratorio del gelato: an oldie but still a goodie
so i will admit that i am not completely up to date on the gelato scene which situation needs to be corrected as it is getting a wee bit warmer. i have not yet tried l’arte del gelato that many seem to swoon over these days and i need to track down the van leeuwen ice cream truck (it seems to hang out in the village and soho) as well as this odd tanning/gelato spot oro verde gelati in bay ridge that ed levine wrote about. i have tried grom but didn’t really love it, and is fine on occasion. and while i do frequent shake shack quite often, i think of their soft serve ice cream as in an entirely different category, and the same is true with momofuku bakery & milk bar which also has soft serve ice creams (which i still do need to try). some restaurants also have great gelato — otto is one of those with their olive oil gelato and i probably need to try the gelato at convivio — but having a cone on the street versus sitting down is my favorite way to eat ice cream.
despite the numerous gelato options these days and pending my review of some of the new spots, for now, i am still quite enamored with il laboratorio del gelato which continues to have extremely rich and flavorful ice creams.
since opening in 2002, we have been trekking down to the lower east side to see what flavors treats were in stock. and as il laboratorio del gelato takes the laboratory in their name seriously, they are always testing out new flavors or rotating through what is in season. some of my favorites include the creme fraiche, black sesame and the milk chocolate (which may seem boring but believe me it’s not). as j is a fruit lover, he adores the blood orange, the watermelon and the grapefruit campari. and the list of flavors we need to try is endless — black fig, red plum, wasabi, avocado, ricotta, etc… and while we can get some of il laboratorio’s gelato from local high-end markets, i much prefer an in person visit. il laboratorio del gelato, 95 orchard street between broome and delancey streets, manhattan, new york, .
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that black sesame is pretty amazing
Hilarious that you regard a store on the Lower East Side of seven years’ duration as an oldie. I can’t imagine what you would call Katz’s, Streits’, or Economy Candy.
so maybe i should say just not a newbie? i did write about economy candy one of my favs https://cherrypatter.com/2009/03/economy-candy/, and although i know lots of people like katz’s my last visit was just depressing.