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2026-09-09
It feels like a transition season right now… still a bit of summer and hints of autumn 🍂
Summer:
🍈 Cantaloupe
🍑 Nectarine
🌽 Sweet yellow corn
Autumn:
🍐 Bartlett pear
🤎 Cinnamon
🔵 Blue plum
We found one last batch of vampire plums in our freezer so 🧛🏻♂️ plum is back as a sorbetto this week. Yogurt bianco (plain white yogurt) is also back, as is rice pudding and jam. Made with starchy carnaroli rice (used to make risotto) and swirled with our house made raspberry jam.
And if you know us, we love stracciatella so much that whenever we get the chance, we will happily add it to another base flavour ☺️ So enjoy eating and saying “matcha stracciatella” this week 🍵🍫
Granita is still available until the end of September. Enjoy it now!
If your flavour is on this list, we’ll see you soon! ✌🏼
THURS - SUN
4-9pm
2026-09-05
Swipe for the transformation 💜
Sun-Ray Orchards Blue plums -> Blue plum & Earl Grey sorbetto
The taste of changing seasons: the brightness of fresh plums with the subtle depth of black tea in the background. 🍂
Our recommended pairings with Blue plum & Earl Grey sorbetto: fior di panna, dark chocolate or pistacchio di Bronte.
2026-09-04
A few dairy and dairy-free options on this week’s menu, starting with TOASTED BRIOCHE AND MARMALADE. A breakfast-y gelato! Buttery brioche made for us by Tito Toronto gets toasted with butter, brown sugar and a little hit of salt. This “toast” pairs gets paired with orange marmalade in a milky vanilla-essenced gelato base.
BANANA SORBETTO (DAIRY-FREE): Straight up banana flavour 🍌🍌🍌 Sorbetto is WATER-BASE gelato. It’s smooth and creamy just like regular gelato, just without the milk.
WHITE SESAME PISTACHIO RIPPLE is a DAIRY-FREE tahini gelato with striations of pistachio cream and toasted pistachios. If you want a dairy-free flavour that has richness and umami, this one’s for you.
LICORICE ROOT STRACCIATELLA: Not like your regular black or red licorice, this is licorice root directly from the heritage family company, Amarelli in Calabria. Licorice root flavour has notes of molasses, anise, and if you’re a fan of Italian amaro digestivos, you’ll be familiar with the tasting notes. We added dark chocolate stracciatella for a flavour and texture contrast this time!
2026-09-03
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7
8:30am - 12:30pm
We’ll be celebrating the continuation (not the end) of summer with another GRANITA BREAKFAST, in partnership with our friends Tito Toronto 🥐
This is your chance to experience a Sicilian style breakfast: granita and brioche in the morning starting at 8:30am, ending at 12:30pm. Espresso drinks will be available for purchase along with a few other baked goods by Tito Toronto
This event is FIRST COME FIRST SERVED so there is no need to RSVP.
Enjoy your breakfast out at our outdoor stand up bar, Italian style, or take it to go. Let’s soak up the last days of summer 🌞
964 ST. CLAIR AVE WEST
See you soon, early birds 🐓
2026-09-02
Happy September! 🍂
The best seasonal flavours are happening now, if you didn’t already know! Flagging the local Ontario flavours below:
🍑 Red haven peach (granita)
🍈 Cantaloupe (granita)
🔵 Blue plum & Earl Grey (sorbetto)
🌽 Sweet yellow corn (gelato)
🥒 Barese cucumber (granita)
All flavours available till the end of the weekend except possibly Barese cucumber, which we will serve until we run out, and will replace with another flavour.
Answers to some FAQs:
✅ Granita will be served until the end of September.
✅ We stay open until the end of October, close for the month of November and re-open in December.
✅ Yes, another granita breakfast is happening soon. Stay tuned.
See you soon, vi aspettiamo! We look forward to serving you this week ✌🏼
THURS - SUN
4-9pm
2026-08-23
Are you sick of seeing this blue table yet? 😅
Eng C. Lau chooses his gelato/granita combo by colour contrast and today he chose yellow watermelon sorbetto with chocolate granita con coconut panna (sotto e sopra: in the middle and on top!). 💛🤍🤎
Completely dairy free! Vegan friendly.
2026-08-19
You’re looking at a peak season gelato/granita menu:
🍉 Yellow watermelon
🍑 Nectarine
🧛🏻♀️ Vampire plum
🍈 Cantaloupe
🍹Lemon iced tea
Want to know about Caramel Ruffle Shuffle?
It’s a caramel gelato with RUFFLES potato chips and white chocolate. And if you like other chunky textured flavours try the Biscoff cookie which has pieces of cookies mixed in to our dairy free Biscoff base.
Can’t wait to serve all of you, see you soon!
Vi aspettiamo ✌🏼
THURS - SUN
4-9pm
2026-08-13
Two dairy free stunners on the menu this week:
WHITE NECTARINE SORBETTO
The pretty pink colour comes from skins while the flesh of the fruit is white 🎀
White nectarine is more floral than yellow nectarine, truly a special flavour specific to this season and this area (Niagara) where it’s grown.
TAHINI & DATE
Dairy free and so creamy!
Nutty and earthy from the tahini with a deep honey flavour from the dates. The richness of this flavour comes from the tahini, no need for dairy.
2026-08-13
Sometimes we post the flavours late because in high season we are working with what is fresh, what’s being harvested, what is *in season*.
We got an evening delivery of freshly pruned fig leaves from Carlo’s cousin Marco Bellagio Fruit Tree Services Inc. so we last minute added Fig Leaf gelato on the menu. The leaves are sooo fragrant ☘️ Like smelling a fig tree after it’s rained. The flavour has the loveliest essence of fig, vanilla and coconut.
Carlo is excited about White Nectarine sorbetto- floral and tangy, he describes it as a peach bouquet 💐🍑
We’re also loving the Chinotto sorbetto- if you like Brio, you know this Italian amaro cola drink. Very refreshing, with a citrus finish thanks to the lime and bergamot we added.
Vampire plum 🧛🏻♀️ is in the granita cabinet this week. A tart, grape-y plum that almost tastes like w**e.
Sicilian almond granita is back this week! A few of you did not enjoy this flavour- this is a marzipan-y almond, not a toasted almond flavour profile. Think latte di mandorla.
Locking to match flavours? Fruits go well with nuts and chocolate. And always with fior di panna or stracciatella.
Thanks for reading, see you soon!
Ci vediamo presto ✌🏼
THURS - SUN
4-9pm
2026-08-05
This is the time of year when so many good things are being harvested that our freezers and cabinets are bursting at the seams. 🍑🍈🥒🌱
🧛🏻♀️Vampire plums! You’ll know how they got their name when you see the colour of the flesh. Bright and tart! 🩸
🍈Cantaloupe granita, our ultimate summertime flavour. The one we look forward to all year is finally here. 🧡🧡🧡
🥒Barese cucumber AKA Carosello: a cucumber that’s sweet with a dense flesh. It’s almost like a melon. Always in the granita cabinet this time of year.
Peach is in the granita cabinet this week and apricot cream gelato is also back this week.
Nocciola Piemonte is dairy free this week (it’s made with a water base but don’t worry it is creamy!)
Pistachio people, we have the very special pistacchio di Bronte in both gelato and granita forms this week. Take your pick 💚
The best peak season flavours are now. The best time to have granita is now. So… we’ll see you this week, right? 😉
Vi aspettiamo ✌🏼
THURS - SUN
4-9pm
2026-08-01
We always say we are Mother Nature’s midwife, grateful for her bounty and transforming it into gelato and granita.
Hope you are enjoying all the stone fruits right now! We are having our daily fill of apricots, nectarines and peaches, and if you want to enjoy them in a version that’s cold and creamy, stop by and visit us.
Thank you thank you Sun-Ray Orchards 🌞
Apricot cream gelato is in the cabinet this week 🧡
2026-07-30
To the person (s) who asked for pistacchio di Bronte granita, your wish has been granted 💚
And to all the pistachio lovers, this week we have both granita and gelato versions on the menu.
Now if you’re on team nocciola (hazelnut) like us, this week it’s in the Cremino gelato: Piemonte hazelnut gelato that’s been rippled with chocolate hazelnut cream. 🤎🍫
Yuka from Issho Bakery generously gifted us her famous peanut butter miso corn Chex squares this week which will be chopped up into a sweet cream gelato which will also get a nice drizzle of our peanut butter fudge sauce. This flavour is gluten free. All the flavours this week are gluten free.
Milk chocolate gelato is back so if you’re looking for a dairy free chocolate experience, you will not regret getting the chocolate granita.
We wanted all our dairy free friends to try the haskap berries this week so we made Mad Haskap- a cashew base, dairy free Madagascar vanilla base gelato rippled with our house made Ontario haskap berry compote.
Lastly, what is White Coffee? It’s a coffee gelato where we’ve cold steeped the beans so the gelato is still white but the flavour is coffee. It’s a slightly milder, milkier coffee flavour than our usual brown coffee gelato. ☕️
Lots of tart flavours on the granita menu this week- balance it out with the chocolate and pistacchio! More granita flavours to come on Monday for GRANITA BREAKFAST 🍧
Ok I’ll shut up now.
See you soon, vi aspettiamo! ✌🏼
THURS - SUN
4-9pm
2026-07-29
It’s happening…
We’ve partnered with our pals Tito Toronto once again this year for GRANITA BREAKFAST 🍧
This is your chance to experience a Sicilian breakfast- granita and brioche in the morning starting at 8:30am, ending at 12:30pm. Espresso drinks will be available for purchase along with a few other baked goods by Tito Toronto
This event is FIRST COME FIRST SERVED so there is no need to RSVP.
You may not be in Italy, but let us bring Italy to you! 🇮🇹
964 ST. CLAIR AVE WEST
See you soon, early birds 🐓
2026-07-25
Ontario nectarine -> Ontario nectarine granita
Swipe to see the transformation. ✨
Everything starts with the quality of the “materia prima” (raw ingredients), thank you Sun-Ray Orchards for growing beautiful fruit for us to work with 🙏🏼
2026-07-25
Passionfruit and Ontario nectarine granita con panna (this time in between the two flavours).
Yes, granita (the way we make it) is a super fine *slush*. But the word “slush” truly downplays how stunning and refreshing this simple summertime treat is.
One thing to note about granita- it melts quickly! It’s stored at a much warmer temperature than gelato, so once it is served to you don’t wait for anyone! Dig in and cool down.
We only offer granita during the summer when we can highlight all the fresh fruit that’s available in our short growing season. 🌞 Now is the time!
Address
964 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON
M6E1A1
To get to the gelateria and gelato shop on St. Clair Avenue West, you can take the TTC streetcar route 512 St. Clair and get off at the intersection of St. Clair Ave West and Christie St. Alternatively, you can take bus route 126 Christie from Line 2 Bloor-Danforth subway station to the intersection of St. Clair Ave West and Christie St.
If you are driving, head west on St. Clair Ave West until you reach the intersection with Christie St. There is limited street parking available near the shop, but there are also several paid parking lots nearby such as Green P Parking located at Dupont Street and major intersections along Bathurst Street.
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Futura Granita + Gelato is a must-visit gelateria and gelato shop located on Street Clair Avenue West in Toronto. This artisanal granita and gelato shop brings Italian tradition to the future with their in-house made treats. Their specialty is granita during the warmer months, which is a refreshing and delicious treat that will transport you straight to Italy. You can expect to find traditional classics like pistachio and chocolate, but also unique flavor combinations that are drawn from their experiences, memories, travels, and cultures. The quality of their products is top-notch, and you can taste the love that goes into each scoop. If you're looking for a sweet treat that will satisfy your cravings, look no further than Futura Granita + Gelato!
