1300 Wisconsin Ave, NW previously home to a pressed juicery
From an email:
“I’m reaching out with exciting news from DOLCEZZA. The Washington, D.C.-based gelato & coffee shop is coming back to where it all started and opening a new shop in Georgetown this winter.
The new location, DOLCEZZA’s 7th in the DC area, marks a homecoming for founders Robb Duncan and Violeta Edelman, who opened their first tiny DOLCEZZA kitchen and scoop shop in Georgetown in 2004–that’s also when they began selling gelato in DC’s farmers markets, alongside many of the mid-Atlantic farmers they call friends and partners today. They quickly outgrew their 300 sq ft Georgetown kitchen and in 2012 they moved operations to a 4,000 sq ft gelato factory space in the Union Market neighborhood.
In 2025, DOLCEZZA opened its 6th location on H Street, NE, where they also debuted their soft serve program with an epic soft serve sundae collaboration with the team behind Yellow and Albi, Alicia Wang & Michael Rafidi. They have since created soft serve sundae collaborations with Chef Jose Andres, Chef Jon Sybert of Rye Bunny, Chef Seng Luangrath of Baan Mae, and Chef Angel Barreto of Anju. They are beyond excited to return to the neighborhood where it all began more than 22 years ago.
Opening Date: Winter 2026/27
About DOLCEZZA
DOLCEZZA Gelato & Coffee operates six gelato and coffee shops throughout the Washington D.C. area. DOLCEZZA handcrafts small batches of gelato every morning in its Gelato Factory & Coffee Lab in D.C.’s Union Market neighborhood, using the best available ingredients including local fruits, herbs, nuts, grass-fed Pennsylvania milk and cream. Ingredients are grown by local farmers and partners, who handpick their produce at peak ripeness. Violeta Edelman and Robb Duncan opened the first location in 2004, and have since expanded to locations in DC’s City Center, Dupont Circle, Hirshhorn Museum, and H Street NE, Virginia’s Mosaic District in Fairfax, and Maryland’s Bethesda Row.”