By Ben Waterhouse

Just when it seemed the gelato craze of the early 2000s had finally petered out, the dense, silky Italian ice cream is back, all thanks to a lanky Italian with a Frank Zappa mustache. Sandro Paolini, a native of Pisa, opened Pinolo Gelato on Southeast Division Street, a neighborhood already awash in ice cream, in June.

His spare, barely decorated shop's bright, uncannily fruity gelato immediately drew neighborhood crowds. There's now often a line out the door even on weeknights, but the wait is worth it. The chow: I'm no gelato expert, but I can't recall having had any better than this. 

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