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Caffe Gelato gets Top Rating at CitySearch.com
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"Reasonably priced and inventive, Mediterranean-inspired cuisine... well-crafted desserts... solid specials that show a more exciting edge." The News Journal, July 2001
"Caffé Gelato Goes to the head of the class for a return visit." The Boston Globe, November 2004
"...we headed for a late dinner at trendy Caffe Gelato... Our sidewalk table was a prime people-watching post... [In Newark] the air positively vibrates with energy..." The Washington Post, May 2007
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Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Meals From The Masters Celebrity Chefs' Brunch 2006
Wine Enthusiast Magazine Award of Distinction 2007
Newark's Best Restaurant, Delaware Today 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Delaware's Best New Restaurant, Delaware Today 2001
Delaware's Best Ice Cream, Delaware Today 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Delaware's Friendliest Service, Delaware Today 2002
Newark's Best Date Place, UD Review 2007
Newark's Best Desserts, UD Review 2001
Delaware's Best Lunch, Delaware Today 2004
America's Top Spots for Ice Cream, Shannon Jackson Arnold 2004
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Like a fine wine, Caffé Gelato getting better with age
"The addition of chef Brad Dawson and an ambitious physical expansion have given Newark’s best fine dining restaurant enough culinary coolness to stand near the state’s leaders in upscale cuisine. That’s now a far easier conclusion to make when you’re sitting in the subdued-but-classy new room (the old Bert’s Compact Discs), cast in a refined light by brick walls studded with flickering candles."...  more >>
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Beyond Gelato
"Before opening Caffe Gelato in 2000, Ryan German's restaurant experience was limited to a summer bussing tables when he was 13. He still busses tables - and hosts, and takes orders and refills drinks and delivers food and scoops gelato. Only this time, he's the boss"... more >>
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From The Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau website:
"Serving Northern Italian and Mediterranean-inspired cuisine, Caffe Gelato Restaurant is a full-service restaurant" ... more >>
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A new scoop on fine wine
"Last week, Ryan German and Tanner Dunlop began serving six wine-inspired gelati and sorbetti at the East Main Street eatery. The offbeat, anything-but-vanilla flavors include black cherry merlot berry," ... more >>
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A smart choice in Del. college town
..."Customers can sample a flavor or two from 24 selections, among them wild berry, banana, peach, pistachio, coconut, peanut butter, and many variations on chocolate. On an afternoon stop, I finally selected two: white chocolate hazelnut and coconut. So creamy, so delicious."... read the full review >> |
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Main Street meets Little Italy
"Caffe Gelato's front window beckons the hungry with a glistening case filled with pastel colors of creamy Italian sweets. The gelato, for which the quaint spot on Main Street names itself after, gives incentive to lustful passersby to enter and indulge themselves"... read the full review >> |
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Business Ledger Review
"Another "upscale casual' destination in Newark is Caffe gelato, at 90 E. Main St. Owner Ryan German said his eatery has been successful because they came into a market with so many pizza shops and places that market themselves to college students only, which is something they do not do." read the full review >> |
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Best dessert: Caffe Gelato
"The summer months approach promising days of simmering heat. When Delaware's humidity turns the air into a sticky blanket of noxious gasses clinging to every part of the body, residents search in desperation for something cold, tasty and creamy to soothe the desert in their mouths.
Never fear, Gelato is here." read the full review >> |
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Spark Weekly, "Outdoor Eats"
"THE OUTSIDE SCENE: The small, quaint space can serve as either a romantic, casual or professional dining spot. This upscale yet casual approach to food gives patrons the feeling that they are special without making a big dent in their bank accounts." read the full review >> |
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Newark restaurant promotes local art
..."It was no surprise that Caffé Gelato was chosen as the venue. Manager Ryan German, also an alliance board member, has showcased a different artist's work at the cafe every month since it opened. He hopes other Main Street businesses will hop on the bandwagon." read the full review >> |
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News Journal, Dining
..."So it certainly was a surprise to see on this one fine evening not so long ago a string quartet, poised elegantly out on the sidewalk, smack in the middle of a town known more for poorly over-amplified rock 'n' roll than classical interludes. As they passed Caffé Gelato, the wandering Newarkians would pause, listen and maybe even drift inside." read the full review >> |
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I Scream, You Scream
And everyone wants to taste a Newark entrepreneur’s Italian ice cream.
Excerpt: "Newark needed an ice cream store," says Ryan German. "How can a street like Main not have a homemade ice cream shop?" read the full review >>
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OUT AND ABOUT MAGAZINE, Excerpt:
... " But gelato has a dramatically different appearance. In the display case at Caffe Gelato in Newark - believed to be the First State's lone "gelato joint" - the stuff resembles cake icing. And the texture is considerably smoother than the cup of strawberry ice cream we sample at the Ben & Jerry's in the University of Delaware's Trabant Center." read the full review >> |
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DELAWARE WOMAN, Excerpt:
"If you have your heart set on sitting outside, watching the hustle and bustle of Main Street, and taking in the fresh air and entertainment, it is a good idea to call ahead for reservations. Every summer, the heat moves in and so do the soothing sounds of string music." read the full review >>
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Newark, Del.: Next Time, Get Off the Exit
"The kids were 10 deep on the porches at the Deer Park Tavern and all but hanging from the rafters indoors, waiting for the Friday night music to start. So that was a no-go. Instead we headed for a late dinner at trendy Caffe Gelato, at the other end of Main Street." ... read more>>
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Cooking with Kelly
"Special occasions deserve special food. I wanted to find an entree that wasn't complicated to make, but would look like it was when I served it. Stuffed pork chops had everything that I was looking for, so I turned to Chef Tanner Dunlop, the executive chef at Caffe Gelato in Newark." ... read the full profile >>
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Beyond Gelato
..."He still busses tables - and hosts, and takes orders and refills drinks and delivers food and scoops gelato. Only this time, he's the boss and it's his restaurant, the one he's owned since he was 22." ... read the full profile >>
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Ryan German Profiled in WDEL's "Delaware's Stories"
26-year-old Ryan German owns Caffe' Gelato on Main Street in Newark. German: "It was junior year in college when I decided I really wanted to make ice cream for a living. I thought making ice cream would be one of the best jobs in the world."...
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Newark chef takes Girl Scout cookie to new level
This News Journal article includes a recipe for a Girl Scout cookie Samoa biscotti!
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New York Times Gelato Article
A Gelato article of interest. Originally published by the New York Times in 1999.
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Caffe Gelato Owner is a COSMO Hunk !
Ryan German, owner of Caffe Gelato, named in COSMO's "Hunks Across America".
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Ryan German chosen as 2003 SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Excerpt:
"Earl Norman, Ryan’s SCORE counselor says, “The way Ryan planned, started and is growing his profitable business is a model for restaurant owners of any age and experience." article >> |
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SCORE - Online Success Stories, Excerpt:
"If you frequented Caffe Gelato in Newark, DE, it would be difficult to tell the owner was a hometown boy and a member of Generation X. But Ryan German, a lifelong resident and graduate of the local university, returned from his European travels to open a restaurant that would bring Mediterranean foods back home." article >> |
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