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Mary's Milk Bar

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Mary's Milk Bar

Gelato, Sorbets and Chocolates. All made in Mary's little laboratory at 19 Grassmarket. TAKEAWAY ONLY!!! The key to all Mary’s products is freshness.
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Mary’s Milk Bar is a cosy space for you to enjoy the best quality gelato and chocolate. There aren’t truffles with a shelf life of 6 months – everything uses fresh ingredients with no preservatives. This means everything is just that little bit more delicious! Mary’s truffles pride themselves on their soft centres and unusual tasty flavours. The gelato is soft and creamy – every week there’s new f

lavours and new ways to enjoy them. You can take a scoop away with you, enjoy a ‘gelato oyster’ in a chocolate shell or one of the weekly seasonal sundaes. In short, everything you want from an ice cream and chocolate is here. Mary also hosts little parties, workshops and tasting evenings for you to taste, learn about and enjoy gelato and truffles. Mary has worked as a chocolatier for the last five years. She trained in Bologna, Italy at the prestigious Carpigiani Gelato University, not everyone can say they’re a Gelato graduate! She’s from that lovely republic of Yorkshire, and has fond memories of holidays in Scarborough, Whitby and Morecambe – all of which still have original milk bars. Milk Bars were incredibly popular in Britain between the 20s and 60s – promoting wholesome milky products and an alternative to a stuffy tearooms or smoky pubs. There were National Milk Bars supported by the government to nourish the population after the world wars. They sold milkshakes, ice cream and some expanded into savoury products – all prepared with fresh milk. They pioneered the style of bar service which we take for granted today – novel in the 1920s to pay for your coffee first before receiving it at your table. Today many have either fallen on hard times or morphed into ice cream parlours or greasy spoon cafes. Glasgow still has a few of its own Milk Bars like Jaconelli’s in Maryhill and University Cafe on Byre’s Road. Mary’s Milk Bar evokes the initial glamour of the deco parlours. Bathe in the formica glow, quaff an espresso, nibble a caramel and chit chat to Mary as she prepares her latest concoction.

04/02/2022

The sun was out to welcome us back today. Open 11-7pm. See you all soon 🌝

30/09/2021

The rains have come! But that doesn't mean that you can't have gelato. We have two sizes (0.5 litre £10/1 litre £18.50) of compostable gelato bricks which you can fill with any of that day's flavours. They make excellent presents, dinner party offerings or a very important treat for yourself. Once we wrap them up for you, they last for 2 hours outside the freezer and up to a month in your freezer at home. See you soon!

17/09/2021

🧛🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️Vampires Beware!🧛‍♂️🧛🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♂️🧛🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♂️🧛🧛‍♂️
Sticky, roasted garlic gelato with garlic caramel...
Pair it with a rich Dark Chocolate or Black Sesame or fresh and fruity Fig Sorbet. At least we all wear masks now so no-one can smell your garlic breath!🦇🦇🦇🦇

12/09/2021

Sundae Scoop on the flavours - there's Tea & Biscuits, Peanut Butter Cinnamon, Grilled Peach and Chocolate Hazelnut!

30/08/2021

We are OPEN today from 11.30 until about 6.30pm. 😎😎😎😎We're then having a well-earned week off with a chance to see my family for the first time in nearly TWO YEARS and to put our feet up somewhere outside of Edinburgh, utterly exciting!!! - we'll be back on the 8th September.
Thank you for your support over the last 8 years but especially the last year and bit. We're trying our very best to keep going and you make it all worthwhile.
Biggest thanks, as always, go to the scooper-duper Milk Barbarians - they've really gone above and beyond for me and the Milk Bar 💘 🌟🍦🌟🍦🌟🍦🌟🍦🌟🍦🌟🍦See you all soon 🥳

29/08/2021

🎶🎶🎶Ring ring ring Banana Cone🎶🎶🎶
🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
Open until 7pm AND open tomorrow (MONDAY) 11.30-6.30pm! See you soon

19/08/2021

One of my all time favourite flavours. Budino Di Riso or Rice Pudding. It's one of the reasons I started making ice cream in the first place. I don't make it very often - mostly because is eat all fifteen litres of it.
It's not fancy or exotic - arborio rice cooked in whole milk, vanilla and lemon peel. It's gentle and familiar. One of the most friendliest things you'll taste.

07/08/2021

On your marks, get set, GO!!! Who will win the new race in the Olympics and have the honour of telling their future children about their double gold medal scoop Tea & Biscuits///Pistachio in 2021??? You better get down here fast - once it's gone, it's gone. 🏅🥇🏅🥇🏅🥇🏅🥇🏅

01/08/2021

Sundae Flavours...Saffron & Honey, Pistachio, Raspberry Verjuice, Peanut Chilli
Plus WE ARE OPEN TOMORROW (Monday) 11.30-6.30pm for some sneaky August Bank Holiday scoops! 😎🍦😎

17/07/2021

A few ingredients that will making an appearance over the next few days...today there's refreshing Cucumber and Mint and everyone's fave: Cherry Mascarpone 🍒🥒🍒🥒🍒🥒
We all tested negative but it's better to safe than sorry. We're a scooper down due to them having to isolate after being due to contact so be kind to us, we'll try our best to serve everyone 💪💪💪♥️

15/07/2021

Ah nuts! One of the team has come into contact with someone who has tested positive.
As a precaution, we're going to close for 48 hours so we can all get tested and get our results.
We haven't seen each other's uncovered faces in over a year but we just couldn't live with ourselves if we didn't do everything we can to make certain.
So although none of us have tested positive at the moment, we wear masks, take our temperatures every day and do lateral flow tests every week - we thought it's better to be safe than sorry.
Well, what's a couple of days in the grand scheme of things anyway? I hope you can patiently wait in this beautiful Edinburgh sunshine for our (fingers crossed) return on Saturday.
Thank you for all your support so far, you're the bestest! Let's hope I'm just being over cautious and a total swot as always 🤓

02/07/2021

Tahini, Lemon and Honey, Pistachio, Ricotta and Coffee Syrup...I think it's a triple scoop cone kind of day...

Address

19 Grassmarket
Edinburgh
EH12HS

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 7pm
Thursday	11am - 7pm
Friday	11am - 7pm
Saturday	11am - 7pm
Sunday	11am - 7pm

Website

http://www.marysmilkbar.com/

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