Via di Monte Testaccio, 30 Rome, Lazio
Now made with lamb intestines, this is still my fave all time Roman 5th quarter dish.
Piazza Campo de' Fiori, 22 Rome, Lazio
Via della Rosetta 8 Rome, Italy
Via Dei Giubbonari 21 Roma
Via della Porcellana, 25 Florence, Tuscany
Via dei Macci, 118/R Firenze
Via Rosina, 2 Florence, Tuscany
Via dell'Indipendenza, 24 Bologna, Emilia Romagna
That, and the Gramgina con Salsiccia are my 2 versions of proust’s madelleines.
Via Martiri di Belfiore, 33 Quistello, Lombardy
The Tamani brothers are amongst my true heroes for their take on luxury in the plains of the po river valley, their salumi with watermelon mostarda brings me to tears every time.
Via Luigi Carlo Farini, 75 Modena, Emilia-Romagna
Everything EVERYTHING here is perfecto - perhaps my fave snack of all time is the crispy and light as air gnocco fritto with a thin slice of lardo melting in as i eat it.
San Marco, Calle de le Botteghe, 3461 Venezia
I let them make their menu every time I go here - I am a big fan of traditional Venetian cooking so I love their sofgi in saor.