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This Week: Great Rome Pizzerias
Best pizza joints in Rome.
Great Rome Pizzerias
Best Pizza in Rome?
Supposedly one of the best pizzas in Rome...thin, crispy, piping hot. Delicious, and certainly an experience - loud and local, with long lines giving plenty of time to observe the species Pizzaholica Romani.
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Great pizza in Trastevere
If you are going to Trastevere then try to go to “Il Fiaschetto". It is quite characteristic, especially the settings, with lots of hanging flasks. I'm pretty sure it is open on Sunday night, usually in Trastevere they all are. [more...]
Another great pizza in Rome
"Cul de Sac" in Via del Governo Vecchio has excellent pizza (like "Baffetto") but nearer Piazza Navona. Very little cosy place with a great choice of wines and some typical dishes. Always quite crowded, one of my favourites.
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Modern, chic and elegant for an aperitivo in Rome
“Gusto”, in piazza Augusto Imperatore is a modern, relaxed restaurant with wine bar attached, particularly for a quick lunch or an “aperitivo” in the evening. It's also very close to the Ars Pacis museum if you finish your day's [more...]
Hidden gem of a cafe
“Chiostro di Santa Maria della Pace” is a charming little place, which I discovered only recently (and which most people don’t know about yet!). It is inside a beautiful renaissance “cloister” next to a famous church, on the [more...]
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Da Giggetto - Artichoke heaven
One of the best known and loved restaurants in the old Jewish Quarter, right next to the Octavian Gate, Da Giggetto serves the to-die-for twice fried artichoke slices. Heaven. And the rest of the food is great too, but many others have [more...]
Hidden away in Trastevere
This hidden little gem of a restaurant is on a tiny cobbled street in Trastevere and if you blink, you will miss it. Very charming. Open 7.30pm to midnight, closed on Sundays.
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Vicolo dell'Atleta, 13
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Delightful outdoor trattoria in Trastevere
La Tana de Noantri is a charming little restaurant on Via Della Paglia 1-2-3 in Trastevere.
Try the local Roman speciality salad, puntarelle. Delicious, and very addictive! The pasta was also fresh and very tasty and the [more...]
Trendy bars in Rome
“CO2 Brasserie”, in Piazza S. Andrea della Valle, is a fashionable place to go. Expect a fairly trendy music bar with beautiful Italian people inside!
[more...]Aperitivi for trendy Romans
“Societé Lutece”, in Piazza Di Montevecchio 16, is located in a very nice corner of the historic town. This is again an “aperitivo” bar, where some of the trendy people of Rome go to have a drink and a chat. It is very small, [more...]
Trendy modern bar in Rome
“Fluid”, in Via del Governo Vecchio, is a wine/music bar, international-style. Attracts a cool, young crowd.
[more...]Hidden gem of a cafe
“Chiostro di Santa Maria della Pace” is a charming little place, which I discovered only recently (and which most people don’t know about yet!). It is inside a beautiful renaissance “cloister” next to a famous church, on the [more...]
