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Ice Cream/Gelato Parlor

Ice Cream Bakersfield

Dewar’s Candy Shop: Classic Bakersfield Desserts and Decor

Allison and I had just completed a 13-plate family-style Basque meal at Noriega Hotel, but we’d never been to Bakersfield before, and we didn’t know when we’d return, so we weren’t leaving town before...
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Ice Cream Shop Little India

Saffron Spot: Mumbai-Inspired Ice Cream in Little India

In April 2001, Mumbai native Smita Salgaonkar started Neemo’s Exotic Ice Creams in her adopted home, northern Orange County, naming her operation for an amalgam of her daughters’ names. As a way of marketing...
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Gelato Philadelphia

Capogiro Gelato Artisans: Head Spinning Frozen Philly Treats [CLOSED]

Capogiro loosely translates from Italian as “head spinning.” Owners Stephanie and John Reitano hoped for this effect when they opened the nouveau gelateria in 2002, upon returning to Philadelphia from John’s native Italy. Capogiro...
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Ice Cream Shop Los Angeles

Scoops: Genre-Shattering Ice Cream Near LACC [CLOSED]

The austere storefront at Scoops doesn’t divulge Tai Kim’s towering ambitions with frozen treats. He shops at ethnic markets each morning to deliver the most original and delicious ice creams, gelatos and sorbets in...
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Gelato San Francisco

Yoogo Gelato: Creative Asian Scoops in San Francisco’s Chinatown [CLOSED]

After walking north through Chinatown, where we watched a man shove kicking chickens into paper grocery bags, we emerged at North Beach’s strip of nudie bars and tacky Italian restaurants. Yoogo Gelato is a...
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Ice Cream Ha Noi

Kem Trang Tien: Keeping Coo Near Ha Noi’s Hoan Mien Lake

At about 10 p.m., Vietnamese teens were spilling out of the Kem Trang Tien. Parked motorbikes were stacked just inside the front door of this ice cream parlor near Ha Noi’s heart, Hoan Mien...
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