Thanks to everyone who showed up on Thursday evening for the late-summer Club Naia Gelato Flight at our Shattuck store. It was packed!

We got plenty of good feedback on our new crop of flavors. The rundown of our “report card” is:

Siena: 22% of the popular vote
Tcho: 21%
Cobblestone and Riso: Tied for 18%
Polenta: 10%
Horlicks: 8%
Sarsaparilla: 3%

With forty-four flavors in every gelateria we usually manage to find something for everyone. If you missed the flight be sure to make sure you are a member of Club Naia (it’s free) by signing up at one of our stores and keep watch for more flights later in autumn and in the winter.

Actually, who doesn’t like chocolate? I’ve met a few people who don’t like chocolate, and I don’t care for them. To me, it’s like saying, “I don’t like water,” or “I hate it when the sun is out,” or “No Thanks, I prefer to sleep standing up.”

September 12th & 13th you will be able to sample a few flavors of our chocolate gelato at the 14th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival. We have been invited several times and just haven’t been able to arrange it (you wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to do one of these events well.) We are planning to bring a whole truck full of gelato for the two days as we have heard that the crowds are huge.

Please don’t let the huge crowds scare you away as all of the proceeds from the event benefit Project Open Hand which has been feeding seniors and people with serious illnesses in both San Francisco and Alameda County for almost 25 years.