Mary's Milk Bar

Ice cream shop · Lauriston

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"Inspired by the traditional British milk bars of the 1920s and 60s, and located slap bang on Edinburgh’s busy buzzy Grassmarket, Mary’s Milk Bar is a local institution. Scoops are served depending on the weather outside. In the winter, expect gelato flavored with brandy mince pie, ricotta and baked figs and sage and chestnut (single scoops £2.50) and in the summer tea and jam, gooseberry sorbet and sweetcorn and black pepper. They also sell beautiful artisan chocolates such as peppermint creams, spiced peppernut and hazelnut pralines. Inventiveness rules here and everything is made fresh daily by Mary, who is an actual real life gelato graduate having trained at Bologna’s, Carpigiani Gelato University. Come summer, and especially festival time in August, lines snake down the lane. Even if you wait a while, once inside it’s impossible not to smile when you’re served by a jolly team who’ll see you off with “have a scooper day!” Basically, this is a unique place and a charming antidote to any weather that Edinburgh may throw at you." - Caroline Eden

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19 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2HS, United Kingdom Get directions

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