Gelateria San Crispino

Everyone's favorite "secret" ice cream parlor in Rome, Italy

*** San Crispino
Via della Panetteria 42
tel. +39-06-679-3924
www.ilgelatodisancrispino.com
Open noon–12:20am (to 1:30am Fri–Sat)
Closed Tues in autumn and winter

Piazza della Maddalena 3
tel. +39-06-9760-1190
Open noon–12:20am (to 1:30am Fri–Sat)
Closed Tues in autumn and winter

Terminal A, Fiumicino airport
tel. +39-06-6501-9911
Open daily 7am–10pm

Via Acaia 56 (between Via Satrico and Via Vetulonia)
tel. +39-06-7045-0412
Open 11am–midnight
Closed Tues

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San Crispino ice cream parlor in RomeEveryone's favorite "secret gelateria"—which is code for "not (yet) crammed with tourists"—is, in point of fact, a pretty poorly kept secret.

To look at San Crispino, you'd never even realize that this long, narrow shop sells ice cream—unless you knew that, before a gelateria in Florence invented the glass display case, traditional Italian ice cream parlors looked just like this: a long marble counters set with a row of tin lids. Lift any lid, and underneath, sunk into the counter, is a tub of gelato.

Their honey-kissed signature flavor is called simply "San Crispino," though they feature many other velvety varieties made with fresh fruits or nuts and sinful delights laced with liqueurs.

The Gelato Gods have smiled upon San Crispino (as well they should), and it has now opened several more branches around Rome. All, sadly, are closed in winter, and on Tuesdays in fall:

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