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Rome's best gelato
Pistachio against panna, the Pantheon classics against the new natural-ingredient shops. Sixteen scoops, one round a day.
Round 1 opens Monday, November 2The opening matchups. Voting opens Monday, November 2, one round a day, champion Friday, November 6.
Gelateria del Teatro: You can watch them make it through the window on Via dei Coronari. Gelateria Corona: A small, old-fashioned shop by the ruins of Torre Argentina.
Neve di Latte: Fresh milk from one farm and nothing added, near the MAXXI. Gelateria dei Gracchi: Near the Vatican, and the reason to walk a few blocks past the tourist spots.
Come il Latte: Melted chocolate lines the cone before the gelato goes in. Gelateria La Romana: The Rimini-born chain Romans actually line up for, with crema made from the family recipe.
Otaleg: Marco Radicioni's shop, where Romans go when they're tired of the tourist spots. Gunther Gelato Italiano: A gelato maker from the Dolomites, with clean, nutty flavors.
Fiordiluna: A small Trastevere shop making it from organic, fair-trade ingredients. Fassi: The Palazzo del Freddo, making gelato since 1880.
Giolitti: The grand old gelateria behind the Pantheon, since 1900. Grezzo Raw Chocolate: Raw, vegan, no refined sugar, and somehow still the best chocolate in Monti.
Il Gelato di Claudio Torcè: The gelato maker who made rice, celery and black pepper gelato serious. Frigidarium: Cones dipped in white or dark chocolate on Via del Governo Vecchio.
Fatamorgana: Natural ingredients and flavors nobody else would try. Ciampini: Old-school Roman café gelato on one of the city's prettiest squares.
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Round 1 of Rome's best gelato opens Monday, November 2. We'll email you that morning with the matchups.
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Round of 16 Mon, Nov 2
- 1Gelateria del Teatro vs 16Gelateria Corona
- 8Neve di Latte vs 9Gelateria dei Gracchi
- 5Come il Latte vs 12Gelateria La Romana
- 4Otaleg vs 13Gunther Gelato Italiano
- 6Fiordiluna vs 11Fassi
- 3Giolitti vs 14Grezzo Raw Chocolate
- 7Il Gelato di Claudio Torcè vs 10Frigidarium
- 2Fatamorgana vs 15Ciampini
Still to come: Quarterfinals (Tue, Nov 3), Semifinals (Wed, Nov 4), The final (Thu, Nov 5).
The 16
How it works
Sixteen places, picked by Chef from our lists, the critics and the lines out the door, seeded by Chef's read. One round a day on the New York clock: the Round of 16, the quarterfinals, the semifinals, then the final, and the champion the morning after. Anyone can vote, no account needed, one vote per matchup, and you can change it until midnight. Most votes goes through; a tie goes to the better seed.
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