In 1999, Justin and his family took a trip to Italy, where Justin fell in love with the smooth silkiness and intense flavor of gelato. He found himself returning to gelaterias day after day to savor the simple pleasure of good, honest food enjoyed at a charming outdoor café. The more gelaterias he visited and the more gelato he tasted, the more determined he grew to recreate this experience back home. This dream percolated for almost a year before serendipity struck: the space adjacent to our Petoskey store — on the edge of lovely Pennsylvania Park — became available. Nine months and thousands of reclaimed bricks later, American Spoon Café & Gelato opened, serving 24 flavors of authentic Italian gelato produced from the bounty of Michigan’s Northern Fruitlands.
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