Warsaw · gelato
Jednorożec Lody Tradycyjne
Jednorożec is the single most consistently documented artisan gelato address in Warsaw across a 12-year span of independent press, with a named founder, a traceable origin story, and visible on-site production. It is the shop the city's own local press treats as the benchmark other lodziarnie are compared against.
What we know
- In-lab production visible to customers through a glass wall ('nasze laboratorium znajduje się za szklaną ścianą' — money.pl, 2016)
- Uses a classic ice-cream machine patented in the 1920s, described by the founder as 'a return to craft' ('Ta maszyna to powrót do rzemiosła' — WP.pl, 2014)
- Recipe and method brought directly from a Bologna gelateria experience in 2012, per the founder's own account
- Continuous operation since September 2014 at the same Narbutta address, confirmed independently in 2014, 2016, 2025 and 2026 sources
- Reported to still draw queues of 'kilkanaście minut' (10+ minutes) at opening in warm weather, per Warszawa Nasze Miasto (2025)
- Up to 150 kg of ice cream produced on-site daily as of 2016 (money.pl)
- Status
- open
- Address
- ul. Ludwika Narbutta 38, Warszawa (Mokotów)
- Maker
- Karol Pietrowski, founder and owner
- Opened
- 2014
- Last checked
- 2026-08-22
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