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| - When I went to Italy with my brother, it was his first trip but already my third. While my brother is a passionate art lover, I am an abject ignoramus. So how did I bide my time while bro was spending the whole day in various museums I had already been to? Yuppers, you guessed it: gelato!! To be fair, I enjoyed lots of terrific coffee and pasta also. But after almost a week in Rome, sampling countless flavors from dozens of gelaterias, I am kinda sorta a gelato expert. So trust me when I say this: the gelato at Art of Flavors is as good as any you'll find in the Eternal City. If you can't quite swing the airfare to Roma, just visit Art of Flavors (unless you're an art lover, then you'll have to pony up for the ticket).
First, the location. Yes, it's in a divey area: strip club across the street, dive bar a half-block away ... Las Vegas Boulevard north of the Stratosphere ain't the Via Condotti. But if you're worried for your safety, no need. As, uh, "un-posh" as the area might look, it's perfectly safe. Cops cruise up and down Las Vegas Boulevard constantly. Crime is not an issue here. As for parking, it is limited in front of AoF, but there are more spaces at the far end of the little strip mall that AoF occupies.
On to the important stuff: the gelato! Wow, I can't say enough about the quality. A lot of places advertise that they serve gelato when really it's just fancy-pants ice cream. Gelato has less sugar, butterfat & air than premium ice creams and is served at a higher temperature (right around 32 degrees, instead of 10-20 degrees for ice cream), which means that the flavors come through more. And Chef Desyree makes all her flavors herself. The Italian donut? Yup, she makes the donuts from scratch, mashes them down, then makes a gelato out of the mash. Same with the cinnamon rolls that go into the cinnamon roll gelato. And the lemon curd that goes into the lemon meringue gelato. Of course, all the fruit sorbettos are made with fresh fruit. The only ingredient I think she doesn't make from scratch is the Oreo cookie crumbles in the cookies & cream gelato. All that work must be difficult and time-consuming, but Desyree won't settle for less. She is absolutely passionate about the quality of her gelato. And as other Yelpers have mentioned, the staff wants you to sample the interesting, often very different flavors they offer, like sweet corn, avocado, and pepper chocolate. If you're curious about a flavor, don't be shy about asking for a sample!
Whether gelato, ice cream, or frozen custard, Art of Flavors is the best frozen dairy in Las Vegas by a country mile. A lot of my recommendations for eating spots in Las Vegas are location-dependent. For example, I like Burger Bar @ Mandalay Place for an inexpensive (relative speaking, for the Strip) dining option. Would I suggest you go there if you were staying at the Tropicana? Absolutely! Staying at the Wynn? Nah, don't bother. But regardless of where you are in Las Vegas, if you love ice cream (or in this case, its Italian interpretation known as gelato), you MUST GO to Art of Flavors! Heck, gelato this good, I'd drive from St. George.
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