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BERGAMO
MIMMO(Ristorante-Pizzeria)(About L. 40,000 with
wine/coffee)
Address: Via Colleoni, 17, Bergamo,. 24129.
Tel.: (39)035/218535
Fax: (39)035/237480
Warm welcome in a better than average pizzeria. State whether you want
the pizza or restaurant menu. Excellent carpaccio. Tasty raviolni with
cheese. Nice cakes. Cheap house wine. Nicely located in the old medieval
town.
BOLOGNA
DA NELLO RISTORANTE
Address: Via Montegrappa, 2, Bologna.
Tel.: (39)051236331
Closed on Mondays. Closed on Saturdays, Sundays & Mondays in July.
Closed in August.
Fine quality regional cuisine. Try the game dishes with funghi!
DROGHERA DELLA ROSA RISTORANTE
Address: Via Cartoleria, 10, Bologna.
Tel.: (39)051222529
Closed on Sundays & August.
Good food in scenic side street in the historic part of town. Has a
pleasant garden.
TORRE DE'GALLUZZI RISTORANTE
Address: Corte de'Galluzzi, 5/a, bologna.
Tel.: (39)051267638
Opening hours: 12:30~15:00, 19:30~23:00. Closed on Sundays and 2 weeks
in August.
In one of Bologna's medieval towers. Rooms with coffered ceilings.
FIRENZE
CIBREO
Address: Via Andrea del Verrochio, fr., Firenze
Tel.: (39)055-2341100
Opening hours: 12:30~14:30, 19:30~23:15
Closed on Sundays, Mondays, August and first week of January.
Italian cuisine reflecting a perfect blend of tradition and creativity.
Good wine cellar.
ENOTECA PINCHIORRI
Address: Via Ghibellina, 87, Firenze
tel.: (39)055-242757
Opening hours: 12:30~13:30, 19:30~22:00
Closed on Sundays, Mondays & Tuesday lunches, 10 days around Christmas
and in August.
This is for the special occasion: Impeccable service and wonderful
food in a lovely Renaissance palace.
IL CESTELLO
Address: Piazza Ognissanti, 3, Firenze
Tel.: (39)055-264201
Opening hours: 12:00~15:00, 19:00~23:00
Haute cuisine Florentine style, in the elegant dining room of the Excelsior
Hotel.
MANTOVA
AQUILA NIGRIA
Address: Vicolo Bonacolsi, 4, Mantova.
Tel.: (39)0376/327180
Fax: (39)0376/226490
Closed on Sundays and Mondays (open on Sundays in April~May, September~October)
Forst-class restaurant. pigeon is the specalty ti try! Pasta and desserts
in a class of their own.
(Courtesy of Yasushi Imaizumi)
MILANO
BIFFI SCALA
Address: Via Filodrammatici, 2, Milano. (Separate entry from the theatre)
Tel.: (39)02-866651
Next to La Scala. Good food and a multitude of memories.
CIARDI(Ristorante-Pizzeria)(L. 25,000 with wine/coffee)
(Closed Mondays)
Address: Via S. Raffaele, 6, Milano, 20121, Italy.
Tel.: (39)02/877704 or 877698
Better than average pizzeria in a vastly overated city. At least the
pizzas are large and tasty. The service is better and warmer than average,
too.
HOSTARIA PASCONE (Pascone Raffaele)
Address: Inside Hotel of same name, Viale Monte Nero, 57, 20135 Milano.
Tel.: (39)02/5510259
Very reasonably priced excellent restaurant. Try the smoked tuna and
the fried dishes.
Better go by taxi from town centre.
(Courtesy of Yasushi Inaizumi)
PANINI GUSTO
Address: Piazza Beccaria, 4, Milano.
Tel.: (39)02/76005015
Definitely the place for panini in Milano (50~60 kinds!)!
(Courtesy of Yasushi Inaizumi)
RISTORANTE CINESE HO KING(Chinese)(L. 50,000, full
course with drinks)
Address: Via Conegliano, 1, 20131, Milano, Italy.
Tel.: (39)02/26823967
Probably the best if not cheapest Chinese restaurant in town, although
a bit away from the centre. Extremely popular with locals and Japanese
businessmen. All the usual dishes plus a special taste. A good rest from
heavy pasta!
RIGOLO
(Closed on Mondays)
Address: Via Solferino, 11, Largo Treves, Milano.
Tel.: (39)02-804589
An old bistro with a regular clientele. Delicious Lumdardian cuisine
and excellent quality for the price.
TRATTORIA BAGUTTA
(Reservations required)
Address: Via Bagutta, 14, Milano.
Tel.: (39)02-76000902 or (39)02-76002767
This where the jury meet to determine the yearly literary awards for
Italian authors. Very tasty traditonal cuisine.
TRATORRIA-BAR SICILIANA(Sicilian)(~L. 55,000)
(Closed on Sundays. Reservations advisable)
Address: Viale Brianza, 35, 20125, Milano, Italy
Tel.: (39)02/6692778
In a town where food generally lacks salt, pepper or spices, this is
a very tasty food serving restaurant with Sicilian specialities. Unpretentious
and patronised by locals(good sign), it serves an interesting fullcourse
degustation menu for L. 55,000. relaxed service.
PAPER MOON(Pizzeria-Ristorante)(~L> 40,000)
(Closed on Sundays. Reservations advisable)
Address: Via Bagutta, 1, 20121, Milano, Italy
Tel.: (39)02/76022297
Hyper-fashionable restaurant-bistrot patronized by Japanese tourists,
local celebrities and businessmen. Service cold and professional. Food
tasty but lacks salt and spices. Order the pizza "Paper Moon" (Closed cheese
& ham Pizza, a meal in itself.
MONTAGNANA (near Firenze)
IL FOCOLARE
Address: Via Voiterrana Nord, 145, Montagnana.
Tel.: (39)0571-571132
Steak house. Extremely popular with local soccer players.
(Courtesy of Yasushi Imaizumi)
RANCO VARESE (Lake Como)
IL SOLE DI RANCO (L85,000~135.000)
Address: Piazza Venezia 5,1-21021, Ranco-Varese.
Tel.: (39)0331976507
Fax: (39)0331976620
Located in hotel of same name on the banl of Lake Maggiore. Exceptional
Italian cuisine offering the lake fish to their best, incredible pasta,
the most delicate viands and Piemonte white truffles. Great Italian wines.
Melon duck carpaccio, pike mousse with fine lemon mayonaise, cep (porcini)
and fried garlic scallops, calamari-aubergine raviolini, tricolour scampi
lasagna,, Milano cutlet with its mustard and spiced fruit salad.
ROMA
ANTICA ENOTECA DI VIA DELLA CROCE
Address: Via della Croce, 76, Roma
Tel.: (39)(06)6740896
Roma's oldest wine bar, which serves snacks and full meals.
DAR PALLARO
Address: Largo del Pallaro, 15, Roma
Tel.: (39)(06)68801488
Closed on Mondays and 2 weeks in August.
Roman fare in rustic family-style restaurant.
NERONE
Address: Via della Teme di Tiyo, 96, Roma.
Tel.: (39(06)4745207
Closed on Sundays and August.
Near the Domus Aura. Roman cooking and an impressive choice of antipasti.
Reserve!
PAPA GIOVANNI
Address: Via dei Sediari, 4, Roma.
Tel.: (39)(06)6865308
Closed on Sundays.
Savory and light approach to regional cooking. Excellent Italian and
French wines.
LA ROSETTA
Address: Via della Rosetta, 8/9, Roma
Tel.: (39)(06)68308841
Closed on Saturday lunches and Sundays and 3 weeks in August.
This elegant, friendly restauarant specialises in fish dishes.
VECCHIA ROMA
Address: Via della Tribuna di Campitelle, 18, Roma.
Tel.: (39(06)6864604
Closed on Wednesdays and 2 weeks in August.
Located on a peaceful square. Pleasant terrace and attentive service.
reservation advised.
VENEZIA (VENICE)
AL MILLION
Address: Corte al Million, San Giovanni Crisostomo, 5841, Venezia
Tel.: (39)041-5229302
Closed on Mondays.
Pleasant inn, serving Venezian specialties around small wooden tables.
Marco Polo is said to have lived there.
CAFFE FLORIAN
Address: San Marco, 56-59, Piazza San Marco, Venezia.
Tel.: (39)041-5205641
Opening hours: 10:00~24:00. Closed on Tuesdays.
One of the two cafes not to be missed in Venezia!
CANTINA DO MORI (Bacaro Bistrot)
Address: Calle do Mori, San Polo, 429, Venezia
nera the Rialto, a typical Venezian atmosphere.
The most ancient "bacari" in town dating back to 1462!
Remarkable crostini.
HARRY'S BAR
Address: San Marco, 1323, Calle Vallaresso, Venezia.
Tel.: (39)041-5285777
Opening hours: 10:30~22:55
One the two cafes not to be missed in Venezia!
LOCANDA MONTIN
Address: Fudamenta di Burgo, 1147, Venezia
Tel.: (39)041-5227151
Great restaurant near the Academy with a very long menu.
Ezra Pound once lived there.
VINA DA PINTO (Bacaro Bistrot)
Address: Campo delle Beccarie, SanPolo, 367, Venezia
Bacaro bistrot looked after by Giovanni locorotendo who specializes
in fish as it is located in the middle of La Pescheria Fish Market.
Try "Crostini al bucalo". |
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