Mondo

Mondo means world in Italian, and the conceit runs right through this Elizabeth Street gelateria in the middle of Melbourne: a menu that treats each flavour as a postage stamp from somewhere else. One scoop might channel the streets of Rome, the next Tokyo or Shanghai — each made by hand from premium ingredients and drawn from the culinary tradition that inspired it. It's a small city-centre room built for grazing rather than lingering, but it keeps generous hours, scooping from early morning right through to midnight every day of the week. That late licence makes it a rare thing in the CBD: somewhere to satisfy a gelato craving well after dinner. Made with care and served by the cone or cup, it's a tidy, worldly little pleasure in the heart of town.