Black Dog Gelato

I wish I could afford to keep my freezer stocked with a different flavor of gelato each week. This is one of my top sweet treat spots to visit. My six year old inner child has a field day — please can we go to black dog, pretty please?

Went there for the first time today. Flavors that we tried were good… definitely unique flavors. The portions were really small… our large was about the equivalent of a medium at most other places. I would actually give this place 3 stars BUT the service sucked… the girl behind the counter didnt crack a smile nor tried to engage in any kind of interaction. It was very apparent that she was not happy to be at work.

This is my favorite gelato place in the city!
I love their unique flavors, like blueberry French toast and the sorbet isn’t half bad either. The gelato is so creamy and you can really tell they make it with care.

What a great place to eat some great gelato, awesome flavor, nice clean location, friendly staff

Sadly, they were out of the goat cheese cashew caramel gelato I wanted to try when I visited. However, the salted peanut and Nutella pretzel gelato were delightful. Black Dog was not the best gelato I have ever had but it was still very good. If I didn’t live out of town, I would be a regular!

We biked here on a sunny day and enjoyed this little gem. I think it’s underrated! Tell everyone!
The flavors are amazing! Very creative. Malted vanilla, rosemary Irish cream, goat cheese cashew caramel, chocolate caramel peanut butter cup, cabernet, peach tea sorbet, etc. They rotate flavors. They have cones too.
This spot is also adorable inside. Very colorful with indoor seating. No outdoor seating!

Black Dog Gelato never fails to impress me. The flavors are very creative and everything is melt in your mouth (literally) delicious. My favorites are the ones they make with goat cheese. I can’t walk past any of their locations without popping in. Hands down my favorite place for frozen treats.

Love this place! Intimate neighborhood gelato place! Every trip is different and a mini-​adventure, with the «artisanal gelato hand crafted in small batches made fresh daily» being rotated constantly. Sesame Fig Chocolate Chip; perfect! Merlot Raspberry; outstanding! Cappuccino; loved it! Glad to know people are still willing to take risks with their product and not simply provide cookie-​cutter experiences!

The ice cream here is absolutely amazing !! I had to sample at least 2 – 3 flavors before I could make a decision. All of flavors are testy, different, creative … YUMM

An excellent gelato place. All you fro-​yo fans can go take a hike.
First of all the staff were very knowledgeable and friendly. Second, all you really need is a kids cup (one scoop) for $ 2.50. Which is an excellent price for premium gelato. The gelato itself feels like it has a lot of TLC in it. Perfectly smooth and creamy. Exactly what you’re looking for in an ice cream.
We got the sea salt vanilla caramel and the goat cheese caramel cashew. The latter was so so good. You can really tell that they put a lot of goat cheese in the ice cream and the cashews added some good texture. If you like goat cheese then you’ll love this.
The sea salt vanilla caramel tasted so good when we had a sample of it but when we got our dish and had 3 bites back to back, the salt really overtakes your palate. We had to chug some water after a few bites.
So doesn’t this sound like a 3 star kinda place? I’ll tell you why it isn’t.
Its their business model. All of their day old ice cream can be bought in pints for six bucks. And two for ten. I mentioned that was a great price and they said that its because they don’t want to throw out their old food unless they have to, and selling pints of premium gelato at 6 bucks a pop helps them not have to do that. And I agree. We got two, a blueberry french toast and an olive oil almond.
Good doggy.

Awesome gelato here. Some of the best. It’s rich, creamy, smooth, light and full of good flavor. I haven’t been disappointed. They have a good variety of flavors and they are interesting as well. For e.g., Sesame Fig Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Balsamic, Lemon Ginger, Goat Cheese Cashew Camel and others. You have to go here when in Chicago.

Great flavor choices, I got the Turkish coffee and the bourbon butter pecan, my bf got a mint Oreo. Both were creamy and delicious but melted so fast we had a cold soup within 2 minutes, and the person checking us out had no idea how to work the register

Sweet baby Jesus this place is great!
I love this small little ice cream shop, AND love that it was listed as one of the best gelato places in Chicago, so we had to try it! We had the Goat Cheese Cashew Caramel and the Butterscotch Bourbon Pecan. One word: AMAZEBALLS. I adore places that use fresh ingredients and whose menus constantly change, and this place is it! If you haven’t had enough gelato while you were there, you can take a pint home with you. Fabulous.

Perfect place to cool off on a hot summer day. Love the freshly made gelatos, also very reasonably priced! everybody is sure to find their favorite and mine was the Cassata, brought back childhood memories.

I came to this neighborhood for Kuma’s corner and stumbled across Black Dog Gelato during the walk back to the L station. I recognized the name from Unilocal browsing, Girl and the Goat (apparently they use their gelato for their desserts!) and from a «couples activity» website, so decided to stop by even though I was already really full.
The person behind the counter was so nice — encouraged my cousin and me to try as many flavors as we wanted. They have some pretty interesting flavors, like Mexican hot chocolate (slight kick to it!), but I stuck with stracciatella. One thing I really liked about their gelato was that it was pretty light and fluffy, since a lot of times, gelato can get really dense.
The interior is really cute and they have a little blurb on the walls about the difference between gelato and ice cream. They also offer donut ice cream sandwiches every Monday (using donuts from Glazed and Infused!)

Stopped here after happy hour on a Friday. Nice shop located in Roscoe Village, close to Fellger Park. The shop’s sign is painted on a window (old skool style), but makes the place easy to miss if you are looking for an extruding sign or sign above.
Once you get in, the main counter is located to your left and all the flavors (looks like they rotate a lot) are displayed on a string with clips and card stock signs. You can get flavors like Goat Cheese Cashew Caramel, Blueberry French Toast, Blood Orange Sorbet… The gelato is made daily so the flavors are always rotating and changing based on the owners mood.
There are some tables to sit and enjoy your cold treat… as well as a bench seat. Also nice blackboards/​signs that educate you on the difference between gelato and ice cream (and the obvious information on why gelato is better for you… selling themselves well inside their store).
I had the Oreo Mint flavor which was very minty (and NOT GREEN!). You could taste the freshness of the mint and the other flavors. Overall, the folks were friendly and the gelato hit the spot after dinner. Solid 3 star place.

I went to black dog gelato several times over the past few weeks. They were closed all the times except on Sunday I finally made it!
Tomorrow (may 1^st) they open every day of the week.
I had the brownie per izzy’s suggestion and it was good but I have had better.
The gelato I selected was goat cheese caramel cashew !!!
For not having chocolate I was impressed by how much I loved it!
It was really an amazing treat and I only had a kid size 1 scoop.
I can’t wait to go back

Tried the gelato-​infused Glazed & Infused donuts this past Saturday afternoon; $ 15 for two of these treats was a hefty price tag but in fairness, you do get a lot of gelato for this price!
The execution was just ok. I’ll come back to try the gelato on its own, but as it was, the chocolate gelato built into the raspberry glazed donuts worked a little better than the banana-​flavored gelato in the maple bacon long john… but neither one was something I would eat again. Very cool idea, just didn’t meet my expectations in terms of taste.

I love the name of the restaurant. :)
the service here is very quick even when the store looks packed or is packed… there’s limited seating so you might need to take your order to go and walk around while eating gelato…
flavors are unique and I think changes consistently…
Chocolate Coffee Toffee Gelato — delicious… and it also has small pieces of actual toffee in it… maybe be damaging for your teeth if you’re trying to be cautious about cavities though. I know some ppl don’t like it when it get stuck in your teeth… they’re really small pieces tho.
Strawberry Gelato — just simply strawberry flavor gelato.
I would stop by if I was in the area to try all their unique flavors!

An iced Turkish coffee made with sweet cream and cardamom.
WHAT?! So, so, so good.
They don’t do many coffee drinks, but what they do… they do SO WELL.
Go get yourself an iced Turkish coffee and a gelato before the summer runs away from you.
TOASTED COCNUT. Dear Lord.
*now accepting credit cards for orders over $ 10.
*grab a pint from the freezer! One for $ 5, or two for $ 8.
*in the case made fresh daily.