Montevideo · helado
Heladería del Abuelo
A distinctive chef-facing, custom-flavour artisanal model unlike any other Montevideo candidate found, with named, on-record makers — but the only source is 13 years old and current operation is unverified.
What we know
- Positioned explicitly against 'lo gourmet' trend: supplies restaurants and chefs rather than only walk-in retail, with custom flavours made to order (a whisky flavour made with client-supplied Chivas Regal, a yerba mate flavour for a Canary Islands event)
- Leticia García, on the record, states a deliberate refusal to industrialise: 'No hicimos ningún juramento pero queremos posicionarnos con un producto de excelente calidad y eso solo se logra con el helado artesanal'
- All ingredients stated as natural with no additives or colorants, each flavour made from its own base rather than one common industrial base
- Small scale stated directly: four employees off-season, five in high season (October-March)
- Status
- open
- Address
- Orinoco 5052, Montevideo
- Maker
- Leticia García, director (bought the business), and her brother Sebastián García, per the 2013 source
- Last checked
- 2026-08-23
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