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What to eat & drink

Castagne, Ballotte, Bruciate !

If during your strolls in the city centre of Florence have you ever bumped into into some small food carts selling roasted nuts in little white bags at the average shocking price of 5 € each you have…

Trattoria da Mario in San Lorenzo Florence

Trattoria Mario in San Lorenzo Florence

My Grandfather used to say: “If the knives look like they can cut we’ll eat well.” It is an antique expression from a man that appreciated good food way before the emergence of a “foodie” culture or molecular…

Eating in Circoli – where no book guide will ever send you

Update !!! Sorry this fun, yummy place has closed … The uniqueness of the web and blogging is that you find lots of info for free and the best local insights about places and things never tour guides…

Missing Hot Dog in Florence – Temple Hot Dog the Cure

If you can’t accept the fact that during your time in Florence you have no answers for Hot Dog carts of your favorite yummy sandwich before your stump your feet and tear your hair hold on with the…

Bagels in Florence – How Not To Miss Home

Once upon a time in America there was…Bagel!  I have to be honest and never had a true fit on bagels but I have to admit that Florence has never seen many places other then Pizza, Panini, Pasta,…

Cappuccino and Cappuccino Tours in Florence

All right, what best identifies Italy and Italians?  Spaghetti, Mandolino, Mafia, Pommarola, Pizza…uff, will not tell you how much we dislike to be called those names but ironically that’s how we get remembered 🙂 Well…but what about caffè…

Restaurant Belcore in Florence

Carmine and Abdel just by the name of the two friendly Restaurant Managers you realize that also Florence is finally metabolizing culture mix. Sure is, Via dell’ Albero is becoming one of the few real nice characteristic parts…

Eating in a Grocery Shop at Zeb

If you are looking for a reasonable priced restaurant in town and you want to taste simple, regional food cooked as it was used to you have to go to Zeb, which stands for Zuppa e Bollito, two…

Le Murate Restaurant

If you are looking for something different that conjugate excellent food quality plus a strong artistic environment, Le Murate restaurant is your restaurant. This is one of the top restaurants of Florence and you will not have to…