First. The Gelato is amazing. It is the best in the East Valley.
This review is about the deli. Having had the fortune of living in San Diego for 20+ years and having Little Italy across the bridge from me I am deli spoiled. I and used to fresh pasta to purchase, tons of cheeses, meats, fresh pizza dough as well as all the dried pasta you can imagine and everything in between that is yummy Italian to eat. This place has the "basics" of a deli. The floor space is mostly open and the shelves are stocked just barely. I went in today for 00 ground flour and they had one bag. Really? One bag? So anyway, in Mesa, this is as good as it gets. But if you are from any big city that has real Italian delis, like Chicago, New York, San Diego, LA, San Francisco, prepare to be monumentally disappointed.