Tondi Gelato

Tondi Gelato Authentic Italian Gelato! Made Local! Catering to events, weddings, parties!
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11/02/2025

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11/02/2025

-1. This is it fam, 1 last day. We are churning out as much gelato as we physically can, because you are all SHOWING UP.

Thank you for your patience, we’re doing our best to make sure your last experience at Tondi is a beautiful one.

Our staff are doing an unbelievable job with the amount of people they are serving and the hours they’re putting in.

Thank you everyone ❤️

We are super understaffed for Friday Oct. 31st (Halloween), so we will be closing at 8pm!! Come in before 8 to grab your...
10/31/2025

We are super understaffed for Friday Oct. 31st (Halloween), so we will be closing at 8pm!! Come in before 8 to grab your take home containers/pints

We will be open normal hours for our last 2 days Saturday/Sunday 12-10pm!!

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10/29/2025

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10/26/2025

Melongrano. Just one batch today and one batch tomorrow of our incredible Pomegranate flavor. It might be my personal favorite 😮‍💨❤️

These (Medium size $32) are the last of our Take-Home containers! After these we will only have the usual single flavor ...
10/24/2025

These (Medium size $32) are the last of our Take-Home containers! After these we will only have the usual single flavor pints ($16), which we will pack at the time of order. We are only taking in-shop orders and not able to take orders on the phone! 🙏

Next week I will try to put out our Vegan Pistachio flavor that sooo many of you have asked us to make again. Keep an eye out for our instagram posts/stories, as other flavors may appear for a day or two. Grazie! 🙏

10/22/2025

Just one quick batch of Dragon Fruit, aka Pitaya ❤️

10/19/2025

“If you build it.. they will come”. 😳🙏❤️

Dear Gelato Family,We are permanently closing our shop. Our last day of operation will be Sunday November 2nd. It’s been...
10/01/2025

Dear Gelato Family,

We are permanently closing our shop. Our last day of operation will be Sunday November 2nd.

It’s been 5 years since I signed the lease in the middle of covid 2020, for what was supposed to be our long term home to produce and serve the amazing people of Santa Barbara and it’s wonderful visitors authentic Italian gelato.

We had intended to stay in this space for decades to come, but we chose not to sign the additional 5 year option that we had. Why? No, our business did not fail, 2025 has been our busiest year yet. No, it’s not because of a rent increase. It’s complicated and I won’t get into the details, but the gist of it is that our lease that we would have to operate under is no longer sustainable for our business and for our family. We tried to negotiate but were unable to come to an agreement.

Paseo Nuevo and the city of Santa Barbara is planning to redevelop/demolish the mall, which understandably may have made a restructuring of our lease unlikely. We think Paseo Nuevo will turn out to be amazing and we wish them the best.

So, what’s next? We don’t know! 😆 We will evaluate all of our options, and finally take some time off. (In fact one of the key aspects of our lease is that we are basically never allowed to close. Because we make all of our gelato fresh in the morning, me and Deborah have been grinding 7 day weeks since 2020).

We may open somewhere in Santa Barbara, or somewhere else.. maybe even in Italy. We don’t know. All we know is that our hearts are filled with gratitude and that we need a break 😵‍💫 Thank you for your support, your kindness, your help, your love, your willingness to give us a try, and for your smiles. We will miss you.

As I dry my pathetic tears, I just want to say we’re still open for another month so swing on by like you never read this sappy post and let’s enjoy some amazing gelato while we still can!

Lastly if you have any outstanding gift cards come and use them up!

Ciao amici ❤️ a presto!

This is the last weekend for our granita! If you haven’t tried our amazing Almond granita (in the photo), or our Mint & ...
09/19/2025

This is the last weekend for our granita! If you haven’t tried our amazing Almond granita (in the photo), or our Mint & Lime, Strawberry, or Lemon.. this is your last chance! We’re open until 10pm everyday 😋

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