Piccola Gelateria
Ice cream shop · West Riverside ·
Small-batch gelato, Italian flatbreads, crêpes & coffee
Small-batch gelato, Italian flatbreads, crêpes & coffee
"Piccola Gelateria is more than excellent gelato, sorbet, and dairy-free vegan sorbet. This sweet, family-run Magazine Street shop also serves stellar sweet and savory crepes, piadina (Italian flatbread), gelato cakes, affogato, and coffee. For the gelato, there’s traditional flavors and others: sea salt caramel, tiramisu, licorice, blueberry, rose petal, king cake, biscotti, and stracciatella. Open until 9 p.m. every night." - Adriana Lopez
"A small gelato truck launching in summer and parked outside the Frances Modern Inn’s Italian cafe at 1123 East 11th Street, offering scoops of gelato and sorbets with rotating, inventive flavors. Gelato selections include roasted white chocolate, pistachio, amaretto, cinnamon, espresso, and golden fig, while sorbets feature a seasonal fruit (currently Texas blueberry) plus dark chocolate, coconut, and hibiscus beet. Customers can add pizzelles (Italian waffle cookies) to orders. The menu is overseen by a co-owner who runs the restaurant chocolate program and who began her career at an iconic local ice cream shop; the truck’s name means “small ice cream shop.” For its opening it is running a $1-scoop special (limit three per person, 11 a.m.–9 p.m. or until sold out) and then half-off scoops through the first week; regular hours are daily, 11 a.m.–9 p.m." - Nadia Chaudhury
"Now in its new Uptown home, the much-loved Piccola offers 18 different gelato, dairy-free gelato, sorbet, and dairy-free vegan sorbet flavors every day it’s open. Not to mention the stellar crepes, piadina (Italian flatbread), and coffee. Traditional flavors and others: sea salt caramel, tiramisu, licorice, blueberry, rose petal, king cake, biscotti, and stracciatella. Savory and sweet crepes are also an option." - Beth D’Addono
"The much-loved Piccola offers 18 different gelato, dairy-free gelato, sorbet, and dairy-free vegan sorbet flavors every day it’s open. Not to mention the stellar crepes, piadina (Italian flatbread), and coffee. Traditional flavors and others: sea salt caramel, tiramisu, licorice, blueberry, rose petal, king cake, biscotti, and stracciatella. Savory and sweet crepes are also a tasty, stroll-friendly option." - Beth D'Addono, Clair Lorell
"Swoon — gelato cake is a thing at this over the top, small-batch gelateria opened in 2016. Piccola — which is popping up on menus all over town — offers sweet and savory crepes along with a changing menu of gelato in flavors like spicy chocolate, lavender, and tiramisu." - Beth D’Addono