Restaurant: Grom
Location: 233 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014. (212) 206-1738
Date: July 5, 2017
Cuisine: Gelato
Rating: Good gelato
After brunch at Baker & Co we just walked by Grom and of course I had to try it.
I like the open to the sidewalk format, fairly close to one in Italy.
They don’t have that many flavors and use the closed tin system popular at the very high end places in Italy. It keeps the gelato better but I have a sweet spot for the big pans of decorated gelato.
Here are the current flavors. Mostly classics.
And the high New York prices.
Chocolate and Stracciatella.
Pistachio and Cassata. The pistachio was good, not quite as good as mine, but good. Texture on both were great. The cassata was pleasant, but didn’t have the more intense almond flavor I like.
Tasting just a few flavors this tasted like real Italian gelato. The sugar balance and temperature were Italian style and made for that nice mouth feel. It was clearly not “mix gelato”. So as American gelato goes, very good. Fairly conservative (i.e. Italian) in flavor selection.