Regional restaurants in Europe
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Ristorante La Volta Buona
You'll need to reserve ahead for a table at this brother-and-sister-run restaurant, as its regional fare is sourced and cooked only to order. Dine outdoors on a bamboo-covered terrace overlooking a pretty orange tree-filled square.
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Harry's
Candlelit, warm and friendly, this smart restaurant serves up an imaginative menu of tasty, well-presented meals in a bistro-style setting. Local fish is a house speciality and there's a stylish bar area for a pre-prandial snifter.
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Trattoria ai Frati
A delightful old-style eatery on a cobbled cul-de-sac and with tiny timber tables. Expect such local specialities as frico (a thick, succulent cheese-and-potato omelette), or tagliolini served with San Daniele ham.
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Taverna Kostas
For reliability, quality and sheer down-to-earth wholesomeness, Kostas will fit the bill. You can be sure of good grills and fish dishes relying less on flashiness than time-tested ingredients, served up without fuss in good portions.
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Restaurant Albin
Local people usually head out to Borik to find something to eat, and this restaurant, on the road to Borik at Pansion Albin, is one of the most popular establishments, with a spacious outdoor terrace. The fish is extremely well prepared.
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Ol Giupì e la Margì
Sample authentic Bergamo delicacies in this authentic brick-vaulted restaurant. You can choose from fried sausages, risotto, and roast rabbit with grappa and polenta. They offer a set lunch menu at €28 and set dinner tasting menu for €40.
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Oopperakellari
This underground restaurant has lavish pre- and post-opera dinners, with music, arias from the staff, and perhaps even some of the stars answering questions or singing. Book in advance via Savo Center, based at Savonlinna Travel, or online.
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Šime
While it's nothing to write home about, this popular konoba by the harbour serves a good selection of pastas and local meaty treats like ćevapčići, all in a medieval-type environment or the alfresco tables.
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Konoba Nono
Savour local specialities like šurlice (homemade noodles) topped with goulash or scampi, just a hop and a skip from the old town. The arched rustic interior covered with fishing nets houses a small olive oil production in winter months.
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Kofinn
This 'gourmet hut' aims to let visitors sample local foods such as dried haddock, marinated herring, dried reindeer and smoked trout for free, and it offers a small menu of traditional Icelandic foods. The outdoor terrace has great views over the harbour.
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Club Almano
A smarter, modestly kitsch place just off Davit Aghmasheneblis moedani. It’s a restaurant-cum-bar with a blue-lit mezzanine and tasty Georgian dishes. For a solid main dish, the ojakhuri (made from roasted meat and potatoes) is a good bet.
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Nikala
Spacious Nikala, 400m south of Stalinis moedani, serves up tasty Georgian salads, cheeses, fowl (including quail) and meat dishes at very good prices. The khbosostri (veal stew with sour plums) is superb. It has an English-language menu and helpful staff.
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Ristorante da Enzo
This highly regarded restaurant is known for its classic, regional cooking, which translates to dishes such as scaloppina all’aceto balsamico (cutlets in balsamic vinegar) and tortelli di zucca al burro e salvia (pumpkin tortelli with butter and sage).
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Şanso-Panso Restaurant
This low-key eatery on the main square is a great spot to have a beer and people-watch. Given Avanos' pottery trade, it's hardly surprising that the speciality is güveç (beef stew with potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, paprika and cumin, baked in a clay pot).
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Smak Ukraiński
Hidden away below one of Kraków’s most attractive streets, this little place presents authentic Ukrainian dishes in a cosy little cellar decorated with predictably folksy flair. Expect lots of dumplings, borscht (the Ukrainian variety) and waiters in waistcoats.
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Europa+
The best restaurant in the centre, with neatly set tables and colourful murals. Go elsewhere, though, if you want to avoid live music with your dinner. It’s in the corner of a courtyard set back from the street, and a cocktail bar and a beer bar are part of the same establishment.
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Møllehuset
This handsome old kro from the mid-18th-century is in a pretty setting in the Bangsbo area (what a pity the outdoor seating overlooks the car park when there is so much surrounding greenery). Still, the small menu has plenty of appeal in the form of cheese platters and fresh fish.
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Le Comptoir des Voyages
This chic place - done out with rattan chairs, palms and red walls - takes you on a stylish world tour of international flavours, infusing regional produce cooked according to traditional techniques under the direction of chef Grégory Coutanceau, and accompanied by a global wine list.
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Corral del Rey
This classic restaurant has four intimate dining rooms. Settle for the menú del día (€24) or choose from a tempting range of grills, roasts and fish dishes; the latter speciality being bacalao Corral del Rey (grilled cod with a courgette and roasted garlic sauce).
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Vapaasatama Sampo
This is the spot for a truly local taste. It's the town's oldest restaurant - it's been in Kuopio for almost 70 years - and is famous all over Finland for its muikku (small whitefish), served in various forms, especially fried. It's delicious and the restaurant is cosy and typically Finnish.
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Mimolet
For refined local cooking in a modern setting just within the old city walls, this is it. A stylish, designer spot, Mimolet offers an excellent wine menu to company the seasonally varied menu. It offers various carpaccios, some tempting salads, rice dishes and a set tasting menu (€62 with wines).
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Sphinx
The most bizarre sight in Stepanakert is the giant Sphinx looming over the door of this restaurant. Plastic palm trees ignited with neon complete the scene. Despite the Egyptian theme, the menu is similar to other places in town, with khoravats (barbecued food) and kebabs the prime options.
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Lunga
There's no better place than Batumi to decide whether you like khachapuri acharuli, Adjara's large boat-shaped variety of Georgia's national fast food with a lightly fried egg on top. And there's no better place to try it than this tiny, neat place which specialises in it - if one of its four tables is vacant.
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Trattoria agli Amici
It is worth making the trek out of central Udine to this classic of traditional and creative cooking, which the Scarello family has run successfully since 1887. Try the ravioli di formaggi di malga, trippe ed ortaggi croccanti (a cheese-filled dumping with tripe and crispy vegetables). The tasting menu is tempting.
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Majakka
This restaurant has a deck-like terrace which fits the nautical theme (the name means ‘lighthouse’). Local meat and fish specialities are tasty, generously sized and fairly priced and the select-your-own appetiser plate is a nice touch. It’s child-friendly too, and opens late during the opera festival when it buzzes with good cheer.
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