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Local discussion: Limetta

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    . . . . . . is back!!
    • CommentAuthorColette
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2009
     

    Brilliant! This is exactly why I love SG.org.

    • CommentAuthorBeek
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2009
     

    Pappagone's icecream counter? Oh noooo, now the sun's shining its hard to resist.

    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeApr 20th 2009
     

    We were there on Friday, I had to leave without Limetta - not best pleased.

    On the plus side, the food was great - new(?) aubergine pizza, and we got some free drinks to celebrate 10 years of me going there (almost). Any excuse, eh?

    • CommentAuthorBeek
    • CommentTimeApr 29th 2009
     

    I managed to cram in an enormous Limetta after 3 courses in Pappagone tonight. Did you know that all that lovely gelato is hand made by one person - Ariela?

    Stroud Greeners are so lucky!

    • CommentAuthorpoxy
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2009 edited
     
    Catastrophe!

    Walking down SGR yesterday we couldn't resist a chocolate/hazelnut double cone from Ariela. While waiting for our ice cream we noticed and read the sign in the window.... il Gelato di Ariela is closing!

    Apparently, Pappagone's has been sold and the new owners don't want the gelati bar. It's madness.

    The good news is that Ariela is going to remain in business but no new location has yet been decided upon. It may not be on SGR.

    I'm staggered by this news. Who in their right mind would buy Pappagone's and NOT want the ice cream bar?
    • CommentAuthorColette
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2009
     

    WHAT?

    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2009
     

    Goodness me.

    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2009 edited
     

    Pappagone... sold?

    I think it might be time for me to move out of London! I'll have to find out more.

    • CommentAuthorBeek
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
     

    Maybe she could get a nice icecream van and park on SGR?

    • CommentAuthorariela
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    hey everyone...I was told about this site by someone mentioning a Limetta discussion online to me at the Gelateria...and now a few days after the announcement that we are moving I find you guys talking about it!!! Marvellous!!
    As I am here I would like to clarify a few things so that all of you know whats going on and can let everyone else know...basically I (Ariela) have been told the other day, out of the blue, right at the beginning of my season,that the restaurant was sold and that because I have a contract with Pappagone and noone else and the contract says I should get a month notice then that's all i get...I have said that I have built a loyal client base from the window I "idealized" in the past 3 years and that this must have some value...but no...Pappagone would be just as great with or without my Gelato there so I do not deserve any compensation even though they have got millions from the sale!!!
    But this isn't the end of it...apparently the new owners are not even taking over until December but funnily enough the only person they want out asap is me because...wait for it....they are gonna make their own ice cream!! So you would think if this thing is so worthless how come the new owners are in the rush of putting their own product on MY WINDOW??
    This is the gist of it but if you wanna know more just ask and I will be more than happy to tell all the home truths about that place.
    In any case if you have been a loyal customer and are a fan of my Gelato be very wary of who is selling and what product is being sold through that window...after mid June I do not want to be associated with any product they sell!!
    check our website for further announcements or send me an email through the website so that i can put you on the mailing list and update you!!
    Thanks for being such loyal customers
    Lots of love
    Ariela
    • CommentAuthorpoxy
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    That sucks but that's business for you.

    Ariela's website...

    http://www.ilgelatodiariela.co.uk/
    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    We are Ninja

    Hi Ariela

    Sorry to hear that you're being moved on - you've got a load of fans on this site. Surely you can get another store on the street? There are a bunch of properties on the street that are available....?

    A proper sit-down gelateria (like Marine Ices) would be fantastic.

    • CommentAuthorColette
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     

    I don't like this at all. Not one tiny bit. Can't we picket Pappagone or something? SG.Org boycott? Come on people, I'm French and I'm angry... And without my weekly limetta I will be positively seething.

    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    We are Ninja

    I'm French and I'm angry

    Only one thing for it!

    La grève!

    So what can we do? What does Ariela want us to do?

    • CommentAuthorpoxy
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    Fantastic. I can see it now...

    Andy Martin playing Peter Richardson playing Al Pacino playing Arthur Scargill in The Comic Strip StroudGreen.Org Presents… The Strike.

    You've certainly got the hair for it.
    • CommentAuthoremine
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    Hi Ariela, I'm really sorry about this, for you and for purely selfish reasons - I am addicted to your gelato. Why don't you move to Porchetta? Usually I'm on the Pappagone's side of the P v P debate, but I'd follow you to Porchetta.
    • CommentAuthorariela
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    hey everyone!!! this is so funny...i can get right into this discussions thing...anyway not much one can do...i will seek legal advice but doubt i'll get anywhere...best thing is for me to manage to move everything very very close by....
    in any case I appreciate your concerns...makes me feel a little better...but I will do my best to hinder their plan!!
    and Poxy...it might be business but is also daylight robbery...makes you understand why people get cynical and angry...what's the point of beng honest and acting always in good faith when all you get is xxxxx up your bum...should be a criminal and walk over people like others do...they go a long way
    • CommentAuthorAli
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    Dudleys ?
    • CommentAuthorLiz
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    This is terrible news - for you and for all your very happy customers. This might sound really cheesy, but don't waste your energy getting angry with the old or new owners - you make a great product so I'm really sure you'll do well, on your own or with another restaurant. They'd be lucky to have you. Keep us posted!
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    @Colette I am right behind you with my angry posse of Limettistas.

    @Ariela PLEASE see if you can re-establish your operation nearby. It's been great having you here.
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    @Colette I have been reading that the French way of industrial action is to kidnap the boss. Shall we kidnap Marco?
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2009
     

    which one?

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    The bald one. Oh, they're both bald aren't they? OK, both of them, and release fee is Quattro Stagione with extra truffles. (And Limetta of course).
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2009
     

    No, neither of them is bald.

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    Ah. That must be why I get no reponse when I shout 'Marco' at the bald guys. They all wear the same shirts. It's confusing.
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2009 edited
     

    I'm going to go in to Pappagone tonight and ask about this.

    I'm happy to sign my name on a petition that I'll be loyal to Ariela's Gelato only, and no other!

    Who's with me?

    • CommentAuthorpoxy
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2009
     
    But would you be prepared to forego Pappagone's completely?

    We need to establish on which common ground the bandwagon is located before jumping on.
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    I have a terrible confession to make.

    I never bought an ice cream from that window.

    Should I do it right away then?
    • CommentAuthorLiz
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2009 edited
     
    @krappyrubsnif - absolutely, though I think we'll need to start another thread to give you advice on flavours...
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2009
     

    poxy, if the owners change then i'd have to see what the new Pappagone quality was like before I made the decision to forego completely. So i'd not rule out full abstention just yet.

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    Ariela

    Just more supportive words from a FAN! I think your icecreams are the best in london.. happy to let you work from my 1 bed flat if needed!
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    Ariela's just doesn't measure up I'm afraid.

    I go to Rome quite often and next month I'll be here



    trying to decide.....



    It just goes on and on, more than 300 different flavours I reckon.

    Eat your heart out, Limetta-lovers.
    • CommentAuthorAli
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2009
     
    Better watch out for crime in Rome

    http://www.romebuddy.com/givesadvice/crime.html
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    I agree the Limetta is quite nice. I got a big bowl with four scoops. Nobody else in my household seems to want any, they're odd that way.

    Now I feel sick.
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    @Ali

    Thanks, very amusing. It's their crime, not our crime.

    Rome is the only place I've ever had my pocket picked. On the road (and especially there) I always carry two wallets, sometimes a money belt. They got away with a used subway ticket and three euros forty cents in small change.
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeMay 15th 2009
     

    What use is all that gelato in Rome? We need it here on our doorstep.

    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeMay 15th 2009 edited
     
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    Snore. I've just read that.
    • CommentAuthorariela
    • CommentTimeMay 23rd 2009
     
    hey everyone...me again!! Just wanted to let you all know that I have sorted it out with Pappagone in a very decent manner, the new people are gonna do something completely different and they need the space so I will be moving very close by, just keep looking out for updates!!
    Love
    Ariela
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeMay 23rd 2009
     

    Woo-hoo!

    Congrats and well done

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    So who are the new people and what are they going to do.............not pizza then? MacDonalds? Lap dancing?
    • CommentAuthorLiz
    • CommentTimeMay 24th 2009
     
    Hooray! Looked like you were doing a roaring trade yesterday in the sunshine - lots of very happy people with gelato walking up SGR.
    • CommentAuthorsteve
    • CommentTimeMay 26th 2009
     
    I am going to wander over to the window and buy one of these TONIGHT.
    • CommentAuthorsteve
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2009 edited
     
    you'll be excited and relieved to learn that I did follow through with this plan, and had a three scoop cone, including Limetta. Very enjoyable. I sat on the bench outside Tescos and ate it, and noted the longing in the eyes of the passing pregnant women / too-old hipsters.
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    What's a too-old hipster? Never too old for ice cream?
    • CommentAuthorsteve
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2009
     
    too old to be hipster, rather than too old for ice cream. I agree - it would be silly to put an age limit on either ice cream or gelato.
    • CommentAuthorFin
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2009
     
    Any answer yet on what the new people are going to do with the place?
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2009
     

    erm, keep it the same?

    • CommentAuthorFin
    • CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
     
    According to ariela "the new people are gonna do something completely different".
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
     

    i thought that was the ice-cream

    • CommentAuthorMarquis
    • CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
     
    A gay entrance area venue?
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    Apparently Pappagone is not sold and is not changing hands.

    Only the ice cream.

    I just spoke to Marco. They had a really, really big offer, and thought about it for a long time. But they decided to stay and not to sell up. It turned out to be an offer they could refuse....

    Hooray!
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    So why did they kick out Ariela then?
    I will be staying loyal to her project in the forthcoming heatwave.
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeJun 29th 2009
     

    I'd also heard last time I was in that they were thinking about an offer but had yet to accept. Good news that they've declined!

    Weird about the gelato change, though.

    • CommentAuthorShaunG
    • CommentTimeJun 29th 2009
     

    SGR is now awash with ice-cream places - Pappagone, Ariela in her new (though I have to say slightly incongruous) setting, and I see there's some in the deli place at the SGR/ Tollington crossroads. I for one feel compelled to keep trying them all.

    • CommentAuthorpoxy
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009
     
    .... and I see there's some in the deli place at the SGR/ Tollington crossroads.

    I make that two places! The deli (on SGR) next to Christopher Charles and The Coffee Haven deli (on Tollington) next to Davies and Davies.
    • CommentAuthorBernie
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009
     

    Dulce de Leche.

    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeJul 1st 2009
     

    I had chocolate and dolce latte last night from Ariela and I tried limetta - I thought the limetta wasn't all that and I thought the green stuff on top was rather offputting, but the others were nice.

    • CommentAuthorAli
    • CommentTimeJul 1st 2009
     
    Banana is ace !
    • CommentAuthorShaunG
    • CommentTimeJul 1st 2009
     

    My best ever flavour for Italian ice cream is almond, which I had in Sicily but never find here. If Ariela's reading, almond would bring me in every time, despite the proximity to greasy fry-ups.

    • CommentAuthorkatiejane
    • CommentTimeJul 1st 2009 edited
     
    I had one some passion fruit from Ariela which was okay but, spookily, there were no seeds.

    Ariela - can we have seeds?

    Mmmm - the Sicilians know how to eat ice cream - shed loads of it stuffed into a fat brioche.

    Ariela - can we have brioche?

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