Cold Fusion Gelato

32 artisan gelato & sorbet flavors on Main Street

📍 Westport, CT

4.6 (59 Google)

📍 178 Main St, Westport, CT

📞 (508) 668-6899

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Cold Fusion Gelato is Westport's beloved locally owned gelato shop on Main Street, serving award-winning all-natural handcrafted gelato and sorbet in 32 rotating flavors made from quality ingredients. The shop makes an ideal stop before or after a stroll through downtown Westport, and grandkids love choosing their combination from the colorful case. The year-round location means there's always a reason to visit.

Grandparent-Friendly Details

Walk-in

Walk-ins welcome

Accessibility

Wheelchair & stroller accessible

Parking

Street parking only

Noise level

Quiet

Typical visit

~20 minutes

Best age range

Ages 1–14

Fun Things to Do Here

Ideas to make the most of your visit to Cold Fusion Gelato

Flavor Prediction

Before ordering, each person secretly predicts what flavor the others will pick. Reveal after the order.

Ice Cream Critic

Describe your ice cream like a food critic: "Notes of summer, a hint of nostalgia..." Grandkids love this.

Ice Cream Alphabet

Go around naming ice cream flavors A to Z. No repeating. It gets hard after M.

Dream Flavor

Everyone invents their ultimate ice cream flavor combination. The wildest one wins — you decide.

Memory Round

Each person shares one ice cream memory while eating. Where were you? Who else was there?

Budget & Insider Tips

Grandparent Money Tips

• Single scoops are usually plenty — grandkids' eyes are bigger than their stomachs with ice cream. Start small and work up.
• Weekday afternoons skip the weekend line and sometimes come with daily specials — ask if there's a flavor of the day.
• Many shops offer a "kid's size" smaller than the small that's not on the menu. Worth asking.

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