PrintWhere to eat in Italy? Can anyone recommend good trattorias?
We traveling to Italy and love authentic family non tourist trattorias. Cany anyone recommend some in Florence, Torino,Siena, Chianti, Genoa - Luguria areas?
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13 Comments:
IN FLORENCE: il latini, da mario and acqua al 2 and IN ROME: Enoteca Cavour 313
smtanner82 at 1:17AM on 08/20/07
Loved aqua al 2 also but that was so many years ago. Not sure it is still the same.
izzy's mama at 10:47AM on 08/20/07
I lived in Florence for a semester in college, and you pretty much can't go wrong at these places:
-da il Latini (homestyle Tuscan, great for groups)
-Coco Lezzone (also very homestyle)
-Acqua al 2 (due): very touristy but amazing food. Esp. the bistecca con aceto balsamico (steak with balsamic vinegar reduction)
-Osteria Santo Spirito (beautiful setting)
-Antico Noe (GREATEST sandwich shop and also a trattoria)
-il Pinolo (great pizza)
And for gelato, my favorite place was Perche No!
In the other regions, I can't name any specific place, but be sure to eat a lot of pesto in Liguria and drink lots of Chianti in Chianti!
Enjoy your travels! Savor every bite!
LiveToEat at 11:06AM on 08/20/07
La Prima dal 1979 in Turin is very good.
Ristorante Wasabi is about the only place in Europe with
decent Japanese food. Not counting London as Europe.
Artful at 12:14PM on 08/20/07
make sure you find the little tratoria run by the people who own Verrazanno Winery (it may ahve that name)....went there on our honeymoon, they have unbelievable boar proscuitto that comes from the wild boars on the Verrazanno estate (also worth the trip, about an hour outside Firenze)
Seriouspoorcook at 1:22PM on 08/20/07
Check out:
Osteria Santo Spirito (Florence on Piazza Santo Spirito)
Trattoria Martio (Florence) only open for lunch on the days that the Mercato Centrale is open
joecampanale at 2:30PM on 08/20/07
I had a seriously disappointing experience at Aqua al 2. Blueberry steak? I think I'll pass. Also I'll take my 5 courses of pasta without the American tourists, please.
joecampanale at 2:31PM on 08/20/07
Check out Emily Wise Miller's The Food Lover's Guide to Florence. It's availabe at amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Food-Lovers-Guide-Florence-Excursions/dp/1580088252/). Great suggestions and a good read!
Jobaby at 4:56PM on 08/20/07
I agree, I will be in Florence and Siena in September also and love The Food Lover's Guide to Florence. She also has a blog now and there are some updates to the book on it. It's worth getting if you will be in the Florence area for a bit.
linghuey at 11:10AM on 08/21/07
siena: osteria del gato.... very good!
chlamers at 11:44AM on 08/21/07
Sounds like a number of great places to eat--but please while in Florence do miss going to Vivoli for gelato. The best of the best--the melon, strawberry, lemon and pistachio are out of this world--just ask my 14 year old son who dropped a lot of Euro there during our trip last summer.
jsd517 at 1:23PM on 08/21/07
Oops--look what happens when you don't preview your post--should read
DO NOT MISS going to Vivoli for gelato
jsd517 at 1:29PM on 08/21/07
In florence don't miss the greatest focaccia and pizza: Pugi ..right near the Accademia.
jasonmolinari at 8:01AM on 08/22/07