First, if you see brightly colored gelato piled high above containers, avoid that shop. Low-quality shops will use dyes to entice you, but authentic banana gelato shouldn’t be bright yellow.

More modern flavors have developed including pineapple, tiramisu, banana, mango, yogurt, stracciatella, zabajone and amarena.

I picked a custom waffle with a gelato flavour and two toppings of my choice: Chocolate sauce, fresh banana, and vanilla ice cream. It is uncommon to visit a dessert place that also has delicious ...