Buenos Aires · helado
Heladería Cadore
The clearest single statement of the 'on-site production vs bought base, single location vs chain' distinction, made by the operator himself, plus the strongest independent recognition (National Geographic, Taste Atlas) of any Buenos Aires candidate found.
What we know
- Founded 1957 by Italian immigrant Silvestre Olivotti and his wife Delia Saladino, who fled Italy for Argentina in 1947
- Current operator states explicitly the two locations (Corrientes 1695 and Villa del Parque) are 'not branches' and neither ever centralised production — 'el helado artesanal auténtico es el que se elabora y vende en el mismo lugar'
- Dulce de leche is produced in-house by a 14-hour slow reduction of milk, sugar and vanilla pod, and today sells in near-parity with pistachio, the historic flagship flavour
- Explicitly declines expansion offers: 'la intención de sus dueños no es expandirse' — the family's stated position against becoming a chain
- Recognised in National Geographic's Food Journeys of a Lifetime (2017) as one of the world's 10 best ice-cream shops, and later listed in Taste Atlas's global top 100
- 46 flavours as of the 2023 interview, with several originated by the current operator from personal experience (a chai flavour, a strudel flavour, an orange-ginger flavour)
- Status
- open
- Address
- Av. Corrientes 1695, Microcentro, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (plus a second, non-branch location in Villa del Parque)
- Maker
- Gabriel Famá, nephew of founder Silvestre Olivotti, current operator
- Opened
- 1957
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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