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Our Restaurants | Restaurants Suggested by Others Complete Index of Articles on Rome/Italy Our RestaurantsHere are some of our favorites: (Locations: Ristorante Abruzzi, via Vaccaro, 1 (at the north end of Piazza Santi Apostoli). A best buy. Located roughly mid-way between the Trevi Fountain and Trajan's Column. Small restaurant. Run by same family for all of the 35+ years we've been going there. Quite inexpensive. Cannelloni Abruzzi the specialty, but everything well-prepared. The lamb, typical of Abruzzi, is excellent. (Get there early for the specialty; they run out quickly!) (X Saturday) Giovanni (VV), on via Marche behind the Excelsior hotel. Quite good food. Warm, friendly owner. Good service. Moderately expensive prices (actually almost moderate for the area.) (X Friday dinner and all day Saturday) (One of the few restaurants in the area open on Sunday) Piccolo Mondo (VV), via Aurora, 39, near via Veneto, and across the corner from the Hotel Sofitel (ex-Boston). Well-known. A quite varied menu. If you stay latish of an evening and are gregarious, you'll likely enjoy an impromptu guitar songfest. (X Sunday) La Rampa (or Mignonelli ala Rampa) (PS), just behind American Express in Piazza Mignonelli at the foot of Trinita dei Monti (Spanish Steps). Convenient if shopping Gucci and the via Condotti area. One of the best antipasto tables in Italy. The price for the antipasto makes it a best buy. (X Monday Lunch) Ambasciata d'Abruzzo, via Pietro Tacchini, 26/28 (Peter Turkey street!) in the Parioli district. Excellent food. Appetizers (basically all (more than) you can eat.) Dessert, wine and liquores included in the fixed price meal that'll add 5 pounds. Too much to eat. Good quality. Specialties, wines, liqueurs, from the Abruzzi region. Fun. Rustic. (X Sunday) Girarrosta Toscana, via Campania, 29. Up at the top of the via Veneto, to the right just inside the Aurelian wall. A longtime favorite. We've blown hot and cold lately, occasionally feeling a bit rushed as though they wanted to turn the table over one more time ... a very un-Roman feeling. Most times it's been excellent. Succulent and extensive Tuscan appetizers (antipasto) served at table. You'll love it the minute you walk down the stairs into the entrance at the side of the kitchen. This has served so many times as our 'special' night out. Grilled meats in the Tuscan style their specialty ... cuts of beef and veal of unbelievable size. We've stayed with more traditional Roman choices, but everything is done quite well. Al Moro, near the Trevi Fountain. Specialty is Spaghetti al Moro - excellent. Somewhat pricey, it opens late for lunch at 1:00pm. Casina Valadier (PS), in the Pincio overlooking Rome. Nice spot for lunch or lemonade on a summer day. Good restaurants in the Vatican area are less than plentiful. One we've found quite good is Da Cesare, via Crescenzio, 13, straight down the via from the bus terminal, toward the Palace of Justice. Moderate to moderately expensive.
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thought to keep in mind in Rome: a good
restaurant is right behind you ... or over one block, or around the corner. They abound,
and we've yet to have a bad meal. Don't be bashful about checkiing the menu and walking in
whether we or others recommend it or not.
o save a few dollars
try restaurants a couple or three or four blocks off the main tourist streets. While
prices may be cheaper, the food is unlikely to suffer. It may even be better. These
places, after all, depend on for their business on folks in the neighborhood coming back
time after time. A much more demanding environment than a restaurant which gets the bulk
of its business from tourists who'll never be back!