Montevideo · helado
La Chicharra
The other surviving branch of the same 1940s-50s Urrutia-family lineage that produced La Cigale, but one that stayed single-site rather than scaling — a useful direct contrast within one family's own history.
What we know
- Sister heladería to La Cigale: per Búsqueda, the Urrutia family created three same-concept heladerías with the same name translated into different languages — La Chicharra, Cantegrill and La Cigale — between the 1940s and 1950s; exact founding year for La Chicharra specifically not given in any source opened
- Unlike La Cigale, La Chicharra remained a single-location, non-chain business — offers delivery but has not expanded into supermarkets or multiple branches per sources opened
- Classic flavour range (crema, chocolate, frutilla) alongside distinctive combinations (coco con dulce de leche, Mantecol, Oreo, lemon pie)
- Has outdoor seating and delivery; closed Mondays
- Status
- open
- Address
- Av. Gral. Rivera esquina Simón Bolívar, Parque Batlle, Montevideo
- Last checked
- 2026-08-22
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