Berlin · gelato
Duo – Sicilian Ice Cream
Duo is the strongest ingredient-provenance and maker-lineage case among the Berlin candidates: named pistachio and hazelnut sourcing back to Sicily, a family story spanning three generations and two countries, and visible on-site production at scale.
What to order
Pistachio gelato made with Sicilian pistachios, or the Sicilian 'ice cream burger' in fresh brioche (duoicecream.de; tip Berlin)
What we know
- Family lineage: Antonio's father left Bronte, Sicily, for Germany in 1972 and opened his first ice cream shop in Münster; Antonio founded Duo from the family business in 2016 (duoicecream.de)
- Ingredient provenance: pistachios and hazelnuts sourced directly from Sicily, milk and cream from local German farms (duoicecream.de)
- On-site production: a 400 square-metre 'Duo Food Lab' in Kreuzberg serves as production hub, alongside the original Skalitzer Straße shop (duoicecream.de)
- Distinctive technique and format: a signature hardening 'gelato glaze' dip, and gelato served the traditional Italian way with a spatula rather than a scoop (duoicecream.de)
- Queues form daily outside the Skalitzer Straße flagship, per tip Berlin (2024), which recommends the ice cream packed into a sliced brioche bun
- Status
- open
- Address
- Skalitzer Straße 82, Berlin-Kreuzberg (Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg)
- Maker
- Antonio Tomasello, owner and founder; continuing a family recipe line begun by his father in 1972
- Opened
- 2016
- Website
- www.duoicecream.de/our-story
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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