Bari · gelato
Gelateria Gentile
The oldest documented gelato lineage in Bari — five generations in one family, in the same piazza where it began — with an independent 2022 local-press profile and a direct maker quote, plus a national guide recognition reconfirmed as recently as August 2026.
What to order
Mandorla di Toritto, or gelato al fiorone in season
What we know
- Five generations of one family in continuous succession since 1880, with a documented 2009 return to the original site by the castle after a gap
- Reconfirmed with Gambero Rosso's Due Coni (two cones) in the Gelaterie d'Italia 2027 guide, per the business's own account of the award
- Puglia-specific flavours named by an independent local profile: crema antica, mandorla di Toritto (a named local almond variety), and gelato al fiorone (early fig)
- On-the-record maker quote on method: asked the secret of the gelateria's success, Chiara Gentile answered 'La passione!' and 'La scelta degli ingredienti, tutti genuini'
- Expanded internationally (five New York locations) while the Bari address remains the flagship and the origin of the family recipes
- Status
- open
- Address
- Piazza Federico II di Svevia, 33, Bari
- Maker
- Chiara Gentile and her children Viviana, Fabio and Francesco; family line runs Michele Gentile (1880) > Francesco > Luigi 'Gigino' > Chiara
- Opened
- 1880
- Website
- www.gelateriagentile.com/en/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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