fresh made ice cream

[yoyoma25]

is cones the best?

[AlexGates]

Cold Stone makes good enough cake batter that I just order it plain. Also, Otto makes great Olive Oil gelato. They put sea salt on it and it makes it even better.

[KateC.]

If you want some pretty authentic Italian-style gelato, try the Tarallucci e Vino bakery and cafe on the corner of 10th St. and 1st or 2nd Aves. They make it only in the summer.

[frankbooth]

brooklyn ice cream factory under brooklyn bridge is most excellent

[jenniebnyc]

Manhattan Fruitier. Can't say enough about it. Try the banana lace...out of this world

[breadnchocolate]

chinatown ice cream factory makes their own absolutely delicious ice cream - on bayard near mott/mulberry.

[Peter Cherches]

I'm a big fan too, especially: lychee, ginger, almond cookie, cherry pistachio & mocha chip. They make ice cream, not gelato. Cones is excellent too, but it's gelato. Two different things, despite the similarities. I think the best gelato I've had recently was from the cart at Osteria del Circo (summer only). Mario Batali's gelato seems more like American ice cream to me.

I was very sad when Peter's on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn closed some years ago. Their ice cream was amazing.

http://petercherches.blogspot.com

[breadnchocolate]

i know - pete's was amazing - and a great place to sit and spend some time too - which unfortunately you can't do at chinatown ice cream factory!

[Peter Cherches]

A couple of subsequent visits to Cones would make me revise my "excellent" comment. I've found a number of the flavors quite underwhelming, and I don't think the overall quality warrants its lofty reputation, and certainly not its price tag. I also feel Batali's gelato is overrated, though it's better than Cones. I'm sticking with Osteria del Circo as the best Italian-style I've had in NY.

[wleatherette]

il laboratorio del gelato, on orchard below delancey. amazingly delicious.