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Pizzeria Marin County

Pizzeria Picco: Enjoying Pizza and Soft Serve in Earthy Setting

San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer’s reviews previously led me to great pizza at Oakland’s Pizzaiolo and San Francisco’s A16, so my antennae started twitching when he proclaimed Pizzeria Picco‘s thin-crust pizza the...
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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 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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