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Italy (Rome/Florence/Venice) eating recommendations?
Posted on 2/10/13 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 2/10/13 at 12:56 pm
Going to visit those three cities in Italy in a few weeks.
Anybody here have some eating recommendations? I'm looking for decent sit-down restaurants as well as quick, cheap meals as well.
Anybody here have some eating recommendations? I'm looking for decent sit-down restaurants as well as quick, cheap meals as well.
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Posted on 2/10/13 at 12:58 pm to urinetrouble
I'd wait till LSU Lilly gets here
Posted on 2/10/13 at 1:03 pm to urinetrouble
Florence: Il Latina or Il Tre Pini
For Rome, I would just try to find info on Anthony Bourdain's trips there (The Layover and No Reservations)--every place he went in Rome looked absolutely amazing.
The quintessential pizza is a Margherita (Mozzarella, tomatoes, Basil).
By the way, you are gonna have a freaking BLAST on this trip.
For Rome, I would just try to find info on Anthony Bourdain's trips there (The Layover and No Reservations)--every place he went in Rome looked absolutely amazing.
The quintessential pizza is a Margherita (Mozzarella, tomatoes, Basil).
By the way, you are gonna have a freaking BLAST on this trip.
Posted on 2/10/13 at 1:06 pm to urinetrouble
Where ever the tour buses don't go.
Posted on 2/10/13 at 1:33 pm to urinetrouble
If you like chocolate, try the Tartufo at Tre Scalini on the Piazza Navona in Rome.
Posted on 2/10/13 at 1:55 pm to urinetrouble
I really like Buca Mario in Florence. The food is great, the wine list is fairly priced, and in spite of the fact that they'll give you a "Buca Mario" apron after your meal, it's a great experience. 
If you want an authentic Bistecca Fiorentina, go to Sostanza. It's a small place, I think they only do two seatings a night, most of which are at a huge community table. Menu is simple but it's a fabulous experience. You'll need a reservation fa sho. Going in a different direction, Cantinetta Antinori and dei Frescobaldi are restaurants owned by the Antioris and the Frescobaldis respectively, probably the two most prominent wine families in Italy. You might expect them to be tourist traps, but they're actually very high quality restaurants with the nice benefit of offering virtually every wine made by their respective wineries, by the glass and at reasonable prices.
Rome is a tough food city, at least I think so. I don't know that I've ever had a great meal there. ETA: I do like Al Bric, which I've been to several times. It's fairly wine centric, but the food is very good.
I hate Venice, so I'm no help there.
If you want an authentic Bistecca Fiorentina, go to Sostanza. It's a small place, I think they only do two seatings a night, most of which are at a huge community table. Menu is simple but it's a fabulous experience. You'll need a reservation fa sho. Going in a different direction, Cantinetta Antinori and dei Frescobaldi are restaurants owned by the Antioris and the Frescobaldis respectively, probably the two most prominent wine families in Italy. You might expect them to be tourist traps, but they're actually very high quality restaurants with the nice benefit of offering virtually every wine made by their respective wineries, by the glass and at reasonable prices. Rome is a tough food city, at least I think so. I don't know that I've ever had a great meal there. ETA: I do like Al Bric, which I've been to several times. It's fairly wine centric, but the food is very good.
I hate Venice, so I'm no help there.
This post was edited on 2/10/13 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 2/10/13 at 2:25 pm to urinetrouble
Advice for Rome:
Walk around a bit enjoying the sights and working up an appetite. When you get hungry, just venture off the beaten path a bit into the narrow street and alleys. Let your olfactory senses guide you, you can't go wrong. Enjoy some of the least expensive, delicious real Italian food you can imagine.
Two important points:
-stay away from the squares or any place that has pictures of their food.
-do not,under any circumstances, allow yourself to be photographed next to one of the toothless gladiators in front of the Colosseum, if you do, you'll most certainly regret it.
The restaurants around the Pantheon are all quite good, and technically, yes this is a square but every rule has to have an exception.
Walk around a bit enjoying the sights and working up an appetite. When you get hungry, just venture off the beaten path a bit into the narrow street and alleys. Let your olfactory senses guide you, you can't go wrong. Enjoy some of the least expensive, delicious real Italian food you can imagine.
Two important points:
-stay away from the squares or any place that has pictures of their food.
-do not,under any circumstances, allow yourself to be photographed next to one of the toothless gladiators in front of the Colosseum, if you do, you'll most certainly regret it.
The restaurants around the Pantheon are all quite good, and technically, yes this is a square but every rule has to have an exception.
Posted on 2/10/13 at 3:39 pm to urinetrouble
In Florence, you have to go to Trattoria Za-za.
You'll eat there more than once, I promise you.
You'll eat there more than once, I promise you.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 9:20 pm to urinetrouble
I should have mentioned that I will be staying in the Trastevere in Rome. So any recommendations in that area are all the better.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 10:54 pm to urinetrouble
One of our best meals in Rome was Il Gabriello. I second the Tartufo in Piazza Navona.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 11:10 pm to urinetrouble
Check out Perche No in Florence. Best gelato we had while visiting Italy. Best trip I've ever been on. Enjoy
Posted on 2/12/13 at 1:11 am to urinetrouble
Well I got this thread bookmarked.
Got a Mediterranean vacation coming up as well. I'll be hitting these three cities, as well as Nice/Monte Carlo, Kotor (Montenegro), Valletta (Malta) and Barcelona
Any rec's for those cities would be greatly appreciated.
Got a Mediterranean vacation coming up as well. I'll be hitting these three cities, as well as Nice/Monte Carlo, Kotor (Montenegro), Valletta (Malta) and Barcelona
Any rec's for those cities would be greatly appreciated.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 11:11 am to urinetrouble
quattro leoni in florence, don pedros in sorrento
Posted on 5/30/13 at 12:41 am to urinetrouble
In Florence go to Il Gato e Volpi
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