Venice · gelato
Alaska
Alaska is the strongest single-maker, ingredient-provenance candidate found in Venice's historic centre: one person, one shop, named sourcing for specific ingredients, and a distinctive flavour identity independently confirmed across a decade-plus of press coverage.
What to order
Zenzero (ginger), which Pistacchi says in Storiedichi is the most popular flavour ('è lo zenzero ad andare più di tutti')
What we know
- Named single maker, Carlo Pistacchi, personally running the shop for close to four decades, per Storiedichi (2013, updated 2024) and ConGelato (2025)
- Specific ingredient provenance stated by the maker himself: chocolate from Bolivia, saffron from Iran, rose petals grown on his own terrace – quoted directly in Storiedichi
- Gelato base built only on seasonal fruit, per Storiedichi's direct quote from Pistacchi
- Distinctive, unusual flavour range verified across two independent sources: ginger, cardamom, celery, rhubarb, red onion, artichoke
- Small-format shop where the maker himself prepares gelato in front of customers, per ConGelato
- Status
- open
- Address
- Calle Larga dei Bari, 1159, 30135 Venezia (historic centre – Santa Croce)
- Maker
- Carlo Pistacchi, owner-gelataio since 1987 (took over the shop, which had opened in the 1980s under a previous owner and name)
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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