A compact and generously stocked grocery shop centrally located near the Spanish steps. In a back alley at dusk we wandered, a dusty street but tired of going to restaurants and not feeling like a 'sit down' place, we had a vision of a late night private picnic on our hotel rooftop terrace. The back of the shop is fresh deli, with a guy very helpful, we bought: fresh marinated white anchovies, sundries tomatoes, creamy fresh burrata, sliced eggplant and giant black olives, smoked mackerel, mango/ passion fruit juice. From the fridge, we also got a packaged tuna and olive sandwich. From the produce dept., we bought bananas, black figs, small pears, and an orange. The prices are decent and the quality was outstanding--we had a fevered dream of a picnic--for a fraction of the price of those ingredients at SF Bay Area prices, and for a small amount at a proper restaurant, we had the ultimate al fresco experience. read more