Best Friends Day at Gigi's Gelato

Overview

Yarraville's favourite gelateria, Gigi's Gelato, is celebrating international Best Friends Day (June 8) with a sweet treat: free scoops for you and a mate.

All you have to do is bring your best friend or a confused stranger you recently met on the street into the store on Thursday, June 8. The free scoops will be running all night from 7pm (while tubs last, at least).

And speaking of the tubs in question, co-owners Luigi 'Gigi' Pozzoli and Sue Yong will be slinging crowd favourites like salted caramel, peanut butter, stracciatella and Oreo.

"Gelato is sweeter when it's shared with someone special – after all, food is a love language," Sue says. "Italians eat gelato all year round and we want to encourage Melburnians to do the same."

If you haven't heard of Gigi's before, it popped up in Yarraville in 2022, and quickly became a local favourite. The store recently celebrated its first birthday in March. It's a family business, and the name of the game here is traditional, artisan, Italian gelato. Just like Nonna used to make.

"Gelato brings people together," Sue says, "and as a family business we want our customers to know we value the importance of friendship."

Now the big question: who are you going to take?

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