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[[File:Gunter.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Gunter (by [[User:Ellie|Ellie]]).]]
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A shop on Berkeley Square offering refreshments, particularly [http://www.historicfood.com/Georgian%20Ices.htm ices & sorbets], that is a great favorite among the Haut Ton.  
A shop located at 7-8 Berkeley Square<ref>[http://www.georgianindex.net/Gunters/gunters.html Georgian Index: Gunter's]</ref> offering refreshments, particularly [http://www.historicfood.com/Georgian%20Ices.htm ices & sorbets], that is a great favorite among the Haut Ton.  


It was originally established as the Pot and Pineapple in 1765, but in 1811 it is known as [http://www.historicfood.com/Georgian%20Ices.htm Gunter's] after the current proprietor. While it is famed for its ices, Gunter's also specialises in confectionery and sugar sculptures. It is not unknown for private parties to have as a centrepiece a sugar sculpture or other confection sent in from Gunter's.
It was originally established as the Pot and Pineapple in 1765, but in 1811 it is known as [http://www.historicfood.com/Georgian%20Ices.htm Gunter's] after the current proprietor. While it is famed for its ices, Gunter's also specialises in confectionery and sugar sculptures. It is not unknown for private parties to have as a centrepiece a sugar sculpture or other confection sent in from Gunter's.
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Revision as of 10:17, 17 October 2016

Gunter (by Ellie).

A shop located at 7-8 Berkeley Square[1] offering refreshments, particularly ices & sorbets, that is a great favorite among the Haut Ton.

It was originally established as the Pot and Pineapple in 1765, but in 1811 it is known as Gunter's after the current proprietor. While it is famed for its ices, Gunter's also specialises in confectionery and sugar sculptures. It is not unknown for private parties to have as a centrepiece a sugar sculpture or other confection sent in from Gunter's.

Flavors include, but are not limited to:

  • almond
  • apple
  • burnt filbert
  • chocolate
  • elderflower
  • jasmine
  • lavender
  • lemon
  • maple
  • orange flower
  • parmesan
  • pineapple
  • rose
  • strawberry

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