Bella's Gelato Shoppe & Food Truck
Ice cream shop featuring gelato, baked goods, and espresso in a dog-friendly environment.
About Bella's Gelato Shoppe & Food Truck
Bella's Gelato Shoppe & Food Truck is a Tucson gelateria serving gelato, baked treats, espresso, and other drinks from its brick-and-mortar shop on Speedway Boulevard, as well as through its food truck. The business began serving gelato from the food truck in 2015 before expanding to a permanent location two blocks east of Tucson Boulevard. Its shop offers a dog-friendly environment, with treats available through a partnership with local business Dogs n' Donuts.
Gelato is the focus of Bella's menu, with cups, cones, and pints available in a range of flavors. The shop also prepares gelato-based creations, including affogatos, sorbettinos, root beer floats, and gelato milkshakes. Bella's offers custom gelato cakes and can prepare cakes and other items in gluten-free and no-dairy formats. The business also notes that at least 10 flavors of its gelato and sorbetto are gluten-free, no-dairy, or vegan, along with one or two no-sugar-added flavors available at a time.
The menu extends beyond frozen desserts. Bella's makes house cookies, biscotti, and waffle cones, and offers brownie squares, gluten-free brownie squares, candied nuts, and its Wildcat Brownie. Espresso, iced coffee, Italian sodas, San Pellegrino, soda, seasonal smoothies, and floats round out the drink selection. The shop's offerings give visitors options for a dessert stop, an espresso drink, or a treat to take home in a pint.
Bella's also has local connections through its food and business partnerships. Dogs n' Donuts supplies treats for customers' dogs, using minimal, all-natural ingredients, according to Bella's menu. The shop also collaborates with Tucson Chocolate Factory, offering local bean-to-bar chocolates made with cacao and locally sourced ingredients native to Tucson and Southern Arizona. That collaboration pairs Bella's gelato with chocolate roasted in Tucson.
The brick-and-mortar shop is located at 2648 East Speedway Boulevard in Tucson, in the Speedway corridor near Tucson Boulevard. It is open Tuesday through Sunday, with later closing times on Friday and Saturday. Visitors can stop in for gelato, sorbetto, baked goods, espresso, or a dog treat, and can ask about custom gelato cakes and no-dairy or gluten-free options. Bella's food truck is also available for event bookings, with the business inviting organizers to contact the shop for pricing and information.