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