It's hard for me to pick a favorite. Was it the tiramisu, my favorite rich, darkly flavorful dessert miraculously reproduced in frozen form? Or the yogurt with blood orange and peach sauce, sour and studded with little bits of candied orange peel? I loved the coconut, snow white and full of soft little coconut shreds, but I might have liked the icy, pungent green apple or the rich, smooth banana even more.

There are traditional flavors — strawberry, hazelnut, pistachio, all of them delicious — and ones you've likely never seen, like yogurt with sour cherries. And, yes, there's chocolate — my husband had half chocolate chip, vanilla gelato full of tiny dark-chocolate bits, and half walnut fudge brownie, in which the walnut was deliciously assertive.

We took home a few pastries (made by a local chef for Citta) for breakfast the next day: a tender little apple tart topped with a piecrust heart, and a big slice of pear and pistachio tart that was juicy, rich and satisfying.

Breakfast $2.50-$5.99, panini $4.99-$6.99, pasta $6.99, soup $2.99-$4.99, gelato $1.99-$16.

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Stacey Kratz is a freelance writer who reviews restaurants for the Deseret Morning News.

E-mail: skratz@desnews.com