By Robert Morris
Freret Street has gained a reputation as a restaurant row, but the husband-and-wife owners of the forthcoming Piccola Gelateria (4525 Freret St.; www.facebook.com/piccolagelateria) hope to make it a dessert destination with international appeal as well.
A native of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ria Turnbull is a hotel marketing executive, and Canadian transplant Ross Turnbull has been a chef for 35 years, having worked across Europe and Hawaii, specializing in French and Italian cuisine but with additional training under Japanese chefs. They are opening a gelato shop in the new development at 4525 Freret St. and living in an apartment upstairs. It's the culmination of a shared dream, they said, and Ross returned to Italy this year for culinary training specifically on gelato.
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