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Located in an old building in the city centre, this family-run restaurant offers excellent local cuisine based on the quality and seasonality of the raw materials. Giancarlo, the father, works in the kitchen with his wife who takes care of the fresh pasta. The two sons, in the dining room, take care of their guests, but also of the wine cellar which has about 400 labels. On the menu, traditional dishes such as tortelli piacentini, and some more innovative creations such as tuna tataki or duck with garum revisited.

With its garden chairs and white plastic tables under the big canvas, or its wooden benches outside, the place doesn't look like much. However, the sign has a very good reputation among the locals who meet there to taste one of the excellent fish fries on the menu. The atmosphere is friendly and good-natured, the staff is smiling and cordial. There is also risotto and fish cooked over a wood fire, to be accompanied by an unpretentious little white wine. Very busy place, sometimes a little waiting.

This restaurant is located inside a former 18th century oratory, in a green setting. The large room under the frame, decorated with old objects, gives off a warm and slightly old-fashioned atmosphere. The cuisine is based on fish and seafood with guaranteed freshness. The dishes are very simple - it would be a sin to denature these quality products by an excess of primer! A must try, risotto all'anguilla. Even if the place is a little hard to find, it's worth the detour.

Best table in town. A greedy and friendly address that makes the lovers of good local products and bistro atmosphere come to visit. Typical dishes, always in season, sumptuously prepared by Andrea and Claudia, a passionate couple. On the menu: pasta, meat, such as pork shank with baked potato chips, suckling pig skewers, cold cuts and Friulian cheeses. The desserts are particularly exceptional. Don't forget to book in advance as the address is very popular.

Along the way between the Rialto Bridge and Campo San Polo, the eye is drawn to this little shop window filled with cones of delicious little fish tapas. Street food Venetian style, in a way, that's what Alvise offers, this young talented chef who offers his customers the culinary specialties of the lagoon in takeaway formulas. Vegetables and slices of polenta are followed by calamari, shrimp and fried anchovies; marinated sardines, octopus and potato salad, codfish brandade and other dishes of the day.

A gourmet paradise in one of the most sumptuous places in the Dolomites! You are here at an altitude of 2,200 metres, in the middle of nature, 30 minutes drive from Cortina d'Ampezzo and 1 km from Passo Giau. Situated on a terrace, the mountain offers itself to you. The restaurant opened in 1970 and is now run by Aurelio's son Gigi. A quality cuisine with a wide and tasty range of dishes. In the summer, workshops are organized on the cooking of wild plants. A botanist accompanies you to collect a flora that will soon be on your plate

This osteria of the Borgo San Giuliano is the ideal place for those who want to savour typical dishes of the Romagna region. In the pretty rooms distributed on two levels and decorated with old posters, or on the colourful terrace laid out on a small square, you can discover the flavours of this terroir. Raw materials are supplied by local producers. On the menu, cold cuts and meat of mora romagnola, a native breed of pig, fresh pasta, cheese and seasonal vegetables grown on the gentle hills of the hinterland.

In the cellars of an 18th century building, at the foot of the stairs leading to the clock tower, La Sangiovesa is a local institution completely devoted to Romagna's gastronomy. Traditional dishes abundant and generous in taste and flavour. The menu evolves with the seasons and the beautiful products that the terroir offers, because here we want to promote the quality of raw materials and privilege the short supply chain: it is an agricultural estate 15 km away that provides meat, charcuterie and wine, and the cheeses come from local producers.

This osteria is a small jewel of Santa Sofia, a pleasant and charming corner where you can enjoy simple but tasty local dishes of high quality. The room is cosy with its vintage furniture and colourful and mismatched chairs. Nice garden for the summer. The menu varies according to the seasonality of the products, but there are always cheese and sausage platters, pasta and meat dishes. Very cordial family and personal atmosphere. A warm address, highly recommended.

This trattoria is a family story that began in 1974, when the parents opened the establishment, and continues today thanks to the children who have taken over. Lost in the Apennines, the restaurant offers traditional dishes from Romagna and the mountains: fresh homemade pasta, invigorating soups, game dishes, porcini and chanterelle mushrooms, cheeses and cold meats accompanied by piadine. The restaurant is part of the farmhouse L'Antico Frutto, which offers seven beautiful rooms for a quiet stay in nature.

Not far from the centre of Cesenatico, this restaurant is a real delight. Pleasant covered terrace in the summer, pretty room in shades of white and blue, and a kitchen both simple and refined that favors beautiful seafood. There is no fixed menu, each season has its own dishes and specialities; a meal à la Saluma is a surprise every time, depending on the catch of the day and the seasonal raw materials from local producers. Warm atmosphere guaranteed by the attentive reception of the staff.

It's probably the best glacier in Valsesia! Frigidarium has been serving ice creams and sorbets to tourists and regulars since 1949. A slightly retro decor, delicious fragrances (which evolve according to the seasonality of the products, like blueberry, melon or fig in summer) and a good atmosphere. You can even go there to have a drink, a creamy homemade hot chocolate or a coffee and croissant in the morning. You can also buy sweets of all kinds (chocolates, meringues, pies, cakes...).

Here's a quality Italian-style fast-food restaurant near the train station, on the old town side. In this neighborhood with its large student population, this affordable address is a godsend. It's always busy, and it's easy to see why, as the value for money is unbeatable. At the piadine counter, you order a mini or regular version, choosing your local ingredients. You can take away or eat on site at counters or tables. Quickly done, well done, and with a smile!

The location could not be more central, since this address is located at the foot of the cathedral bell tower! A small entrance leads to the restaurant which is also a wine cellar. A stop here is a good excuse to discover a lot of wines from small producers. A nice little address dedicated to the god Bacchus and to culinary traditions. The aperitivo is exceptional with its mature and tasty cheeses. Tasty dishes to match your glass like a fabulous guinea fowl with chestnuts and pomegranate (in winter).

Impossible to resist a good mixed fry from the sea, especially when you have the possibility to taste it directly sitting on the beach! This nice little restaurant offers fish-based dishes, to be eaten on the spot or to take away. On the menu, seafood pasta, fried foods, piadine and fish burgers, seafood pancakes and grilled fish. And finally, a homemade sherbet or ice cream. Pleasant terrace on the edge of the port-channel.

Magnificent pizzeria with minimalist decoration and bright blue and white walls evoking the colours of a Moroccan city. Pizza's really good there. The dough, made from organic yeast and flours, is left to rise for at least 24 hours, making it light and digestible. It is garnished with the best ingredients of the peninsula: mozzarella di bufala from Caserta, anchovies from Cetara, mora romagnola sausages (Emilia Romagna pig breed), seasonal vegetables... There is also an organic food store.

On the port of Rimini, this new street food restaurant in vintagestyle is very popular with the locals. In the large, lively room or on the large terrace, you can eat pasta, hamburgers, fried squid and piadine, all prepared on the spot in the open kitchen with selected products: fresh pasta, homemade sauces, cheese from a local farmhouse, bread from a bakery in Rimini... In the fast-food sector, a quality address at contained prices.

In the historic centre of Rimini, this small restaurant with its elegant and intimate atmosphere is a newcomer among the Michelin-starred restaurants: chef Mariano received his first star in 2019. The menu changes every month and offers two menus, one fish-based and one meat-based, as well as a tasting menu and some à la carte dishes. A refined and original cuisine, mixing flavours and textures, minimalist and refined plates. Prices are still low enough for a star, enjoy!

Nestled in the small white streets of Locorotondo, a pretty trattoria with undeniable charm, run by two lovers of the land who themselves produce a good part of the products offered on the menu. The establishment is considered to be one of the best restaurants in the town, a reputation confirmed by the locals. The cuisine is traditional, copious and good-toned. Reasonable prices, fast and smiling service. As an appetizer, the traditional toastswith stracciatella and tomato are simply marvellous. A nugget that is worth the detour.

In this characteristic restaurant in the centre of Conversano, the menu is rather small but it seduces with its authentic cuisine and affordable prices. You can sit down at one of the tables set up in the picturesque alleyway or in the rustic white-vaulted room and order traditional dishes, which feature seasonal vegetables, Altamura bread, local cheeses and meats. For dessert, light cannoli and home-made ice cream. And to accompany all this, a good bottle of Apulian wine!

Everything that arrives on the table of this bistro is steamed on the spot: meat, fish and vegetables are served in small wooden baskets that are very environmentally friendly. But there's no shortage of fresh offerings like the Life Bowls: bowls bursting with mango, goji berries, bananas, agave, maracuja, granola and other vitamin-rich freshness. Smoothies, macedonies and pressed fruit are also on the menu. About sixty seats distributed over two floors in a functional, linear facility, perfect for lunch break.

A trendy and innovative concept, the food truck is coming to Elba Island! Brothers Marco and Giacomo Paoli, restaurateurs and lovers of traditional cuisine, offer passers-by typical island dishes: stoccafisso all'Elbana (ancestral hake recipe), polpo e patate (octopus and potatoes), granfia in forchetta (octopus tentacle with fork, as the island tradition requires!). Keep an eye out, their small vintage blue and white scooter is most of the time installed on the marina of Portoferraio.

A gourmet table in a carefully laid out setting and à la carte exclusively dedicated to fish, run by the same family for three generations. The freshness of the products, from the Ionian Sea, is guaranteed. The traditional recipes are spiced up with a few creative touches and the plates, carefully prepared, offer a colourful palette. Everything is good, from raw and cooked seafood antipasti to spaghetti with vongole,and swordfish cooked at low temperature and accompanied by caponata. With the added bonus of a cordial welcome and attentive service.

A perfect stopover for a quick lunch while strolling through the Sasso Caveoso. This small artisan bakery offers excellent focacce with tomato, olives, potatoes or zucchini, the famous IGP Matera bread, calzone and puff pastry, as well as some specialities, such as a good onion tart. Almond biscuits and sweet and savoury taralli are also tasty. Four tables in front to enjoy the sun.

A family-run restaurant, in operation since 1966, which knows how to combine quality and price, where local cuisine is given pride of place. We can mention the fave e cicorie (mashed beans and chicory), homemade pasta, oven-baked lamb with potatoes, grilled fish and good desserts. A traditional cuisine with no surprises but where the freshness of the products is guaranteed. The olive oil comes from its own production.

Excellent trattoria that takes place in an ancient butchery of the city. The atmosphere looks like a tavern. On the menu: beans cu oghiu bonu (Sicilian beans), tagliata, macaroni made home to boar stew, interlaced veal and bison… You will have understood this, the specialty here is meat! Beautiful wine map, mainly calabra.

At Abbruzzino, regional flavours and inventiveness are in the spotlight. This table, awarded a Michelin star since 2014, promises pleasure and discovery. At the controls of the kitchen are Antonio Abbruzzino and his son Luca, both humble and passionate. From the small dining room, which has only seven tables, you can watch them busy in the kitchen, while Rosetta, the mother, is in charge of the service, assisted by a smiling and warm-hearted team. Definitelysomething to add to your gastronomic journey! Reservation recommended.

One of the most famous restaurants in Ostuni. In a small alley in the historic centre, discover the flavours of typical dishes of the region. This restaurant, which offers traditional cuisine, will offer you kilometre-zero and seasonal products. We recommend the melanzana ripiena (stuffed eggplant), the homemade orecchiette, and for dessert, the dita degli apostoli, a local specialty. Take advantage of the opportunity to accompany all this with a fragrant white wine. Ideal for vegetarians without leaving carnivores hungry! Staff at your service.

In the heart of the historic centre, this rustic restaurant has preserved its vaults and stone walls. Here one does not joke about the quality of the products, and in particular about the freshness of the fish and seafood! The antipasti from the sea are delicious, as well as the pasta dishes (try the linguine with sea urchins). You can also make your choice among the fish of the day, which will be cooked at your convenience. Reservation recommended in season, the establishment is not very big. A sure value for a good quality-price ratio.

The restaurant, based on the site of a former monastery, high up on a hill, enjoys a beautiful panorama. A charming and suggestive place. A large terrace overlooking the swimming pool allows you to enjoy the view and the tranquillity of the countryside. The menu offers a wide choice of dishes, from international cuisine to regional recipes from the lake. A cuisine of quality, based on local products such as the excellent olive oil produced by the owner and his family, one of the pluses of the place!

This luxurious medieval palace in the heart of the historic centre of Nardò, close to the botanical garden and the Aragonese castle, is well known. Its balcony, meticulously carved, has earned it its letters of nobility and refers to the know-how of the craftsmen of Salento. The reception is professional. Regional cuisine that fully embodies the concept of "kilometre zero". Charming terrace from where you can enjoy the twilight light on the baroque façades of the city. Beautiful, good, refined... An excellent address!

It's one of the best tables in town. If the room is not very bright and the mountain chalet decoration is inevitably a bit kitsch, the plate is delicious and copious and the service is impeccable. A la carte, Venetian specialities adapted to the season. Special mention for the tasty sliced beef and its red fruit sauce. The house speciality remains nevertheless the grilled meat, minimum 500 grams all the same! The wine list matches the dishes and offers a large choice of Italian vintages. The homemade desserts are also tempting.

Both restaurant and bar, it is the living heart of Arabba where people come to eat and drink at all hours. For they are the only kitchens open non-stop (limited to pizzas outside meal times), very convenient at the time of closing time. We tasted a delicious Capricciosa pizza. Warm and friendly welcome by a smiling and jovial team. Mountain atmosphere with local TV, music a little too loud in the background (you have to speak loudly to discuss) and mischievous old men at the counter.

A large, modern, well-lit space serving a wide selection of pizzas, pastas and risotti, as well as salads, burgers and more elaborate dishes featuring Piedmontese and Ligurian specialties. An impressive choice of wines, mainly from northern Italy, but also beers. It's a bit like Cuneo's cantina, with everyone gathering here for lunch or dinner, but the service is fast and the atmosphere very good. Prices are very reasonable for this quality of cuisine. The only slight negative: it's noisy...

One of the city's historic restaurants, Baracca offers typical Biella dishes in a simple, familiar setting, where yellow dominates. The dishes on offer change according to the day and the season, but certain classics are always on the menu, such as the risotto, which is a must, but also the bagna cauda, or the braised beef(brasato) cooked slowly in Barolo wine. A fine list of Piedmont wines, too. Service is a little slow, but the value for money is well worth the detour.

The city's umpteenth friggitoria is a takeaway cone of fried fish, but it's still a safe bet among all the lestakeaway places in the Aquarium district. The typical Genoese snack is available here in several variations. Depending on your tastes (and your budget), choose the type of fish that most appeals to you. From shrimp to anchovies, sardines, octopus or cod, you're spoilt for choice. There's even a vegetarian cornet and verrines of fish mousse to enjoy on the quayside. Fair prices and pleasant service.

Small cubic and modern structure with white furniture, established outside the city centre along the main road. A convenient location, tables and armchairs by the pool and good music in the evening: these are the ingredients for the success of this restaurant. Of course, the dishes with Mediterranean flavours, mainly fish-based, are also appreciated by the guests. Guests also come here for drinks and snacks at aperitif time or even during the day in the shade of the large parasols.

This is the restaurant of the hotel of the same name. From its beautiful terrace overlooking the sea, it offers a breathtaking view of the deep blue of the Adriatic and the historic city of Polignano, perched on the cliff opposite. The chef plays a marine score, as close as possible to the local product and its freshness. Here, you choose your own fish. After enjoying a welcome glass of champagne, you can choose one of the many bottles from the well-stocked wine cellar, with a preference for a bottle from Puglia.

This 16th-century masseria and its traditional dry-stone walls tell us the centuries-old history of the Itria Valley. At the same time refined and distinguished, almost monastic, the restaurant room seems to respond to the echo of the past. To this is added the fine traditional cuisine of the chef, who offers a range of exquisite dishes, such as the copious and "km 0" antipasti. Good, simple, authentic, perfectly accompanied by a fruity Primitivo. A tip: after lunch, enjoy the garden and the swimming pool (20 €/person)!

An unbelievable small kiosk located in an enchanting and wild place, made of dunes and shrubs, at the end of the beach and at the beginning of the great dam of Alberoni. The colors of the totems and sculptures of the artists who passed there blend with the color of the passion of tables and chairs. We eat well (pilaf rice in saffron, paella, peooes, pasta alla busara, vegetarian dishes…), and the parties that are very regularly organized are unforgettable.

A stop at the Michelin-starred restaurant Il Flauto di Pan is a must for lovers of great food. The restaurant is located inside Villa Cimbrone. The cuisine reflects the image of this prestigious and exceptional setting: elegant and of a very high standard. The typical local dishes have been reworked by the chef with originality and delicacy. The plates are a feast for the eyes and offer an explosion of flavours. The products used come from the property or from the land: an authentic cuisine for great gourmets.

A well known restaurant that has earned its reputation thanks to its cuisine and its special location. It is appreciated for its dishes with southern flavours, but also for its magnificent view of the Furore fjord and the crystal clear waters that surround it. A privileged context that allows you to fully enjoy the scents and tranquility of the surrounding nature. Its strong point is a cuisine that favours fish and shellfish caught off the Amalfi coast, as well as products grown in the restaurant's own vegetable garden.

This small restaurant nestled in an alley in the old town has a large number of loyal customers and regulars from the region. This is due to its cuisine, which is full of good local flavours, especially the farinata (baked chickpea cake) and the torte salate (vegetable quiche), which are always in evidence at the entrance. This is followed by two or three primi and the inevitable Ligurian rabbit. Discreet choice of wines and desserts rigorously home-made. In the evening, it is better to reserve for the one and only service at 8pm. In short, we love it, and we're not the only ones!

On the sea side, the pizzeria restaurant La Dolce Vita welcomes you every evening under the gaze of Italian movie stars. Discover nearly 87 different pizzas cooked on a wood fire according to an ancestral recipe concocted from four types of organic flour. Each week, a different type of flour is featured: chestnut, spelt, etc. Specialized in the preparation of mixed fry, fritters and tempura of seasonal vegetables, the restaurant also offers a delicious tuna tartar or Fassona from Piedmont as well as Tomawack entrecote...

In front of the vaporetto pier, a relaxed atmosphere for this family-friendly, narrow but extremely warm room. It comes to the hour of aperitivo, to drink a beer and to eat a piece on the wooden tables among the rooms. On the map side, of course, there are seafood products: doughnuts of fried fish, seafood, spaghetti to clams or seiche ink…

Located in a small street near the two medieval towers, this establishment has a very good reputation among the inhabitants. It offers a menu of traditional local cuisine, with platters of local cheeses and cold meats, tagliatelle, stuffed pasta and escalope bolognese, as well as a menu of international cuisine extending the range of dishes to include risottos, entrecote maître d'hôtel and kidneys. Tasty, fair and unpretentious cuisine; attentive and charming staff. It is advisable to make a reservation.

In 1924, Duilio Bergamini founded this café-drugstore and began producing Rosolio, a liqueur made from roses and spices, by hand. Today the fourth generation manages the establishment and offers some specialities such as tagliatelle al prosciutto crudo and a long wine and liquor list. The room with its walls covered with dark wooden shelves, filled with bottles, seems to have remained unchanged for a century. Nice family atmosphere.

It is easy to understand why there is a crowd every evening. This shop in Treviso cultivates a vintage and authentic atmosphere. One appreciates its decoration composed of heterogeneous mottled objects, sometimes hung, sometimes displayed as old pubs. It is really a unique place, between a wine bar and a delicatessen, ideal to taste cheese and local charcuterie, as well as to drink a simple glass of wine or prosecco! One more word on the porchetta or red radish sandwiches, with a taste of "revenge"!

Located on the outskirts of Venosa, this is the restaurant of the hotel of the same name. It is frequented by a local clientele of regulars. The place is lively and renowned, and the staff who welcome you are very professional. It offers a refined traditional cuisine, made with local and seasonal products. In the evening, the restaurant also serves pizzas cooked over a wood fire. Large covered terrace in good weather. You can also take advantage of the hotel bar and its small lounge for an aperitif before a meal or a coffee to digest.