Right down the street from my work there is this incredible little Italian restaurant/Gelato spot that amazingly I had never stumbled upon until last week! I took a walk down there and was very happy to see they had a large selection of dairy-free options, most importantly a chocolate dairy-free option that tastes just like brownie mix! SO good. Al Gelato is the spot and you have got to try it. It's on Robertson a few blocks south of Wilshire. The waitstaff is really friendly and the food always smells great too, but I've only had the gelato.

On my first visit I had the diary free chocolate with strawberry which was very good. The strawberry was packed with flavor and little bits of real berries. And the chocolate had an incredible rich chocolate flavor that was just right, not too strong, not too sweet. The second time I went down there I had the chocolate again with coffee crunch (not dairy free). The coffee crunch was delicious; rich coffee flavor with little bits of chocolate and some other chunks of something I couldn't quite discern, but it tasted good : ) It's $4.50 for 2 flavors which is very reasonable for gelato I'd say. This place is fantastic because it tastes like gelato you would find on the streets on Florence on a hot summer day. Perfect for the hot upcoming summer days in LA. Plus they let you sample as many flavors as you want!

And if by some chance you don't know what gelato is, click here to find out.