Peanut butter tart at the new Dello Mano. Photo: Chris Hyde
Dello Mano, the family-owned Brisbane company that elevated the brownie to haute dessert status, has opened a CBD cafe. Famous fans of the Dello Mano brownie include Anne Hathaway, Steve Carell, Oprah Winfrey and Ashton Kutcher, who liked them so much he famously ordered a batch to be flown to Paris to celebrate his birthday.
Opening on June 1, with an official launch on Friday night, the Tattersall's Arcade venue is the second for owners Deb and Bien Peralta, who are celebrating their 10th year in the brownie biz.
The pair met while working at Cadbury and had a brownie brainstorm while on holiday in Rome. They started in a humble Breakfast Creek commercial kitchen, hand-delivering each box themselves before opening their first chocolate-themed cafe in Fortitude Valley in 2012.
Dello Mano in Tattersall's Arcade. Photo: Chris Hyde
So why expand to the city?
"We believe that our wider range would capture the imagination and whet the appetites of the general public in the city, and Tattersalls is a beautiful arcade and is a nice fit for our positioning," says Bien Peralta.
In addition to their classic range, they've introduced seven new flavours; rum and raisin, raspberry and hazelnut, salted caramel, spiced chilli, maple pecan, "dad's carnivale" (rocky road) and a vegan version of their classic.
'Golden gaytime' mudcake. Photo: Chris Hyde
There's also a selection of tarts and cakes, from a ganache tart, to black forest cake and a "golden gaytime" mudcake, as well as desserts including a brownie bowl of warm brownie and ice-cream, with a hot fudge sauce and a chocolate-caramel brownie affogato.
Dello Mano will also serve light breakfasts, including savoury and sweet pastries with their own blend of Di Bella coffee on pour.
Open Mon-Thu 7am-5pm; Fri 7am-9pm; Sat-Sun 9am-5pm
Tattersall's Arcade, 215 Queen Street, Brisbane, 1300 661 682, dellomano.com.au
