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| - I've been watching like a hawk all summer for this place to open. They really dragged their feet renovating and only launched on the final weekend in August. Of course, I was away that weekend so my long awaited FTR got scooped by a 3 liner. No big deal though. Legitimate score for Raghida.
When I returned from cottage country and caught the glow of Arte Gelato's open sign I knew it was time to try. Truthfully, I'm all Baker Botted out and was up for something new.
Arte Gelato's owner was friendly and advised us of their dairy-free sorbet items. He mentioned that all the gelato is made on site and more flavours would be coming soon. I wasn't blown away by the watermelon flavour, which tasted very sweet and a bit artificial. What really did it for be was the pistacchio. When you get gelato, you should always get a nut flavour is something I've learned with time. Usually I go for nocciola (hazelnut) but I was feeling adventurous and I liked the soft green colour.
The best part about Arte has got to be that they don't limit you on the number of flavours you can get. Just choose a size and pick away. Once you choose your flavours, they make it up for you. Make sure you say the one you want the most of first, because you'll get the biggest portion of this one, filling the bottom of the cup.
Then, in a break from Toronto gelato place tradition of modelling their business practice after a late-night gas station, making you pre-pay before you even decide what you want, at Arte you get to pay AFTER you've got your cone. Amazing!
Bye bye Dolce! Don't think I'll be wasting the energy to walk down to College for your over-priced, mediocre gelato that requires pre-payment.
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