black dog gelato

we had been reading about this black dog gelato all over the place and couldn't wait to find a restaurant where we could try it ourselves. on sunday morning, after leaving the wicker park farmers' market, we stopped into this new italian deli under the blue line tracks, cipollina for an iced coffee. we were pleasantly surprised by their interesting selection of artisan meats, cheeses, pastas and drinks, but even more pleasantly surprised about the long list of black dog gelatos and sorbets that they carry! we had to try the sesame fig chocolate chip gelato, because we couldn't figure out how they were going to pull off sesame in ice cream. after eating the full dish, we've decided that she's using sesame oil, but only a tiny bit because it really blends well with the other flavors and doesn't take over, like sesame oil likes to do. we're excited to try making our own version at home!