Mini Review Capogiro

OK I'm someone who eats iced cream once about 6 months so there's very little reason for me to buy a pint and have it sit in my fridge for that long thawing, refreezing until by the time I'm ready for another scoop the darn thing will have picked up a variety of flavors that have also graced my freezer in that time.  What do I do instead?  I go to Capogiro.  Recently named by national geographic as the #1 place to have iced cream in the world!!! http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/ice-cream-parlors/#page=1.  And I started going there before it was cool:-)

Anyway my wife and I had just finished our meal at AGNO and walked here which was only about a block away on the corner of Sansom and 20th.  There are a few other locations spread out in the major neighborhoods in the city but this is the one I like the most.  Words can't not do justice to the variety of favors available at Capogiros.  Things like Avacado, and Kiwi just to name a few that you normally would not find in your local ACME.  And your allowed to try any many of them as you like before making a selection!!!  Order sizes are 2-4 scoops cup or cone.  We got the 4 scoops after sampling about 8 different flavors out of the 20 or so they have.

Going clockwise from 12, we had the Coquito, hazelnut, coconut gelato, and the mango sorbetto.  The hazelnut was probably my favorite.  The richness of the flavor almost tasted of chocolate but it definitely was some kind of vanilla base.  However it is really unfare to pick a favorite among the four because they were narrowed down from a field of about 20.  Let's just say there were all great for what they were.  The coconut was the best coconut ice cream i've ever had and so on.  

If you are in the center city area and you have not yet beet to Capogiro. Run, don't walk.  For someone who only eats iced cream 2x a year this is the only iced cream worth eating.  The flavors all all unique, they are hand made on site, and they are locally sourced and seasonal so you'll likely encounter new flavors when you go in the summer vs winter.  To me this place is a perfect 10 and one of the must eats in Philadelphia.  Yes you heard me, the first 10/10 place to eat in Philadelphia.  Seriously, what are you waiting for!!!