For true connoisseurs of the cold stuff, the end of summer does not spell the end of ice cream. Here are the five Paris glaciers where we most often go – in any season – to get our licks.
Five Great Places for Ice Cream:
- Berthillon – Famous, delicious, and closed in August.
- Pozzetto – David Lebovitz called this “the best gelato in Paris.” That was before Grom had opened…
- Grom – The best of Italy on the rue de Seine.
- Martine Lambert – Forget Italy, this is the best of Normandy.
- Raimo – As long-running, classic & delicious as Berthillon. (The original shop is way out in the 12th, but they now have shops in the 4th and 5th.)
Runners up: Mary, Patrice Chapon, Deliziefollie
Rejects: It Mylk
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Well, I think it’s tough to compare. Both places are pretty great – how does one decide between the gianduja gelato at Pozzetto and the caffè at Grom? (or Crema di Grom?)
Maybe Paris by Mouth needs to sponsor an ice cream crawl, so we can settle this once and for all…
I am so there.
Have you ever tasted the Capriccio from MARY GELATERIA. It is a Gianduja with some “Gaufre”, it is a light gelato with high-value !
Sadly, Martine Lambert no longer exists.
Hi Nancy – They’ve actually just moved around the corner.
Wow — I was so disappointed in July when I made a detour only to have ice cream there. I’m relieved to hear the news.
I’m surprised. I thought Deliziefolie was way more offensive than It Mylk.
why oh why did i dig into all that ben and jerry’s last night? who says you can’t have ice cream two days in a row? it’s to celebrate the end of summer anyways, right!?
Raimo is now in the Marais and St Germain.
I recently had the best chocolate icecream at Classico Argentino. For once not too sweet.
Must have been a bad. What I had at Grom
was inferior to pretty much every “artisanale” gelato place I’ve sampled across Italy. Consistency was not right. Ingredients weren’t the problem.
I vote for Pozzetto.
No words to describe how good it is.
Just try it.
Ramio now has a small shop at 17 rue des Archives, open daily from 10h30-20h30, Friday and Saturday until 22h30. And according to the card I picked up they have another boutique at 65 blvd Saint Germain.