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| - When you promise desert to a three year old, you had better come through...they have minds like steel traps! So the moment we finished lunch, my daughter lovingly reminded us about our aforementioned promise.
We went next door to Angel Sweet, not knowing exactly what to expect. I had heard lots of great things, but you never really know for sure about something until you try it yourself. After all..."opinions" and whatnot...
At first glance, the facility comes across as small. There are only three tiny tables inside, each with two chairs, and all in very close proximity to one another. Now, there are a few random seats near the window, and there's a park style bench on the wall under a mural of a couple of small shops, I can only assume Italian. My first thought was, "I'll bet this place gets uncomfortably crowded during the peak summer months." But, I digress.
When you look at the displays for the various gelato flavors, you understand where all of the square footage went for this building. There are at least 20 different varieties of gelato, each flavor laid out like a work of art under that glass. It almost makes you want to eat them all (*NOTICE: DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS RIDICULOUS FEAT!!! That would be gastrointestinal suicide).
We had plenty of time to study the flavors on our inaugural trip, as the gelato pusher was nowhere to be found. For a brief second, I thought to myself, "This is going to end badly...). Moments later, I realized why there was a little hold up...the gelato man emerged from the back room with two more gelato trays to fill a couple of voids under the glass.
His emergence might as well have been in slow motion. He was carrying two heaping masses of fresh gelato art. I think I saw smoke...and possibly doves. There might have been 80's hair metal in the background. The whole thing just SCREAMED "John Woo".
After relieving himself of the two new flavors on the street, he apologized for the wait, and then explained a few things about the gelatos to us. He mentioned to us that we were allowed to sample as many flavors as we wanted. Now, at most gelato places, they give you that weird square spoon to try the samples. Not here. They give you full sized plastic teaspoons!
I only needed one sample. The Panna Cotta was AWESOME! I They offer a variety of cones, but I always go for ice cream in a cup (you know...to avoid the extra calories). They offer small, medium large, and kid's sized cups. Within the small, medium and large cups, you are allowed to mix up to three flavors. In the kid's cup, you can only mix two.
Now, usually, when you get ice cream in a cup, there's lots of leftover space after the attendant scoops in your confection. Not here. This guy filled this cup like he was filling a hole in drywall, and his deposit depended on it!
In retrospect, I should have ordered the kid's cup. This gelato is HEA-VY!!! There's a disclaimer about that very fact next to the cash register, but I guess I was too mesmerized by the beautiful gelato to notice until it was too late.
Bottom line...this place is AWESOME!!! Just remember to heed the warning. A little of this stuff goes a LONG way!
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