This excellent restaurant is located a little off the beaten path, but is well known to locals, and I was lucky enough to find myself in the company of knowledgeable insiders.
The atmosphere is relaxed, with canvas umbrellas, candlelight, and planters to shields diners from the street. We sat outside, but the inside enoteca, or wine shop looked nice too.
There is no menu, (the name of the restaurant means "what there is there is", and you choose from whatever the chef decides to cook that day, which is no more than three or four choices for each course, but what wonderful choices!
We got the tuna tartare and a huge plate of mussels and vongole for our antipasti, appetizers. We shared everything so I can say that they were all great. Then for the main course two of us had a pasta with artichokes and polipi, a great mix of flavors, and another had a huge plate of small gnocchi and vongole. Wow to both of them.
Then we decided to forgo the second course and to go straight to dessert, one each. Mine was a still warm crostata of visciole, which are black cherries, my brother went for the tiramisu, which was the best I ever had, with amaretti, a touch unusual, and my sister in law had a chocolate concoction with a warm center that was also delicious. But my crostata was my favorite. Our wine was a Friulano, a crisp white wine which used to be called a Tokay.
This feast cost us a very reasonable 85 euros.
The waiter was charming, fast and helpful. He told us the restaurant is pretty new, and I think once it is discovered as it deserves to be, it will be a great success. read more