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Pinolo Gelato

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Pinolo Gelato
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The shop's exterior in 2025
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Restaurant information
EstablishedJune 2015 (2015-06)
OwnerSandro Paolini
Location3707 Southeast Division Street, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97202, United States
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Websitepinologelato.com

Pinolo Gelato is a gelateria in Portland, Oregon, United States. Owner Sandro Paolini opened the shop in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood in 2015.

Description

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The gelateria Pinolo Gelato operates from the ground floor of an apartment complex on Division Street in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood.[1] According to The Oregonian, the business is "named for the specialty pine nut gelato from Pisa".[2] The shop serves Italian-style[3] gelatos and sorbets;[4] among creamy and dairy-free varieties are almond-fig, cassata, chocolate,[5] huckleberry-thyme,[6] pistachio, stracciatella,[7] and other fruit flavors.[1][8] The business also serves coffee drinks and affogato using beans from Caffè Umbria.[1][9] Pinolo makes agreste with marionberries from Topaz Farm.[10]

History

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Owner Sandro Paolini opened the shop in June[11] 2015.[6][12] The business hosted a gelato-making class in 2018.[13]

The defunct food hall and market Cooperativa carried Pinolo products.[14][15]

Reception

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In 2015, Willamette Week said Pinolo "immediately took over as the best gelato in town—the others aren't even close".[16] Samantha Bakall included Pinolo in The Oregonian's 2017 list of Portland's best dessert eateries for Valentine's Day.[17] Lizzy Acker included the affogato in the newspaper's 2019 list of the seventeen "prettiest cold treats" in the metropolitan area.[9] In 2024, The Oregonian called Pinolo "an authentic Tuscan gelato shop where classic flavors reign".[18]

Portland Monthly included Pinolo in a 2017 list of the city's most kid-friendly restaurants.[5] The magazine's Kelly Clarke also included the business in a 2017 list of recommended eateries in Portland's Division/Clinton area. Portland Monthly's 2024 overview of the city's best ice cream said, "Pinolo's is top-tier, not just for Portland but for the United States, and dare we say, Italy."[7] The magazine also recommended eating Pinolo's gelato made with foraged fruit in a 2024 "quintessential" Portland "bucket list" of 50 activities.[19] In 2019, Jen Stevenson of 1859 Oregon's Magazine called Pinolo "deliciously authentic" and where "Tuscan technique meets Pacific Northwest ingredients".[20]

The business has been included in multiple Eater Portland lists, including one of the best dairy-free frozen desserts in 2023,[8] another of the best ice cream in the metropolitan area in 2024,[21] and one of the best restaurants on Division Street in 2025.[22] In 2023, Pinolo ranked twelfth in a list of the highest-rated ice cream shops in Portland, based on Yelp reviews. Pinolo scored 4.5 out of 5, based on 302 reviews.[23] Noms Magazine included Pinolo in a 2024 overview of the city's best ice cream.[24] Pinolo received honorary mention in Eat This, Not That's 2025 overview of the best ice cream shops in each U.S. state.[25] Serious Eats has recommended the hazelnut gelato.[26]

See also

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References

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