Gelato shop plans second location

Latte e Miele Gelato plans to open a second Baton Rouge location in early September on Jefferson Highway. The new location will be across from Jefferson Place, in the Settlement shopping center, says co-owner Luca Di Martino. The new shop will be open all day and offer plated desserts, Italian coffee service and tea, along with the smooth, creamy gelato. Plans are to have a retail section, selling homemade candies, along with Italian chocolates, coffee and cookies. Di Martino is also trying to get a permit to sell dessert wines and Champagnes at the shop. “We want this to be a place people can go to as an alternative to dinner, somewhere romantic and European,” he says. Latte e Miele has been in business on Highland Road for more than two years. Di Martino says he’s glad to be opening a new location near Bocage and close to restaurants such as Beausoleil. “There’s so much we can do with this spot,” he says. —Timothy Boone