Entries from Serious Eats: New York tagged with 'Bensonhurst'

Best Gelato in New York City

Brooklyn Paper asks this week if the best gelato in New York City is being served out of the back of a tanning salon? The answer is yes. Yes it is.

The Best Gelato in New York Is Being Served in a Tanning Salon

GelatoI know it's winter, so you're probably not thinking about ice cream, gelato, or any other frozen dessert, but listen up. Gino Cammarata, as I wrote in the New York Times in 2002, might be New York City's best artisanal gelato maker, and he is back this week after a prolonged absence from Gotham's food scene.

He's making his transcendent gelati in the front of a popular tanning salon in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

You heard me right. In a tanning salon.

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