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Get your gelato here...

Posted by June Wulff July 2, 2008 06:48 AM

I want to move to Italy. There, I've said it. So now I have to decide if my new home will be in Rome, Venice, the Amalfi Coast (Ravello, to be exact), Florence, or a tiny Tuscan town where I can stare at goats and grapes. My other decision is whether to buy a motor scooter. Nah, it will be too hard to drive and hold my gelato.

Back to reality. I'm staying put, but I'll pretend I'm in Italy when I eat gelato, lots of it (maybe 3 times a day like my hubby did when we were there last month). Want to join me? Come on, it's made from whole milk, not cream - it's almost a diet food!

Here are a few places to get you started:

GELATERIA (272 Hanover St., North End. 617-720-4243): about 50 flavors are made on the premises including chocolate, vanilla, pistachio, and tiramisu. $4.95 for 3 scoops.

CAFE PIAZZA DOLCE (831 Main St., Winchester. 781-838-6092): bacio ("kiss") is the most popular of the Naples-imported flavors (it's chocolate with hazelnuts). $4.50 for 3 scoops.

MIKE'S PASTRY (300 Hanover St., North End. 617-742-3050): 86-year-old Mike makes a lot of tiramisu, cappuccino, and mocha. $3 for a cup or cone.

LIL-N-CHICK'S (343 Main St., Saugus. 781-231-0380): try chocolate and coconut, two of their popular flavors. $5.75 for 3 scoops.

Mangi!

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[Wendy Maeda / Globe Staff]

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10 comments so far...

  1. There's also a place on Trapelo Road in Belmont, almost next door to the Studio Cinema.

    Posted by Tom Stewart July 2, 08 10:16 AM

  1. June...

    Yum! Just got back from Amalfi about a week ago...despairing of ever finding gelato as good as we had there!!!

    Don't get into the city much...anybody know of a good gelato place in Metrowest?

    Posted by Lee July 2, 08 11:05 AM

  1. Whole Foods on Washington Street Newtonville also has gelato at their coffee bar; it's amazing! The passion mango fruit gelato has real fruits from the WF market right in there. Definitely a nice treat pre or post shopping trip!

    Posted by Kathy M. July 2, 08 11:18 AM

  1. Bon Bon on Mass Ave n Boston has amazing gelato!!!

    Posted by Jen July 2, 08 12:53 PM

  1. Angelatos in belmont is great

    Posted by nancy July 2, 08 02:02 PM

  1. They also have it at South Shore Plaza

    Posted by Naomi July 2, 08 03:33 PM

  1. You have omitted the most amazing one! BonBon on Mass Ave (# 194A i think) is the best kept secret in Boston. Better than Mike's Pastry & co.
    Not only are their gelatos sublime (yum cinamon toast crunch), but their Sorbettos are just divine..you should try the pear and the coconut..and the mango and the pomegranate and....

    Posted by Karina July 2, 08 04:10 PM


  1. Hi. I am a gelato fan also and hope to be up in your area in july. I would like to know which one of the places is underground? It was an underground gelato shop. It has been a long time since I have been there please let me know. Thanx, MJ

    Posted by MJ Dunn July 2, 08 11:55 PM

  1. It's just not as good here in the states.

    Posted by jb July 3, 08 10:03 AM

  1. SPASSO caffe & gelatieria
    1498 Highland Ave
    Needham MA

    New place and makes the best gelato in the Northeast.

    Posted by Curtis Grace January 31, 09 08:37 PM
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