Florence · gelato
Perché No!
One of the two or three oldest working gelaterie inside the boundary, and formally registered as a protected historic Florentine business, still hand-making its full range daily at the address it opened at in 1939.
What to order
Gelato di ricotta, singled out as 'insuperabile' (unbeatable) in the historic-business registry's own listing.
What we know
- Gelato made daily on-site in the historic laboratory at Via dei Tavolini, using only eggs, milk, cream and sugar plus seasonal fruit, chocolate, nuts and spices, per the Florentine historic-business association's own listing (esercizistoricifiorentini.it)
- Founded 1939 by Sig. Ravaioli, who with his wife Maria became known during WWII for spumoni made despite wartime shortages of raw materials
- The shop's clock, added in 1950 by Florentine mosaic master Giovanni Fiaschi, remains its symbol today
- Run by the Cammilli family — Paola, her husband maestro gelatiere Ciro, and daughters Cecilia and Valentina. The takeover year is unsettled: the historic-business register says 1991 and a TuscanyPeople piece says 1992, and both trace back to the shop rather than to an independent check.
- Formally registered as one of Florence's protected 'esercizi storici e tipici fiorentini' (historic and typical Florentine businesses)
- Daily production stated by the maker: Ciro Cammilli, 'Facciamo il gelato ogni giorno, usando il minor numero di ingredienti possibili, senza coloranti' — with lemons prepared the same day against oxidation, and some flavours appearing only on certain days of the week as a consequence
- Status
- open
- Address
- Via dei Tavolini, 19/r, 50122 Firenze
- Maker
- Founded 1939 by the Ravaioli family — Signor Ugo and his wife Rosa; run by Paola Cammilli with her husband, maestro gelatiere Ciro Cammilli, and their daughters Cecilia and Valentina, from either 1991 or 1992 as the sources disagree
- Opened
- 1939
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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