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Just Open: Pidapipo, Windsor

Pidapipo has crossed town, with a frosty follow-up to its first gelato store in Carlton, writes Nola James.

Nola James

Gloria Palladin, Maria Stella Orlando, Gaia Pichetti and owner Lisa Valmorbida at Pidapipo Windsor.
Gloria Palladin, Maria Stella Orlando, Gaia Pichetti and owner Lisa Valmorbida at Pidapipo Windsor.Kristoffer Paulsen

Pidapipo's second store opened last Friday on Chapel Street, directly opposite queue-magnet Hawker Hall, a frosty follow-up to owner Lisa Valmorbida's​ first permanent venture, which opened on Lygon Street 18 months ago.

This means more gelato for everyone; the second location includes a substantial prep kitchen, aka The Laboratory, so expect to see new flavours at the Carlton shop too.

Home-made cakes, tarts and biscuits will make their way into daily-churned gelato flavours – think carrot cake and mascarpone; sticky date pudding and caramel; and saffron risotto, a rice pudding-style gelato with chewy rice pieces and a bright yellow hue.

Avocado and lime (left) and strawberry and balsamic gelati at Pidapipo Windsor.
Avocado and lime (left) and strawberry and balsamic gelati at Pidapipo Windsor.Kristoffer Paulsen
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Gelato granitas are exclusive to the Windsor store – a scoop of gelato with an icy crushed topping (up to four flavours based on seasonal fruits plus a coffee option) designed to "mush together like Splice or a spider".

Both stores will offer made-to-order "gelato cakes" – like the ice-cream cakes of your childhood dreams, but actually cool; perhaps pumpkin pie – cinnamon-spiced tart shell filled with pumpkin gelato-topped pecan brittle – or banoffee pie, a crumbly biscuit shell with layers of fresh banana and caramel, and banana gelato topped with vanilla semifreddo.

Open daily noon-11pm

85 Chapel Street, Windsor, pidapipo.com.au

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