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Beal's Ice Cream, Old Port Location · Portland
Beal's has made ice cream in Portland since 1988, rotating through roughly a hundred homemade flavors alongside sherbet, sorbet and dairy-free options. Like most scoop shops in this coastal metro, it keeps seasonal hours, so a slower winter schedule is normal rather than a sign the shop has closed.
The Gelato Fiasco Old Port
The Gelato Fiasco churns up to 40 flavors of gelato and sorbetto in the Old Port, including Maine Wild Blueberry Crisp and Sweet Resurgam. It shares its Fore Street building with other food tenants but runs its own storefront and rotating case.
Gorgeous Gelato Portland · Old Port
Owners who moved to Maine from Milan in 2010 make gelato by traditional Italian method at this Fore Street shop, working toward what they call the finest gelato outside Italy itself, a mission that has kept them scooping in the Old Port for well over a decade.