Melbourne · gelato
Casa del Gelato
The one Melbourne candidate that predates the city's self-consciously technical revival by three decades, and the clearest documented example of the 'does Australian produce actually show up in the product' question: the source explicitly separates the Australian-produce fruit range from the imported-chocolate range rather than claiming everything is local.
What we know
- Making gelato on Lygon Street since 1980 (City of Melbourne dining directory)
- Fruit gelati and sorbets made with fresh Australian produce, and fat-, gluten- and dairy-free (City of Melbourne dining directory)
- Cream range uses fresh Australian milk, cream and eggs; chocolate range uses Belgian Callebaut chocolate specifically (City of Melbourne dining directory)
- 62 flavours including green apple, lemon, mango and pink grapefruit, plus a vegan/soy range in coffee, chocolate and pistachio (City of Melbourne dining directory)
- Status
- open
- Address
- 163–165 Lygon Street, Carlton VIC 3053
- Maker
- Ottorino Pace, gelato maker
- Opened
- 1980
- Website
- www.casadelgelato.com.au/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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