Melbourne · gelato
Gelateria Primavera
A CBD gelateria built by an established Melbourne hospitality operator (The European) rather than a gelato specialist importing the format wholesale, with daily churn, named pozzetti technique and a deliberately mixed classic/experimental flavour list.
What we know
- Opened December 2012 as phase one of Spring St. Grocer, by Josh Brisbane and Con Christopoulos of The European (Broadsheet, 'Phase One of Spring St. Grocer' article, 13 Dec 2012)
- Gelato is churned daily using high-quality, seasonal ingredients (Broadsheet, Gelateria Primavera directory listing)
- Uses old-school pozzetti cabinets — lidded, refrigerated wells — rather than open display cases, which Broadsheet's separate city-wide guide flags as the industry's own signal of a shop 'doing things the right way' (Broadsheet, directory listing and 'Creme de la Creme' guide)
- A rotating daily roster of up to 10 milk-based gelati and 6 dairy-free sorbets, with flavours such as chilli-laced salted caramel and a rosewater, yoghurt and mint sorbetto alongside classics (Broadsheet, directory listing)
- Status
- open
- Address
- 157 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (inside Spring Street Grocer)
- Maker
- Massimo Bidin, head gelato maker; business founded by Josh Brisbane and Con Christopoulos of The European
- Opened
- 2012
- Website
- springstreetgrocer.com.au/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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