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piemonte restaurants

There are a lot of good restaurants in Piemonte, but for the Alba area there's a very good list at Castello di Sinio's website at www.hotelcastellodisinio.com Follow the "wine and gastronomy" link. Restaurant listings near the bottom. We dined at several and our favorites were Trattoria della Posta in Monforte d'Alba, La Coccinella in Serravalle Langhe, and Locanda nel Borgo Antico outside Barolo. They are all superb with wonderful service. Another of our past favorites near Barbaresco is La Contea in Nieve.

Note: Castello di Sinio is a fantastic little hotel in a restored castle. It's own restaurant is exceptional and open to non-guests. Not far from Alba.

jstanton at 11:32AM on 05/13/08

From Eating Out

Snapshots from Italy: Eataly Torino

Eataly Torino is a mandatory stop if you're visiting Piemonte. We spent almost three awestruck hours there last October, including a wonderful lunch at the pizza/foccacia restaurant, and purchased as many products as we could fit in our suitcases to bring home. But I just can't see how this could be duplicated in NYC or maintained at the same level of quality and scope of what we found in Torino. Conceivably Mr. Farinetti plans to offer seasonal American foods from local artisanal producers as espoused by the Slow Food movement, but it still won't be the same.

jstanton at 11:03AM on 05/13/08