Giolitti
Sfogliatella Napoletana
Ricotta Cake
Crema e Pinoli
Pistachio di Bronte Gelato, Torrone Gelato
Pomegranate Sorbet, Dark Cherry Gelato
Reportedly Rome’s oldest continuously-functional Ice Cream Parlor, Giolitti has been serving guests since 1890, and although Giuseppe and Bernardina passed away several years ago their name still carries on through family operating two locations, one in E.U.R. and the flagship on via Uffici del Vicario near the Pantheon.
Almost unmistakable as some of Rome’s towering churches, its single-story floor plan covering easily a thousand square-meters from dining room to Bar, freezers and Pastry cases, it was around 22h30 that Giolitti was found empty, throngs of tourists now gone and service operating in a perfunctory manner as though customers were an unexpected interruption.
Producing both Ice Cream and Food on-site, and reportedly adherent to the same recipes passed down from one generation to the next, it was upon perusal that four flavors separated themselves from others, Pistachio as well as Dark Cherry each creamy and natural while Torrone was expectedly sweet.
Less impressed by Pomegranate Sorbet, assertive sours and an icy base seeing several licks discarded, Pastry was also hit-and-miss with the Ricotta Cake dried out and Sfogliatella soggy while a Tart with Cream and Pine nuts was deliciously subtle.
www.giolitti.it