Bigger and Better Than Before!
Just when you didn’t think it could get any better, Canarino Gelato has expanded its menu to include many more delightful items. And to accommodate its rapid growth since opening two years ago, it has moved to a new location right around the corner on 5th Avenue.
Owner Ali Ataman said the expansion is more of a café and include more choices such as espresso, Turkish coffee, tea, bakery items and additional dessert options. Their coffee is from a local company, Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting Company, and their menu includes bakery items delivered daily from Essential Bakery in Wallingford. They also have the famous chocolate molten cakes from Hot Cakes in Ballard and delicious gelato shakes, freshly made gelato and sorbetto. “We also have some more in-house desserts we will be adding to the menu soon, such as gelato cakes and tiramisu,” said Ataman, who adds that one of their customers’ favorites is Affogato, which is a scoop of gelato topped with two shots of espresso.
For anyone who has ever visited Canarino Gelato, they can attest to the amazing flavor of the gelato that is made fresh daily. “All of the ingredients to make gelato are imported from Italy except for the milk,” said Ataman. As a small business owner, Ataman knows the importance of supporting other businesses and said he chooses to purchase the fresh fruits he needs to make the sorbetto from local farmers markets.
And if you think it is just the traditional flavors that Ataman creates in his store, nothing could be further from the truth. Just a sample of some of the many flavors includes roasted almond, stracciatella, sour cherry, pineapple, tiramisu, hazelnut, mint, mango, amaretto, dark chocolate, malaga, salted caramel, espresso, biscotti, canarino, mint chocolate, lemon, nutella, snickerdoodle, chocolate, vanilla and pistachio.
But it is not only the menu that has expanded, Canarino Gelato’s hours has as well. Now open at 6am daily, the restaurant will remain open until 10pm on weekdays and 11pm on weekends — something that delights his customers.
Ataman invites the community to visit Canarino Gelato’s new location and enjoy the many new menu items as well as those things on their menu that has made them so successful in the last two years. He is grateful to not only the community for their support but also his staff. “I am very proud of my team members, as they work so hard to make sure that everyone leaves the story happy,” he said.
Canarino Gelato
203 5th Ave S, Ste 4
Edmonds, WA 98020
425.243.9635
