Location: 185 Queen Street East, Toronto
Website: https://www.instagram.com/mossparkespresso/

A random coffee shop in a vaguely sketchy part of town seems like an odd place to find some of the better gelato in the city, but that’s exactly what you’ll find at Moss Park Espresso.

They only had a handful of flavours on offer when I visited; mostly standard-issue stuff.  I went with the pistachio — always a good test of a gelato joint’s quality.

And this place?  They passed that test with flying colours.  It’s great quality gelato — it’s super creamy, with a really nice flavour that’s clearly from actual pistachios, not pistachio extract.  And I appreciate that they serve it at the perfect temperature, which highlights the great flavour and creaminess.

It also comes in a glass bowl with silverware — I noted this in my On Third Thought review, but there’s something about eating ice cream out of a real bowl (rather than the standard paper cup) that’s surprisingly delightful.