Gelato Fix

I completely forgot to share wit you the very good gelato we found in Toronto a while back. This was the day we went to Stockyards for our late afternoon dinner (and Matt discovered a new love - the green chile cheesburger) and were looking for a sweet bite for dessert. We walked the kilometre or so to get to the shop (so we could feel better about all the fat and cholesterol we just ingested at dinner), and were surprised to find it quite an authentic gelateria. Soccer was on the TV with a number of Italians watching and cheering along, and menus and flavours were written in Italian.

While the selection of gelato to choose from was limited, there were still some great flavours to enjoy at Novecentro. I opted for the strawberry, while Matt enjoyed the chocolate stracciatella, a combo of vanilla ice cream with chocolate chunks. They came served in a chilled glass bowl with a little cookie straw – nice presentation. We enjoyed the dessert just as much as the atmosphere, but when it came time to pay the bill, we realized we broke our cardinal rule as a tourist. We learned quickly in Italy that it’s much cheaper to get your gelato and coffee to go, as there is a fixed price and they can’t charge you a service fee. We didn’t think this applied back home in Canada! But sure enough, enjoying our gelato sitting down cost us at least an extra $2-3 each. 

We’ve been on a bit of a gelato hiatus since that trip back in October; perhaps it’s the looming winter cold. I’m sure once the warm weather appears again (or Matt gets a hankering for some cold gelato), we’ll be back on the hunt to find more great gelato shops in the area.