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| - "This is really awesome ice cream, eh!" says random guy sitting on bench outside this shop while waving his cup of gelato in my face. That, and the number of people spilling in and out of this shop was enough to convince me to wander in... even to pay $4+ for a single scoop of gelato on a cone.
It certainly looked good. I asked for samples of the mango and coconut. Both were way too sweet. I asked for a third sample: raspberry. The woman behind the counter gave me an exasperated look. Fine. After deeming the raspberry edible, I decided to have the raspberry on a cone. I was sad because coconut is always my go-to flavor for gelato and ices - this was just far too sweet, despite the flakes of coconut in it. Maybe I'm just spoiled for choice, having lived in NYC with L'Arte and Laboratio.
After leaving the store, I bit down into the cone to find it hard and stale. Yuck! My litmus test is always the cone. This cone was hard, old, and downright inedible.
The reason why this review is 2 stars instead of 1 is because of the Americano my boyfriend ordered, which was very nice.
If you want good gelato in Toronto, I recommend Dolce Gelato - yes, it's far, but everything I've had there is delicious.
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