• Cake Batter Gelato
• Strawberry Balsamic Sorbetto
• Brownie Batter Gelato
• House Chocolate Gelato
• Vanilla Bean Gelato
• Stracciatella Gelato
• Espresso Chip Gelato
• Lime Sorbetto
• Fresh Cream Gelato
• Dark Chocolate Noir Sorbetto
• Low Sugar Raspberry Sorbetto
• Mango Sorbetto
• Orange Sorbetto
• Grapefruit Sorbetto
• Chocolate Cherry Brandy Cheesecake Gelato
• Mint Chocolate Chip Gelato
• Cookies and Cream Gelato
• Nutmeg Gelato
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip Gelato
• Special Hazelnut Gelato
• Peanut Butter Cup Gelato
• Honey Graham Gelato
• Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Gelato
• Chocolate-Covered Caramel Gelato
• Caramel Sea Salt Gelato
• Chocolate Malt Gelato
• Thai Iced Tea Gelato
• Amarena Cherry Gelato
• Brown Sugar Cinnamon Gelato

On each day that the temperature falls below freezing, we automatically use The Frozen Code to calculate a discount on your order of gelato dishes. While the traditional Frozen Code is rumored to hold a complex series of calculations that the very first gelateri used to create perfect gelato, our senior assistant visiting archaeologist has derived fragments of the legendary code into a single calculation that can be used only in winter: Price = Price – [Price * ((32 - current temperature) / 100)]. Or, in layman’s terms: You save one percent for each degree below freezing.

We’ll be posting forecasts all winter long. Bundle up, and we’ll see you soon!

TIP: Our store is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Peak discounts generally come during visits close to opening or closing time.

UPDATE: WCSH 6 News Center 6 came and reported on the Frozen Code one cold night. Watch the story:

The deal is effectively a 20 percent discount on gelato and coffee — a pretty great opportunity for frequent guests. If you want, we can even keep your card on file as a House Account.

The bonus is applied at every $25 increment, and cards can be split in any amount. For $50, you can get a $60 card, and for $100, you can get $120 in cards.

We created this promotion as a way to provide a special offering to our best customers. If you want in, be sure to come visit this week!

We’re also adding several new dessert items:

Hot Fudge Brownie Sundae

Hot Fudge and Salted Caramel Sundaes

The menu boards also include a few new fancy dessert items, including gelato sundaes. The hot fudge and salted caramel are made right in our kitchen, and they’re absolutely delicious. You also have the option of adding a warm brownie to any sundae.

Cookie Paninis

Cookie Paninis, which feature your choice of gelato stuffed between two chocolate-chip cookies, have also been made a permanent part of the menu.

Cocoa Affogato

We’ve long offered the traditional Espresso Affogato, which is gelato with espresso poured on top. Now there’s another choice just in time for winter: the Cocoa Affogato. Choose your favorite gelato flavor, and we’ll drown it in our rich House Drinking Chocolate.

Have feedback about these new items? Email us at delicious@gelatofiasco.com.

Pancakes and Syrup Gelato

If you want to make God of Thunder your first cup of the day, as opposed to your second, here’s your chance…

The Flagship Store will have special breakfast flavors ready to scoop and hand-poured coffee ready to serve during the Downtown Brunswick Early Bird Sale. Come to the Flagship Store from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. for a huge breakfast gelato and sorbetto spread. Go for just gelato or coffee, or get a gelato and coffee breakfast combination for just a flat $5. Gelato and sorbetto flavors will include:

• Maple Bacon Gelato
• Pancakes and Syrup Gelato
• Coffee and Donuts Gelato
• Waffles with Cream and Strawberries Gelato
• Orange Juice Sorbetto
• Fruit Smoothie Sorbetto
• Pumpkin Spice Coffee Gelato
• Fruit Loops Gelato
• Grapenuts Gelato

We’ll also launch our holiday gift card promotion: For every $25 in gift cards purchased, get an additional $5 in card value for your recipient or yourself absolutely free!

The November 7, 2011, issue of Fortune Magazine features The Gelato Fiasco in its David vs. Goliath column, which profiles start-ups taking on big companies.

The magazine reports on how we merge flavor creativity in the kitchen and careful strategies to create a solid foundation for our company and compete against mass-production ice cream companies. Its graphics team also Photoshopped a pretty rockin’ illustration of Bruno and Josh in boxing shorts that had us giggling.

The article is not yet available on fortune.com; in the meantime, we’ve posted a PDF of the page that you can view.

The issue, which is on newsstands now, also features an exclusive excerpt of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs and rankings of the magazine’s “40 Under 40″ business leaders.

It’s a truly unique — and delicious — dessert. Each pie serves 6 to 8 guests (view a whole pie) and is $17.70 plus tax. Since it contains an abundance of fresh gelato, the dessert should remain frozen until you’re ready to serve.

Each pie is custom-created and must be pre-ordered. Stop by The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store and place your order with a server. November 19 is the last day to order in time for Thanksgiving. The Gelato Fiasco will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, so you should pick up pies by 11 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23. Customers who order pies will also have the option to order pre-packed pints of Vanilla Bean Gelato at a special price.

•     Pumpkin Cream Cheese Gelato
•     Apple Pie Cheesecake Gelato
•     Pumpkin Pie Gelato
•     Apple Spice Sorbetto

When possible, we use apples from Benoit Orchards in Lewiston. Pints of Pumpkin Pie Gelato will also be available at select Gelato Fiasco partner stores throughout New England this fall.

Also, ask for your server to make these special drinks:

Hot Cider and Pumpkin Spice Drinks

In keeping with the season, we’re also making Hot Apple Cider, Pumpkin Spice Italian Soda, and Pumpkin Spice Lattes this fall. These are special off-menu items, so you’ll have to ask your server for them.

Hand-Poured Harvest Blend Coffee

Wicked Joe’s Harvest Blend is our current seasonal hand-poured coffee blend. A combination of Sumatra and Costa Rica coffees, it is a medium roast with hints of chocolate, nuts, and fruit. The blend is Certified Organic and Fair Trade Certified.

This sorbetto is incredibly fresh:

• It is made from 100 pounds of blueberries delivered yesterday by Blueberry Lynn, the founder of Blue Sky Produce. She represents families who own blueberry fields and helps to make sure that we can get all the field-fresh blueberries that we need.
• This particular batch of blueberries was picked by Danner and Dewey Curtis, who own the 25-acre Dan-a-Dew Wild Blueberry Farm in Blue Hill. When harvest season rolls around, their family, friends, and neighbors pitch in to help get their pesticide-free berries from bushes to boxes.
• We’ll continue to receive 200-pound deliveries of blueberries each Tuesday and Friday for the rest of the season. These batches will include berries from family blueberry fields in Jonesport, Addision, Steuben, Waltham, and Calais.
• This flavor is very popular, so it can sell out quickly. (Fair warning!) Beginning on Tuesday, we’ll also start delivering Maine Wild Blueberry Sorbetto to virtually all independent grocery stores, restaurants, and scoop shops found on our list of partner locations. If you don’t see it, ask your store manager for it!
• When blueberry season in Maine ends and we run out of fresh blueberries, the flavor will go into hibernation until the 2012 blueberry season begins.

We’re open until 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Hope to see you soon!

“The results might steer you to places you’ve never thought about before,” the Press Herald summarized. “The winner for best ice cream, for instance, was The Gelato Fiasco in Brunswick. Maybe you’ve never thought about gelato when looking for an ice cream fix. But maybe you should.”

Read more.

If you read about the award in the newspaper and are learning about The Gelato Fiasco for the first time, we invite you to read about our gelato, find the location nearest you, or visit our Flagship Store at 74 Maine Street in Brunswick. If you like what you see, become a member of our Red Spoon Society and like us on Facebook. Both connections will help you learn more about distinctive approach to desserts.

S’More Trio
Three different S’More recipes. Try all three and vote for your favorite at facebook.com/gelatofiasco.
Coleman Stove Pancakes and Syrup Gelato
The family tradition that somehow tastes a little different when camping.
Banana Boats Gelato
Banana gelato with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips.
Campfire Toasted Marshmallow Gelato
While other people might scortch and peel the outside, we toast our marshmallows slow and steady.
Trail Mix Gelato
The trusty trailside favorite.
Lemonade Sorbetto
Light and refreshing. Best enjoyed on a picnic table.
Appalachian Trail Berry Sorbetto
What happened to Josh? Oh, he’s back on the trail eating blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries.

We’re open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. See you soon. And it’s okay to tell your annoying older brother to stop trying to scare you with the flashlight.

Due to demand from thirsty customers, we’re now brewing iced tea with our unique Garden of Eden loose-leaf blend. It’s organic, Fair Trade, unsweetened, and made one pitcher at a time — in other words, real iced tea.

Garden of Eden, from California’s Republic of Tea, is high-grown black tea blended with tropical flowers and flavors, including malva flowers, cornflowers, and safflowers. It creates a flavorful iced tea that is great unsweetened or with sugar, and it goes great with gelato or sorbetto.

Butterbeer Sorbetto

New flavors this summer have included Maple Bacon Gelato, Pineapple Chipotle Sorbetto, Bourbon Honey Gelato, Mango Banana Coconut Pineapple Sorbeto, Grapefruit Lime Cilantro Sorbetto, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Gelato.

Visit alerts.gelatofiasco.com to sign up for alerts for your favorites or get a daily email of all flavors.

FROM: Sean McGarvey
TO: delicious@gelatofiasco.com
DATE: Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:40 AM

I look forward to the new flagship and campus store. I have a list of artists I would love to see for the Summer Concert series:

In the rap genre:
Kid Rock-y Road
Vanilla Ice
Uncle Graham Cracker
Eminem’s M&Ms
Queen La-T-berry
(Yo, try em all in the Biggie Small Tasting Board!)

The Beatles…
John Lemmon
Ringo Starr-fruit

Bob Chylan could perform Tangled Up in Blueberry

In the teen department:
Britney Spearmint
Back Street Boysenberry

In the hair band section (no hair in the gelato, though!):
Jon Bon-Bon Jovi
Oreo Speedwagon
Cinnamon Styx

Pop sensations such as..
Neil Diamond’s Cherry Cherry
Jackson Brownie
Tina Turnover

Classic rock fans will dig:
Ted Nougat
The Rolling Cones

For the 80’s fans:
Hall and Oatmeal Cookie
Chewy Lewis and the News
Peter Grape-riel

Alternative fans would enjoy:
Orange Crush (REM)
Bananas Morrisette
Depeche Alamode
Fiona Apple Pie
Smashing Pumpkin Pie
Death Cab for Fruity

And, for your country friends:
Johnny Cash-ew
The Almond Brothers
John Cougar Mellonball

Yours truly,

Sean McGarvey
Brunswick, Maine

The Gelato Fiasco is now available in pints at these Roche Bros. stores:

• Acton
• Bridgewater
• Burlington
• Millis
• Natick
• Norton
• Sudbury (Sudbury Farms)
• Wellesley
• West Roxbury
• Westborough
• Westwood

All Roche Bros stores will carry Dark Chocolate Noir Sorbetto, Espresso Chip Gelato, Stracciatella Gelato, Strawberry Balsamic Sorbetto, Toasted Coconut Gelato, and Vanilla Bean Gelato.

As always, we make all of our gelato from scratch at our Flagship Store in Brunswick with milk from Maine farms, all-natural cane sugar, and real fruits, nuts, and confections. Our pints are a super-unique choice for parties, cookouts, and everyday nights at home.

Please channel Paul Revere and share with your friends, families, and, well, everyone. You can start with the LIke and Send buttons below:

Thanks,
Josh and Bruno

Can’t make it across the pond to celebrate William and Kate? Hold court at The Gelato Fiasco on Friday, April 29 with a selection of flavors fit for a British king and queen.

The Gelato Fiasco Moble Unit isn’t rated for flight, so instead of setting up outside Westminster Abbey, we’ve asked our kitchen to pull out all the stops and design flavors inspired by the United Kingdom. We anticipate creating:

• Eton Mess Gelato. Eton Mess is a traditional English dessert made of strawberry, meringue and cream.
• Royal Wedding Fruit Cake. The happy couple selected traditional fruit cake.
• Champagne Sorbetto.
• Shortbread Gelato.
• Lemon Curd Gelato. Perfect with afternoon tea.
  
• Hobnobs. These are British biscuits, but we are making them into gelato.
• Black Currant Trifle. Custard-like, with the Vitamin C-rich berry popular with the British people.
• Seville Orange Sorbetto. Featuring the fruit often used in English marmalade.
• Gooseberry Swirl Gelato. Made from the Northern European fruit.
• English Breakfast Tea Gelato.

You may recognize a few of these flavors, most most are completely new and are making their premiere on Friday. You may also see a few other surprises in the case — Prince Harry’s Ginger Gelato comes to mind. And if you’re planning your own wedding, know that we can give you the royal treatment, too.

Read the interview.

We donated all March 31 sales beyond the seasonal daily average for a Thursday in April. That meant that customers were able to contribute simply by purchasing a dish of gelato or cup of coffee at regular prices — no additional donation was necessary.

Dozens of volunteers from town government, local schools, and Bowdoin College served as celebrity scoopers, and several musicians performed during the afternoon and evening hours.

This event shows that when many people join together, we can collectively have a huge impact and demonstrate the strength of our community.

Thanks to everyone who bought a dish of gelato, drank a cup of coffee, or volunteered.

Photos from one of the evening hours, courtesy of Jeffrey Bloom Photography:

Each store is scheduled to carry Dark Chocolate Noir Sorbetto, Strawberry Balsamic Sorbetto, Toasted Coconut Gelato, and Vanilla Bean Gelato. This is the same delicious gelato that you’re used to at The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store, made by the same team in the same small batches.

Please let your store manager know that you’re glad the store is carrying The Gelato Fiasco. If you’d like to see us at another store near you, email us or ask the store manager to call us.

Hannaford locations:

Augusta (Cony Street)
Augusta (Turnpike Mall)
Bangor (Airport Mall)
Biddeford
Brewer
Brunswick
Ellsworth
Falmouth
Lewiston
Portland (Forest Ave.)
Portland (Route 302)
Old Town
Oxford
Rockland
Saco
Sanford
Scarborough
Skowhegan
South Portland (Maine Mall)
Standish
Topsham
Wells
Westbrook

If The Gelato Fiasco isn’t in your store and you want it, please ask your local store manager.

We invite you to register to receive emails the moment your favorite flavors are added to our case at the Flagship Store using our free Flavor Alerts service. Visit alerts.gelatofiasco.com, create an account, and choose your favorite flavors. You’ll receive an email as soon as our team creates each of your picks. You can add and remove flavors as your preferences change, and we won’t use your email address for any other purpose. Register now!

Frozen Cookie Panini Sandwiches

Stracciatella Gelato wedged between Wild Oats cookies, dipped in chocolate, and frozen.

Homemade Marshmallows

Massive blocks of marshmallow that you can add to our rich European Drinking Chocolate.

• Brackett’s Market, Bath. Try pairing Strawberry Balsamic Sorbetto with Chocolate Noir Sorbetto. Both flavors are naturally dairy-free.
• Yellowfront Grocery, Damariscotta. Enjoy chocolate slivers in a sea of coffee with Espresso Chip Gelato. Serve alongside Chocolate Noir Sorbetto for a mocha combination.
• Rising Tide Community Market, Damariscotta. Discover our unique Ginger Gelato and Turkish Coffee flavors.

As always, we make all of our gelato and sorbetto from scratch with real ingredients at The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store in Brunswick. If you enjoy having our pints in your local markets, we’d be thankful if you would tell your friends and family that we’re now in the neighborhood.

Monday, February 14, 2010
11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store, Brunswick

Make it a date with a selection of flavors fit for Cupid himself. Our case will be filled with fresh Valentine’s Day-themed gelato and sorbetto. Our selection may include Berry Kiss, Red Hot Love, Raspberry Champagne, Vanilla Rose Water, Blackberry Cabernet, Box of Chocolates, Heart Flutters, Passion Fruit, Orange You Glad We’re Together?, Bits O’ Love, Amorous Amaretto, Bacio, Conversation Hearts, and much more. Bring your date or bring your friends for a truly delicious evening.

Can’t make it to the store? Buy a pint of Chocolate Noir Sorbetto and a bottle of wine and concoct our Chocolate Sherry Fusion recipe for a romantic dessert.

Chocolate Sherry Fusion

We created this special fusion of Spanish, American, and Italian tastes with our friends at South Portland Wine Company, which distributes fine wines to retailers throughout Maine. Combining the pure dark-chocolate flavor of Chocolate Noir Sorbetto from The Gelato Fiasco and an intensely sweet, smooth, and persistent wine from Jerez, Spain, the Chocolate Sherry Fusion is a rich, romantic dessert drink perfect for a night by the fireplace. Serves four, with a small bit of sorbetto and sherry remaining.

You’ll need:

• One pint of Chocolate Noir Sorbetto from The Gelato Fiasco
• One bottle of Nectar Pedro Ximenez Dulce Sherry Wine
• Wine glasses and spoons

Steps:

• Scoop at least 3 oz. of Chocolate Noir Sorbetto into a wine glass. The sorbetto should sit mostly in the middle of the glass.
• Using slow, concentric motions — but not too concentric — pour the sherry into the glass until the glass is about one-third full.
• Serve immediately. Guests may use a spoon to begin (little red spoons preferred), and then switch to drink out of the glass once the sorbetto and sherry are fully fused.

About the sorbetto:

Chocolate Noir Sorbetto is The Gelato Fiasco’s signature dark chocolate flavor. It is dairy-free, and its only fat content comes from the pure cocoa from which the sorbetto is made. It is created in small batches at The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store and Creation Kitchen in Brunswick, Maine.

Chocolate Noir Sorbetto is available at most of our partner locations that carry pints. View locations.

About the wine:

Produced from 100% Pedro Ximenez grapes, this sherry is an intensely sweet, smooth, and persistent wine. It is filled with flavors and aromas of dried fruits and nuts. This sherry is made from grapes that have been laid out in the sun to dry, which is why the flavors and sweetness are so concentrated.

The Gelato Fiasco’s partner stores that carry wines from South Portland Wine Company include Axis Natural Foods, Black Cherry, Brackett’s Market, Lois’ Natural Foods, Market Basket, Micucci’s, Pastiche, Rivers End Farm, Rising Tide, the Rosemont Markets, Southport General Store, Tony’s Foodland, Treats, West End Deli, and Whole Foods Market. Not all locations keep the sherry in stock, but they should be able to order it easily.

Update: Voting is now closed. Pineapple Upside Down Cake and Baklava are nearly tied, so our kitchen team is making them both! They should be in the case beginning in the afternoon on Friday. Come try them before they’re gone!

• Citrica Sorbetto: Our brand-new sorbetto flavor featuring grapefrut, orange, lemon, and lime.
• Chocolate Noir Sorbetto
• Strawberry Balsamic Sorbetto
• Orange Pineapple Banana Sorbetto
• Cherry Lime Sorbetto
• Turkish Coffee Gelato
• Ginger Gelato
• Espresso Chip Gelato
• Bourbon Vanilla Gelato
• Hazelnut Gelato
• House Chocolate Gelato
• Toasted Coconut Gelato

The new Axis Natural Foods is in the former Movie Gallery space across from Pat’s Pizza.

With this news, our gelato now available at four places in Lewiston-Auburn. The other three locations are:

• Freshly Scooped: Davinci’s. Find at least six flavors available in Davinci’s restaurant and also in the cafe. Eat-in or take-out in dishes or pints.
• Pints: Pastiche. This new market and deli just opened in December on the first floor of Great Falls Plaza in downtown Auburn. (It’s right near the Post Office.) Pastiche carries 12 of our flavors in pints, including Chocolate Noir Sorbetto, Ginger Gelato, Peanut Butter Gelato, Strawberry Sorbetto, Mint Chocolate Chip Gelato, Toasted Coconut Gelato, House Chocolate Gelato, Vanilla Bean Gelato, Orange Pineapple Banana Sorbetto, and Espresso Chip Gelato. Call (207) 333-3062 for current hours.
• Pints and Express Dishes: Milt’s Place at Bates College
  Located in the New Commons building on the Bates College campus and accessible to the public, Milt’s offers our single-serving containers and pints. Great for an evening gelato fix.

We hope that this expansion into Lewiston-Auburn has made it easier to find authentic gelato when you can’t make the trip down to Brunswick. Enjoy, and let us know what you think!

• The Front Room, The Corner Room, and The Grill Room. Harding Lee Smith’s trio of restaurants regularly offer our flavors on their dessert menus.
• Duckfat. This local sensation now exclusively uses our Chocolate Gelato and Vanilla Bean Gelato in their famous shakes. Pairs perfectly with their famous Belgian fries. Try this combo once, and you’ll believe!
• Boda. We worked with Boda’s culinary team to develop Thai Iced Tea Gelato. Boda supplies the iced tea to us, which provides a superior color and consistency compared to any other recipe we’ve tried.
• The Green Elephant. This vegetarian bistro wanted a dairy-free flavor that would be truly unique, so we created a special Coconut Sorbetto. It’s now a hit.

It’s hard to beat the Portland culinary scene, and we’re glad to be a part of it.

Looking to take home pints of gelato or get dishes to-go? Check out our entire list of Portland partners at portland.gelatofiasco.com.

Have a great weekend!

First, on each day that the temperature falls below freezing, we automatically use The Frozen Code to calculate a discount on your gelato order. While the traditional Frozen Code is rumored to hold a complex series of calculations that the very first gelateri used to create perfect gelato, our senior assistant archaeologist has derived fragments of the legendary code into a single calculation that can be used only in winter: Price = Price – [Price * ((32 - current temperature) / 100)]. Or, in layman’s terms: You save one percent for each degree below freezing.

Second, ask for a Frozen Code Rewards Card during your next visit. Each time you make a purchase, we’ll randomly select a letter to stamp on the card’s crossword puzzle. Whenever you complete a word, you’ll receive a coupon for a great prize, such as a free pint of gelato or a free cup of coffee. Complete all the words by the end of winter and receive a $10 rewards card! Win six rewards in all.

Spoiler Alert!

In this companion to 2009′s blockbuster “The Code of the Gelateri” and last year’s hit “Red Spoon Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Code,” Academy of Utensils Nominee Spooney (previously known as Spoon Daddy and R. Spoon) returns to The Gelato Fiasco’s red carpet for an epic adventure that begins in the nation’s capital, makes its way through coastal Maine, and ends with an action-packed adventure through Europe. In it, Spooney, who plays the First Son, falls for his bodyguard, Sorbettietta, on a culinary tour of the midcoast. During an exclusive access tour of The Gelato Fiasco’s legendary subterranean flavor recipe vault, the pair is forced to save The Frozen Code as the facility is breached by super-premium gelato impostors. With Gelato Fiasco Director of Safety and Security Walter Sobchak detained and fed a variety of pre-made gelato pastes by the impostors, the duo flees across the Atlantic hoping that the code might be best temporarily protected by the Swiss, only to be diverted to Paris because of an volcanic ashstorm. The film continues with nonstop transcontinental action and comes to a sudden, swift, and ultimately underwhelming conclusion at the world’s oldest gelateria in rural Italy.

Donations will be accepted at The Gelato Fiasco until December 23.

Thank you for joining with us to make the holidays a little brighter for local families.

Mid Coast Hunger Prevention recommends the following donations:

• tuna
• peanut butter
• baked beans (regular and large)
• rice (small and medium)
• canned tomatoes (regular and large)
• soups (canned and dried)
• pasta (all types) and spaghetti sauce
• canned fruit
• Hamburger Helper/Tuna Helper
• canned veggies (green beans, corn, and peas)
• instant potatoes and stuffing
• any other non-perishable items
• personal care products

It’s a truly unique — and delicious — dessert. Each pie serves 6 to 8 guests (view a whole pie) and is $17.70 plus tax. Since it contains an abundance of fresh gelato, the dessert should remain frozen until you’re ready to serve.

Each pie is custom-created and must be pre-ordered. Stop by The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store and place your order with a server. Please allow one week for pie creation. November 16 is the last day to order in time for Thanksgiving. The Gelato Fiasco will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, so you should pick up pies by 11 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24. Customers who order pies will also have the option to order pre-packed pints of gelato at a reduced price.

Student groups from Bowdoin College have asked us to co-sponsor a fundraiser to provide relief to the terrible flooding that hit Pakistan this past summer. At their peak, the flood covered one-fifth of the country, and officials estimate that 70 percent of Pakistan’s population currently does not have access to adequate nutrition.

Four of Bowdoin’s six a capella groups will perform, and other student volunteers will help scoop gelato. The Gelato Fiasco will donate 10 percent of the night’s sales to relief efforts.  Customers will also have the option of providing additional contributions.

Bowdoin student groups sponsoring the event include Bowdoin Pakistan Relief Week Committee, Bowdoin Christian Fellowship, Muslim Students Association, Catholic Students Union, and Hillel. Funds raised will be donated by the Relief Week Committee to the Association of Pakistani Physicians of New England, a local organization that is working on the ground in Pakistan to provide relief.

Performance Schedule (all times approximate):

8:00: Ursus Verses
8:30: The Meddies
8:45: Jamie Cohen and friends
9:00 Miscellania
9:15: Bella Mafia
9:30: Jamie Cohen and Maryellen Hearn

Newly invented flavors that celebrate fall:
Apple Pie & Graham Cracker Crust Gelato
Carrot Cake Gelato
Apple Butter Gelato
Apple Pie Cheesecake Gelato
Gingered Apple Gelato
Bourbon Applesauce Sorbetto

Beginning October 1, look for new pumpkin flavors. While we normally do not schedule flavors in advance, we’re working on recipes for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Gelato, Sweet Potato Bourbon with Marshmallows Gelato, and Pumpkin Spice Coffee Gelato.

Other new, recent flavors include:
Yogurt Parfait Gelato
Spiced Pear Sorbetto
Almond Caramel Swirl Gelato
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Gelato
Vanilla Orange Blossom Gelato
Raspberry Sweet Tea Sorbetto
Coffee & Donuts Gelato
Jill’s Lemon Meringue Pie Gelato
Turtle Cheesecake Gelato

We’re always grateful for feedback and suggestions. Give us a shout on Facebook, Twitter, or on our Contact Us page.

He said, “This stuff is better than 98 percent of the gelato you find in Italy. They do the traditional flavors — nocciola, stracciatella — as well as interesting ones, like stout beer or olive oil, which is really good. The gelato is always at a perfect temperature, and there are no additives.”

The magazine also featured a recipe for Olive Oil Gelato from The Gelato Fiasco’s kitchen. (Note: This is a special recipe made for home kitchens. The gelato base that we make in-store does not include eggs.) Thanks to the team at Rachael’s magazine for featuring us!

We also continue to create tomato flavors using organic tomatoes from Bowdoinham’s Small Wonder Organics. Thanks to Sarah and Pete from Small Wonder for visiting The Gelato Fiasco and speaking with customers last week!

Green Bee’s first soda flavor, Lemon Sting, is very tasty. And to top it off, it’s made right here in Brunswick by Belle Fête Catering.

Green Bee rounds out our beverage selection — sometimes folks are surprised to learn that we specialize in both unique drinks and gelato. Our baristas serve custom-brew coffee using Wicked Joe roasts; make tasty specialized coffee drinks; and offer a refreshing iced coffee featuring our Aurora Borealis Iced Coffee Roast. Plus, you’ll find Maine Root, Jones Soda, and San Pellegrino Limonata — and now Green Bee Lemon Sting — in our drink cooler.

If you’re using the article to plan your next visit to Portland, make sure to add an hour to check out one of the many partners who carry our products — including Bard Coffee, which scoops our gelato fresh in the heart of the Old Port. All together, you can find gelato in dishes, pints, and on restaurant menus at 16 places within the city limits. As always, our gelato is made from scratch using Maine milk and real ingredients in Brunswick.

And if you can make your trip 38 hours, take the 30-minute trip to Brunswick to try The Gelato Fiasco at the source. Our Flagship Store is open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day year-round. We have been called Maine’s premier Italian gelateria, and travelers from around the United States (and the world!) often tell us The Gelato Fiasco is the best they’ve ever had.

Check out the full list of our Portland partners at portland.gelatofiasco.com. If you have questions before your trip, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

Read the story online or look for September’s issue of Down East. (And yes, that’s Megan pictured in the photo!)

Options include:

• The original solid black t-shirt
• T-shirts in grey, blue, pink choices
• Black or grey track jackets
• Hoodies
• Our remaining Limited Edition Flavor T collection in Stracciatella and Sicilian Pistachio

These items make great gifts, particularly for customers who travel long distances and can’t bring gelato home. Sizes are very limited, so stop by today!

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Blueberry season has begun, and that means that we are now able to make Maine Wild Maine Blueberry Sorbetto. We created our first batch today, and as usual, it is absolutely delicious.

Each batch of two pans is made from five plump-full quarts of blueberries, which are sourced from local suppliers. Blueberries comprise about 40 percent of each bite.

This is undoubtedly one of our most popular summertime flavors. We currently have 36 quarts of blueberries in the refrigerator waiting to be reborn as sorbetto. Check Today’s Flavors or call (207) 607-4002 to see if Maine Wild Blueberry Sorbetto is available today!

Did you know?
Our fruit-based sorbetto flavors typically contain at least 40 percent real fruit — such real strawberries, watermelon, or blackberries. We never, ever use flavor pastes, flavorings, or mixes.

For our 500th flavor, we thought we’d ask our customers for ideas. You submitted lots of great suggestions via our Facebook Page, and we’re happy to share that we are creating Lemon Ginger Sorbetto for our 500th flavor. Thanks to Jenn from Lisbon, Maine, for the idea — a gift card and Limited Edition Flavor T-Shirt are on their way, Jenn!

Lemon Ginger Sorbetto will be available on Tuesday, July 12. With a contrasting flavor palette, it should be quite unique. (And since it’s a fruit-based sorbetto flavor, it will be naturally fat-free.) We’re already coming up with ideas for the 501st flavor!

In the past, we varied the roast used in our iced coffee. The new roast will provide you a consistent experience whenever you want a jolt of cool energy this summer.

We named the roast after the meteorological phenomenon that is caused in part by hot solar wind and is seen most often in the coldest of climates. (And let’s face it — those of you who have seen the Aurora Borealis know that it is absolutely beautiful!)

Once you’ve tried it, please let us know how you like the new roast. Find our information on our Contact Us page or click on the Feedback tab on the right side of this page.

The game also rewards the person with the most check-ins to a location by crowning him or her as mayor.

But now, at The Gelato Fiasco, mayorship won’t just be a title. To the winner goes the spoils: The mayor is eligible for a free size upgrade on a dish of gelato or cup of custom-brewed coffee during each visit.

The current mayor is Rick N. But that could change if you exceed his check-ins!

If you ever become the mayor of The Gelato Fiasco on foursquare, simply show your server your mayor screen on your cell phone to receive the upgrade.

Bard Coffee is located at 185 Middle Street and is open until 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and until 6 p.m. on Sundays. For more information about the coffeehouse, call Bard Coffee at (207) 899-4788.

That’s in addition to 13 other stores and restaurants in Portland that sell pints or express dishes or serve our gelato on the dessert menu. Whole Foods Market also scoops our gelato in-store.

In addition, Gelato Maineia is currently scooping 12 flavors in Boothbay Harbor. The Gelato Fiasco is the exclusive gelato creator for Gelatot Maineia.

Go to a complete list of our partner locations.

You can see all the results on the Press Herald’s web site.

If you read about the award in the newspaper and are learning about The Gelato Fiasco for the first time, we invite you to read about our gelato, find the location nearest you, or visit our Flagship Store at 74 Maine Street in Brunswick. If you like what you see, become a member of our Red Spoon Society and like us on Facebook. Both connections will help you discover special promotions and learn more about distinctive approach to desserts.

We recently created our 450th flavor (we know — it’s hard to believe — but we counted twice!). We thought it would be fun to share with you some of our more recent creations from this spring:

• Kaluha Brownie Gelato
• Paypaya Sorbetto
• Chocolate Lavender Rosewater Gelato
• Bourbon Maple Pecan Gelato
• peaNUTS! Gelato (Three types of peanut. It’s crazy.)
• Caramel Cinnamon Apple Gelato
• Maple Balsamic Raspberry Gelato
• Chocolate Cheesecake with Caramel Swirl Gelato
• Oregano Gelato
• Pink and Black Peppercorn Gelato
• Chocolate Orange Snap Gelato (The snap comes from the ginger.)
• Blackberry Cheesecake Gelato
• Cucumber Gin ‘n’ Tonic Sorbetto

Summertime is sure to spark more inspiration in our kitchen, and you’ll continue to see new flavors along with your regular favorites. Remember, you can check today’s flavors anytime at http://flavors.gelatofiasco.com, and even sign up for daily flavor updates by e-mail.

The Gelato Fiasco is also a show sponsor for “Always… Patsy Cline,” a story of a country music legend. The show runs from June 9 to June 26.

Individual tickets to “Always… Patsy Cline” and the rest of Maine State Music Theatre’s season go on sale on May 5, and season tickets are currently on sale. For more information, visit the Maine State Music Theatre’s web site.

We are happy to support this cultural anchor of summertime in Brunswick. See you before or after the show!

Nearly 800 local residents and college students came to The Gelato Fiasco on April 1 to support the Brunswick Teen Center at our Fool’s Day Fiasco fundraising event, resulting in a $2,024 donation to the Brunswick Teen Center. That total exceeds last year’s donation of $1,875.

This event shows that when many people come together to make a small contribution, they can have a huge impact. Not only did the event result in a substantial donation, but it also brought folks together from across our community.

We donated all April 1 sales beyond the seasonal daily average for a Thursday in April, which meant that customers were able to participate by simply purchasing a dish of gelato or cup of coffee at regular prices.

Dozens of volunteers from town government, local schools, and Bowdoin College served as celebrity scoopers during the event. Bowdoin College a capella groups Miscellania and BellaMafia performed during the evening hours.

During peak hours, we served one dish of gelato or cup of coffee every 31 seconds.

We’re so happy to make this contribution back to a community that has supported our business with such enthusiasm over the past three years. Thanks to everyone who bought a dish of gelato, drank a cup of coffee, or volunteered to make this year’s Fool’s Day Fiasco a success.

We are going to install The Gelato Fiasco Time Capsule when we refurbish our floor and furniture in early April, and we need your help. If you want to be part of history, bring letters, photographs, artwork, recordings, or small trinkets to The Gelato Fiasco by April 3. Your item should relate to your love of gelato or Brunswick.

We’ll lock the items in the time capsule, which will be unsealed and shared with the community during a future store renovation.

Thanks,
Josh and Bruno

If you’re not yet a member of the Red Spoon Society, sign up today!

We believe that wedding memories are built upon the senses: the touch of a hand, the sound of a bell, the sight of real love. And now your Maine wedding can feature desserts that uniquely taste like the love you celebrate. Add The Gelato Fiasco to your Maine wedding reception or rehearsal dinner and create delicious memories that will last a lifetime.

Your gelato or sorbetto will be made fresh to your specifications. Our full-service wedding packages feature service from our scooping staff and mobile gelateria. We can also provide your caterer with gelato to serve to you and your guests.

Explore this site to learn more about our wedding packages and options for couples with unique needs. Then tell us what you want your wedding to taste like. A wedding consultant will be in touch for a relaxed, no-obligation conversation.

First, on each day that the temperature falls below freezing, we automatically use the Lost Code to calculate a discount on your gelato order. While the traditional Lost Code is rumored to hold a complex series of calculations that the very first gelateri used to create perfect gelato, our lead archaeologist has derived fragments of the legendary code into a single calculation that can be used only in winter: Price = Price – [Price * ((32 – current temperature) / 100). Or, in layman’s terms: You save one percent for each degree below freezing.

Second, ask for a Red Spoon Jones Rewards Card during your next visit. Each time you make a purchase, we’ll randomly select a letter to stamp on the card’s crossword puzzle. Whenever you complete a word, you’ll receive a coupon for a great prize, such as a free pint of gelato or a free cup of coffee. Complete all the words by the end of winter and receive a $10 rewards card!

In this companion film to last year’s blockbuster “The Code of the Gelateri,” impostor super-premium dessert forces are seeking to find and use the code for nefarious purposes. Come to The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store and join this action-packed, absolutely delicious roller-coaster of savings today!

Baci by Perugina is widely recognized as the finest brand of Italian chocolates. Each candy is made from dark chocolate and includes a whipped chocolate filling that is blended with finely chopped hazlenuts. Baci candies are so tasty that we even created a gelato flavor that is often available at the Flagship Store.

Baci means kisses in Italian, and each of these chocolate kisses is wrapped in a love note that is written in five languages. Baci packages are a great gift for the person you love — or simply a delicious treat for anyone who loves good chocolate.

Baci by Perugina brand chocolates are made in Italy. You can learn more about them on the Baci web site (but you’ll have to be able to read Italian!).

Looking for perfect holiday gifts for family, friends, or co-workers? The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store is a one-stop shop for gift givers this holiday season. With gift cards, bagged coffee by Wicked Joe, clothing, Baci by Perugina chocolates, and more, we offer something for everyone. Stop by today.

Check out the following press items:

“Going Green in Sweet at The Gelato Fiasco”
MaineBusiness.com / MaineToday, October 21
This article explains in-depth our Maine Environmental Leader certification and our belief that small steps can add up to a big business. Read the story.

“Forum Cultivates a Taste for Trade”
The Bangor Daily News, October 21
A story about the Maine Food Means Business event in Bangor includes comments by The Gelato Fiasco’s Steff Deschenes. Steff talks about unique, Maine-made gelato. Read the story.

“Gluten-Free Foods Take Time, But Are Worth It”
Portland Press Herald, October 19
In a letter to the editor, co-founder Joshua Davis writes about The Gelato Fiasco’s customer-centric approach to providing options to people with food sensitivities. Read the letter or our Food Sensitivity Information page.

Last month, Mainebiz published a cover story about The Gelato Fiasco. If you missed it, it’s still online!

If you have questions about anything mentioned in these articles, we encourage you to ask us on Facebook, Twitter, or by email. Or stop by the store and ask a member of our team!

Thanks to Stacey for taking the time to share her client’s story!

TO: delicious@gelatofiasco.com
Subject: Customer Perfection Request

Hi folks,

I am a pet sitter down on Mere Point.  A young couple is visiting Brunswick and left their adorable pup in my care.  I suggested they visit The Gelato Fiasco to enhance their vacation.  I want to share their comments I just received in an email.

“We went to Gelato Fiasco last night after leaving your home.  Wow… it is fantastic.  I averaged 4 gelatos a day during my time in Florence and love this style of frozen delight.  I enjoy both our local gelato spots in Charlottesville (our hometown) but found the Fiasco superior to all others I think.  Their gentle restraint for sugar and delicacy of flavor is exceptional.  I mentioned my delight with them to the counter girl.  They are worthy of praise. ”

Regards,
Stacey Evans

Thanks to everyone who submitted such awesome pictures and took the time to vote. You can view all of the entries here. We loved all of them and hope you had fun playing!

View all of the entries here.

Just a few minutes off of Interstate 295, the the shop is a convenient stop off any trip heading north or south.

Read more about the store’s opening in a new story describing the launch.

Hand-scooped dishes of The Gelato Fiasco are also available at North Creek Farm in Phippsburg and Whole Foods Market in Portland. Remember to ask for our gelato by name. For a complete list of locations, see our Locations page.

This summer, we’re giving a $250 gift card to someone who can show us a delicious life.

Here’s what you could do with a $250 gift card to The Gelato Fiasco:
- Throw a gelato party for 50 of your closest friends.
- Plan one date night each week for 25 weeks.
- Stock your freezer with a bunch of pints.
- Drink lots and lots of coffee roasted in Brunswick by Wicked Joe.
- Split it up any way you like. After all, it is your delicious life.

Sound good? Submit an entry in our Live Your Delicious Life Giveaway. Enter now.

Just take a photograph that shows how you Live Your Delicious Life. Post that photo to our contest page and ask your family and friends to vote for your photo. Folks can vote for each photo once a day until July 31.

The person with the most votes will win a $250 gift card and a Gelato Fiasco prize pack. Other prizes include $50 and $25 gift cards and prize packs.

Submit your entry today! The sooner you enter, the sooner you can start to collect votes.

Enter here or by clicking the “Promotions” tab on our Facebook page.

UPDATE: The public voting period has closed. Thanks to everyone who voted for our video (which you can still view on Intuit’s site). We’ll let you know if we win any additional prizes!

Dear Customers:

With your help, we have been named a finalist in the Intuit Small Business United contest! We are one of 50 businesses nationwide that will receive a $5,000 grant to help grow our company.

We also move to the next round of the contest, and we humbly ask for your help again. This time, $25,000 is at stake. We’ll use the money to expand our presence at partner stores throughout Maine. By increasing the availability of Brunswick-made gelato and sorbetto, we will build both The Gelato Fiasco and the state’s economy in the process. As you may know, we create all of our gelato and sorbetto right here in Brunswick using milk only from Maine farms.

Our entry for the grand prize is a viral video. We tried to make it both funny and heartfelt!

Will you watch it at this link, and then click on “Inspiring,” “Useful,” and “Funny” ratings? You’ll have to register upon voting, but it’s quick and easy. If you voted in the last round, we need your vote again! Like the last round, your votes are worth 40 percent of the final score. Vote today — the contest ends May 31!

http://community.intuit.com/contests/awP6SewX8qllvkab8P4pmk

Thanks again. We’re so grateful to have such loyal customers.

-Josh and Bruno

P.S. You can read Intuit’s press release about the contest here.

As many of you know, we regularly hold music performances as part of our Thursday Night Concert Series and other special events.

We want to know what you like or dislike about our concerts. Please take a minute to complete our quick survey.

Thanks!

Please enjoy her email, reprinted in full below!

P.S. If you haven’t yet read our QuickBooks story and rated it to help us win $5,000, please do so! It only takes a moment to register, and you’ll use the “Inspiring” link below the story to rate us.

TO: delicious@gelatofiasco.com
Subject: JOSH & BRUNO: OUR REPLY!!!!!!!: (Will You Rate Our Story?)

Dear Josh & Bruno,

(Cape Elizabeth, Maine)

Dear Friend,

Wow. We were overwhelmed by the support that the community showed on Wednesday at our Fool’s Day Fiasco to support the Brunswick Teen Center. We are thrilled to announce that we are donating $1,875 in sales from April 1 to the Teen Center. We’re told that with this donation and additional donations made at the event, the Teen Center will be able to fill the end-of-fiscal-year budgetary gap and pay for June operating costs as described in the Times Record earlier this week.

Our thanks go out to:

CELEBRITY SCOOPERS: The team of celebrity volunteer scoopers from the Town of Brunswick, Brunswick elementary schools, Brunswick High School, and Bowdoin College provided top-notch customer service and helped bring in big crowds. We hope you enjoyed your time volunteering as much as we enjoyed working with you.

OUR STAFF: Our staff at The Gelato Fiasco wanted to show their total support for this event. Working extra hours alongside our celebrity scoopers, on average they served about one dish of gelato or cup of espresso per minute, every minute, for 10 hours of the day. And since each ounce of gelato is made in-house, they worked through the evening to keep creating more gelato to refill our rapidly emptying case. They even donated their tips for the day to the Teen Center.

URSUS VERSES: In addition to a great performance, this a capella group gave the Teen Center a stack of CDs to offer in exchange for donations.

THE TEEN CENTER BOARD: The Teen Center Board of Directors organized the celebrity scoopers and kept a presence at the store all day. We’re glad we could spend one day supporting the work they do for Brunswick’s teens every day year-round.

YOU: This event couldn’t have been a success without customers coming out to support it — and, during some parts of the evening, braving lines out the door. We hope you enjoyed your visit.

This team effort is just one more example of the strength of our greater Brunswick community. Our sincere thanks to the hundreds of people who helped make this event a success.

-Josh and Bruno

BRUNSWICK – The Gelato Fiasco and the Brunswick Teen Center will join to support Brunswick’s youth by holding a special event on Wednesday, April 1. The Maine Street flagship store of The Gelato Fiasco will donate all April 1 sales beyond the seasonal daily average to the Brunswick Teen Center.

The event, dubbed the “Fool’s Day Fiasco,” will be held during the store’s regular hours of 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Volunteers, including principals of local schools and coaches of local sports teams, will serve as celebrity scoopers from Noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. A capella group Ursus Verses from Bowdoin College is expected to perform at 8 p.m. Random giveaways of Gelato Fiasco T-shirts, gift cards, and bagged coffee will also take place during the evening hours.

The Gelato Fiasco will donate all sales beyond the average for a Wednesday in April. Therefore, the donation size increases as additional local residents make purchases.

“We’re thrilled to partner with a local organization that does such good work for Brunswick teenagers,” said Joshua Davis, owner of The Gelato Fiasco. “By simply coming out on April 1 to enjoy a dish of gelato, customers can show their support for the Brunswick Teen Center, too.”

The Gelato Fiasco uses authentic Italian methods, Maine milk, and fresh ingredients to create innovative gelato flavors from scratch at its kitchen in Brunswick. In addition to the 30 flavors available daily at its store in Brunswick, the brand is also available at fine restaurants and select grocery stores in central and southern Maine.

UPDATE: The Brunswick Times Record ran a lengthy story on Monday about the Teen Center and mentioned Wednesday’s fundraiser. Read it here.

Questions about this event? Call the store at (207) 607-4002.