| 1 | Here are my favorite places in florence, city of (imho) great food: trattoria le mossacce on via del pronconsolo, 55r (where "r" stands for the red numbers on the bldgs...as opposed to the black numbers). |
| 2 | This place is great! it"s almost like an italian diner in that you can watch the guys cooking your meal. |
| 3 | If you know italian, you won"t even need a menu; the guys just come over and tell you what"s cooking. |
| 4 | There"s a jug of wine on every table. |
| 5 | You just tell the guy at the cash register what you had as you leave. |
| 6 | Trattoria da benvenuto (via dei neri, 47r) i had their gnocchi with tomato/eggplant sauce and was in heaven! there"s also a neat market near the open-air san lorenzo market. |
| 7 | It"s a gorgeous old wrought-iron building with lots of veggies for sale on the 2nd floor. |
| 8 | And here are 2 restaurants i"ve never been to, but wanted to: trattoria coco lezzone (via del parioncino, 26r, off via parione) it always looked wonderful and was highly recommended by locals, as well as by let"s go. |
| 9 | A friend of mine went there and raved about it. |
| 10 | Let"s go says to get their pasta porcini fresca. |
| 11 | (how can you go wrong with porcini mushrooms?) stazione da zima (via ghibbelina 70r) let"s go says: "no sign. |
| 12 | Healthy food for herbivores. |
| 13 | First course choices (l4500) include house specialties like riso integrale (brown rice) and pasta al pesto. |
| 14 | Stuffed tomatoes provide a satisfying secondo (l5500). |
| 15 | They"ve also got a great crunchy bulletin board with notices of environmental activities. |
| 16 | [which reminds me, i"ve never been to florence and not seen students marching in the streets about something. |
| 17 | --cb] and here are a few recommendations for venice, city of relatively bad food. |
| 18 | The write-ups are from let"s go, 199? in the castello part, i liked one of these two restaurants a lot. |
| 19 | (i didn"t mark which one in my book. |
| 20 | It"s one of those, "i"d recognize it if i were there" things...pretty sure it"s the first one. |
| 21 | Another way to find it is to ask where the gondolier"s eat). |
| 22 | Trattoria alla rivetta, castello, 9625 (tel 528 73 02). |
| 23 | Off campo ss. |
| 24 | Filippo e giacomo which lies just east of p. |
| 25 | San marco -- the restaurant"s squeezed in to the right before the ponte san provolo. |
| 26 | One of the only genuine and reasonable places in the area. |
| 27 | Open tues./sun. |
| 28 | 11am-11pm trattoria chinellato, castello, 4227 (tel 523 60 25, on calle albanesi a few doors down from campo ss. |
| 29 | Filippo e giacomo. |
| 30 | Gregarious proprietor will make you feel right at home. |
| 31 | Get your salivary glands going by peeking through the window first. |
| 32 | Open wed-mon., 9-Found this one, but the proprietor was in a bad mood and didn"t seem to be seating tourists for some reason...but it sure smelled good in there! i"d try it again if i went back. |
| 33 | Osteria al mascaron, castello, 5225 (tel 259 95) on calle longa santa maria formosa, which runs off campo santa maria formosa, northeast of p. |
| 34 | San marco. |
| 35 | The ultimate in informal osteria eating. |
| 36 | Filled with chattering venetians taking a wine break or enjoying delicious specialties... |
| 37 | Open mid-jan to mid-dec., mon.-sat. |
| 38 | 10:30am-3pm and 7-10:30pm. |
| 39 | In the dorsoduro part: da silvio, dorsoduro, 3748 (tel. |
| 40 | 520 58 33), on calle s. |
| 41 | Pantalon near the campo of the same name. |
| 42 | Delicious fare served up in the trattoria"s garden...pasta from l3500. |
| 43 | Open mon.-sat. |
| 44 | 9-3:30 and 5:45-11 also in dorsoduro, but didn"t get to go in. they were closed each time i was in the area: crepizza, dorsoduro 3757 (tel. |
| 45 | 522 91 89), on calle san pantalon off calle crosera across from da silvio. |
| 46 | Look for the hanging sign. |
| 47 | Crepes and pizza served with zeal. |
| 48 | Open wed.-mon. |
| 49 | Noon-2:30pm and 7-10:30pm |
