Gelateria Pasticceria Artigianale Fagotti

the gelato here is the reason to stop, full stop. fagotti sits on via della giustiniana, out in the northern reaches of rome where the city starts to breathe a little, and the locals treat it like the kind of place you don't tell too many people about. that's its own kind of endorsement. if you're coming for coffee, the pastries are worth your attention too, because this is a pasticceria in the full sense, not just a cafe with a display case of afterthoughts. the combination of artigianale gelato and a proper espresso is the move, not separately, but close together, in the way roman afternoons actually work. start with the gelato.