Any special places you would recommend? Tia
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YOU are going to Italy? I expect a fury of Italian Wine Tasting notes when you return. 
Or maybe you are just flying in for lunch one day on the private jet
Or maybe you are just flying in for lunch one day on the private jet
Just three days in Italy.
Don't know about lunch, but two places that we really enjoyed for dinner were:
Ditirambo
and
Matracianella
Neither is a Michelin 3 Star, but frankly, that is not what you go to Rome for. Both are small, family run trattorias that have surprisingly extensive and reasonable wine lists.
Ditirambo
and
Matracianella
Neither is a Michelin 3 Star, but frankly, that is not what you go to Rome for. Both are small, family run trattorias that have surprisingly extensive and reasonable wine lists.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
Any special places you would recommend? Tia
Ya, there's a Chinese place nearby that's not bad.
We were in Rome last August and had a great time. Of course, one morning we took our 14 year old to see the Forum, and after hours of walking around and getting a tour of the Colliseum, we were very hungry. So we walked to the other side of the Victor Emmanuelle monument into a little plaza and ate at an Enoteca (wine and excellent food). Great pizza and salads. The name of the restaurant is Vinando (translate as "wining") on the Piazza Margana. Look on the map...you'll enjoy it.
Side story is that I saw Gaja's Gaja & Rey Chardonnay on the wine list by the glass....10 euros and ordered it. Well, the wine I got was no chardonnay. It was a Gavi di Gavi, and I told the captain that the wine I received was not the wine I ordered. He traced the claim and agreed they had served the wrong wine. Well, when I got the bill, they had charged me for the Gaja wine...a difference of 8 euros. Of course, they changed the bill....but they tried to pull a fast one on the Americano. Don't let my experience bias you...it's a terrific place, especially for a fellow wine guy.
Side story is that I saw Gaja's Gaja & Rey Chardonnay on the wine list by the glass....10 euros and ordered it. Well, the wine I got was no chardonnay. It was a Gavi di Gavi, and I told the captain that the wine I received was not the wine I ordered. He traced the claim and agreed they had served the wrong wine. Well, when I got the bill, they had charged me for the Gaja wine...a difference of 8 euros. Of course, they changed the bill....but they tried to pull a fast one on the Americano. Don't let my experience bias you...it's a terrific place, especially for a fellow wine guy.
Thanks for the advice.
Sorry, Board-O, no recs on where to eat...however, you brought back, for me, great memories. Two years ago, with my then 15-yr-old daughter and her friend we brought along. Watching my baby girl, standing in front of the Vatican, taking holy water, blessed by the Pope, in her hands, from one of the fountains there, and rinsing her face. Sheer joy...