Gelateria 3BIS, Borough Market
A Rimini gelateria with one other shop, and the other shop is on Park Street at the edge of Borough Market.1
Why go
Time Out's listing describes a green frontage and a bright room with full-length windows that open onto the pavement in summer, and a counter that runs wider than gelato: frozen yoghurt, ice-cream cakes, brioches and crêpes, with the speciality coffees singled out.1
The one person who has written about eating it is David Paw for The Infatuation, and it is about London rather than Italy: Don't let the weather put you off – the ice cream here is really good, and it tastes just as good in the rain as it does in the sun
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Order this / avoid
- Order: the gelato, in a brioche if you want the Sicilian version of a mid-morning stop.1
- Avoid: writing it off in bad weather, which is what the only review anybody has published warns against.2
What locals & experts say
- David Paw, The Infatuation, April 2017:
the ice cream here is really good, and it tastes just as good in the rain as it does in the sun
.2 - Time Out, Recommended:
One of our favourite gelaterias has two branches: the first in Rimini; the second, thankfully, right next to Borough Market.
1 - Both of those are old, 2013 and 2017. Nothing newer has been published.
Good to know
- Where: 4 Park Street SE1 9AB, at the Borough Market edge. London Bridge is a few minutes.
- Beyond gelato: frozen yoghurt, ice-cream cakes, brioche, crêpes and the coffee.1
- What is not established: nothing anybody has published describes the milk, the base or where the fruit comes from.
Verdict
could-visit — A Rimini gelateria whose second shop sits on Park Street at the edge of Borough Market, with a green front and full-length windows that open onto the pavement in summer. Time Out calls it one of their favourites and lists a counter that also runs frozen yoghurt, ice-cream cakes, brioche and crêpes. David Paw's line for The Infatuation is the practical one: 'the ice cream here is really good, and it tastes just as good in the rain as it does in the sun', which in this city is the test. It stays mid-ladder honestly: the two reviews are from 2013 and 2017, and nothing anybody has published tells you what is in the base or where the milk comes from.