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500 N. Shepherd Houston, TX 77007

713-861-6331 

 

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  • Deli, Dessert, Italian
    Mon-Sat 10am-7pm
    $
  • All Major Credit Cards, cash
    Casual
    Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
  • Lunch
    Accepted, Not Necessary
    Lot Available
Description

This place started as a wholesale showroom for an Italian food importer. Now it doubles as a retail store and Italian deli. The gelati are very good, and the sorbetti are absolutely outrageous. Shop for olive oil and pasta, then sit down and eat Italian panini sandwiches and pistachio cannoli at one of the eight tables in the middle of the store.







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  • 2004 | Best Gelato

    Nundini Food Store At Nundini Food Store, $1.50 will get you a scoop of real Italian gelato. Gelato has less air churned into it than ice cream, so it's creamier and a whole lot denser. It also stays cold longer and doesn't melt as quickly as its U.S. cousin. At Nundini, it's hard to recommend one flavor over another, since they change every week. But if you come across zuppa inglese (English soup), try it: Made with vanilla gelato and brandy-soaked pieces of cake, it isn't available... More »

  • 2003 | Best Gelato

    This place started as a wholesale showroom for an Italian food wholesaler. Nundini makes most of the gelati and sorbetti you see in local Italian restaurants. The front of the warehouse doubles as a retail store and Italian deli. The gelati are very good, and the sorbetti are absolutely outrageous. The unbelievably intense raspberry ties with the snow white peach sorbetto as the best sherbet on the planet. The more unusual gelato flavors include cassata, which is made with spiced fruits and... More »

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  • Ice Cream Sandwich

    Ice Cream Sandwich

    By Robb Walsh | Thu, May 08, 2003

    "Which flavor do you want to try?" asks the manager of the Nundini deli on North Shepherd in the Heights. He's standing behind ten colorful vats of Italian gelati and sorbetti in an ice cream case. "All of them," I confess. There aren't a lot of c... More »

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