As we were preparing to head over, we realized our cooler was at my parent’s house. Anyway, the gelato survived a 25 minute drive home. I kept the air conditioning in the car to 58 though!
My goodness it is amazing. Did a half kilo of pistachio and a half kilo of vanilla. Pistachio is $40 a half kilo. Vanilla was like 27.50 or something I think? So that equates to $80 for pistachio for a kilo and $55 for vanilla (and other non-premium flavors.)
Worth it? Not often, but certainly occasionally.
Glad you liked Leo Bulgarini’s amazing Pistachio Gelato. 
Yah for the prices / kilo, we end up just stopping by to enjoy a scoop (or two or three) once in a while, that way it doesn’t seem to hit the pocketbook as much. 
Were you the one who took the last of the vanilla on Saturday? 
Oh gosh I am certainly guilty of that. 
That’s some FTCer-on FTCer crime, right there…
And now I want Leo’s gelato. You are truly the best, @Chowseeker1999…always so concise and you make me hungry when I just finished eating.
@Chowseeker1999 I have had 3 of his sauces and 3 of his pastas. The night I went, there were 3 of us and we each got a completely different combination so we could maximize our trip. Each was delightful…easily some of the best pasta I’ve ever had. I need to go back for the boar…with the husband’s busy schedule, it’s been hard to coordinate a night…and then the dilemma of whether or not to include the chowpups.
Dang, homie! That’s like 4,506,122 steps on the treadmill!
Leo does a lasagna!! This is highly highly relevant to my interests
Don’t remind me. 
Hi @JeetKuneBao,
Yah, it’s so good! Definitely call ahead and see if you can special order it / or see if Leo is already planning to do it for that day you’re visiting. Enjoy!
Do they open and serve pasta for lunch???
Hi @moonboy403,
Call ahead of time. Because it’s mainly Leo Bulgarini running the shop, he’ll sometimes not get around to opening it until later in the afternoon.
If someone does pick up (he seems to have hired some part-time help manning the cashier), make sure to ask if Leo is in, before you head over (and let them know you want Pasta).
Otherwise, it’s still safe to stop in for Gelato if he’s not in, but you want him around to talk about the nature of his creations and his passion with the Pasta and Gelato.
It’s been in the upper 40s late at night several days of the wk for several wks… which is completely unheard of in LA. It even started SNOWING in certain parts.
It’s actually been really bizarre.
Yeah, I had poke yesterday which, while very tasty, wasn’t exactly comforting.
But, back to the topic, I think that Bulgarini’s pasta would be delish in this weather. 
Last night’s adventure was so successful that I finally decided to go all in and schedule a dinner with Leo.
For those interested in the current set of flavors, here’s what I remember:
Goat’s milk with cocoa nibs - it was a delightful amount of goat-y with hints of chocolate…savory-sweet
Mascarpone
Tiramisu - really tasted like tiramisu!
Pear x3 (Bartlett, Bosc with bay leaves…so yummy!, can’t remember the last)
Blood orange granita
Chocolate sorbet - not a stitch of milk or cream and studded with cocoa nibs…I don’t even like chocolate and I enjoyed it
Chocolate-orange gelato
Chocolate salt gelato
Peach
Nectarine
Pistachio
Hazelnut
Stracciatella
Sweet cream - it has an Italian name but I can’t remember
We were the only folks in the shop, so we were able to chat with Leo for a bit. He’s got great stories…he talked about the first time he met JGold and then the first time he met Wolfgang Puck. You’ll have to ask him about it. He had a new assistant in helping make pasta, and Leo himself was pulling out a fresh batch of biscotti out of the oven.
fior di latte?
WAT? When did he start making biscotti???
Thanks! I’m glad your Italian is on point, @PorkyBelly!
@paranoidgarliclover According to Leo, he’s been making and selling biscotti for some time. He says it’s real popular so he has trouble keeping it on hand regularly. It smelled super delicious, and it was too hot for us to see it be set out. I’ll try to see if it’s available on Friday and snap a photo of it for you.