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.

WEEKEND FORECAST
SOURCE: DELICIOUS TEAM 74 WEATHER OFFICE
LAST UPDATE: 15:30 8 JAN 2009
COORDINATES: 43° 55′ 0.8652″, -69° 57′ 58.4568″

TONIGHT: Post-dinner temperatures should hold steady around 22 degrees. Expect to scoop discounts of about 10 percent off your gelato order.
SATURDAY: Look for a pleasant but crisp daytime with discounts of nine to 13 percent during the daytime hours. Deals should increase quickly after dark, with discounts tasting 20 percent by the Flagship Store’s 11 p.m. closing time.
SUNDAY: Sunday looks to track Saturday’s weather, with discounts hovering above 10 percent in the afternoon and Baci-ing 20 percent by close.

Your discount on dishes of gelato will be calculated based on the Brunswick temperature at the time of purchase. You may take advantage of the discount and earn points for both your Red Spoon Society account and winter rewards card!

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!

The Gelato Fiasco’s mobile gelateria will be open for business at the Dempsey Challenge. This event, which will attract 3,500 cyclists, runners, and walkers, benefits The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Gelato and sorbetto will be available for purchase, and a portion of all sales will be contributed to the Dempsey Center.

Learn more about the Dempsey Challenge or The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing.

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!

The makers of a popular accounting software package gave us the opportunity to share a story about the founding of our company. The story is supposed to provide advice to other potential small business owners.

We wrote about our experience gaining the necessary financing to build The Gelato Fiasco two years ago.

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

Please take a moment to read the story. If you like it, use the links at the bottom of the story to rate it. After registering, you can choose whether you find it inspiring, useful, funny, or a combination of the three.

If enough Red Spoon Society members participate and make us one of the most highly rated stories on the site, we’ll receive a business development grant and have the opportunity to compete for an even bigger grant. This grant would be so helpful in our pursuit of making high-quality gelato available throughout our state. If we win, we’ll also help bring publicity to Brunswick and Maine.

Please click on the link, choose the “inspiring,” “useful,” and “funny” options, and help us out today!

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

Thanks so much.

-Josh and Bruno

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