Restaurants in East Of Bologna
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Ca’ de Vèn
Yes, it’s touristy, but the atmosphere’s wonderful at this cavernous enoteca -cum-restaurant in a 15th-century palazzo with frescoed domes, vaulted brick ceilings and chequerboard marble floors. Regional specialities are complemented by an encyclopaedic wine list.
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Ristorante Pier & Gilberto Europe
Whatever you're paying here, rest assured that it's going on the food not the location. Once you've come in off the noisy road, you're in a world of silver candlesticks, cascading bouquets and seriously good food. Seafood is a speciality so play safe with spaghetti ai frusta di mare (spaghetti with seafood) followed by a fish grill.
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Don Giovanni
Open only for dinner, this highly acclaimed eatery specialises in fresh-caught fish from the Adriatic, vegetables harvested from the restaurant’s own garden, eight varieties of bread baked daily and a wine list featuring over 600 Italian and international labels. The menu is an imaginative feast of unconventional concoctions such as tortelli con faraona allo zabaione di parmigiano e prosciutto croccante (guinea fowl–stuffed pasta in a custard of Parmesan and crunchy ham) or anguilla arrostita con finferli e emulsione all’alloro (roast eel with chanterelle mushrooms in bay-leaf emulsion).
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Pizzeria Orsucci
For a slice of Ferrarese culinary history, head to this hole-in-the-wall pizzeria, run by the same family since 1936. Choices are simple: do you want your pizza margherita small or medium-sized, with or without anchovies? Aside from draught beer, the only other menu item is padella di ceci (a chickpea-flour treat cooked in the wood-fired oven). If you ask, the amiable proprietor Giulio can tell you a story or two about the news clippings and photos that cover the walls, documenting Orsucci’s numerous awards and history as a film set.
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Casina del Bosco
For fast food, nothing beats a piadina, a toasted half-moon of unleavened bread with a savoury filling – Romagna’s retort to the wrap. This immensely popular eatery has built its clientele over 30 years by keeping things simple: piadine, salads, beer, wine and ice-cold desserts. Bask on the patio with a draught hefeweizen (wheat beer) while you wait for the guys at the grill to do their thing.
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Trattoria il Mandolino
The mandolin after which this charming trattoria is named is just one of the musical instruments adorning the cluttered walls. In tune with the old-fashioned feel, the food is traditional Ferrarese, so expect plenty of meat, cheese and salami. Signature dishes include formaggio con marmellata di cipolla (cheese with onion marmalade) and the classic salama da sugo.
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Antica Trattoria Volano
A local favourite, this historic trattoria has been serving traditional Ferrarese food for more than 30 years. Menu stalwarts include the traditional cappellacci di zucca con ragù and salama da sugo served with mashed potato. For fish lovers, anguilla (eel) is an adventurous choice. In summer, relax in the attractive rear garden.
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Quel Fantastico Giovedì
For fashionable food in a cool, bistro-chic setting, book here. Seafood specialities include baccalà mantecato con crema di peperoni dolci e polenta (Venetian-style codfish with sweet pepper-polenta cream), while the mouth-watering dessert menu features sorbetto di mela verde profumato al moscato (wine-scented green apple sorbet).
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Osteria i Teatini
Described by its owner as a ‘free people’s place’, this artsy, atmospheric joint is part restaurant, part bar and part alternative nightspot, with eclectic jazz-classical DJ sets on Friday nights and live music on Saturdays. Drink in the wonderful vaulted stone cellar or eat on the outdoor deck in the leafy square outside.
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Osteria Dë Börg
A homely osteria in the old fishing quarter, this place is what eating in Italy is all about: simple, honest food made with local ingredients and served in unpretentious surroundings. Second courses revolve around meat, from stuffed rabbit to steaks grilled on an open fire and seasoned with rosemary and sea salt.
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Ristorante Cappello
Under the hotel of the same name, this refined restaurant takes its food very seriously. The menu changes weekly, but seafood always figures prominently, in dishes such as strozzapreti con calamaretti, zucchine, fiori di zucca e zafferano (pasta with cuttlefish, courgettes, pumpkin flowers and saffron).
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Brodo di Giuggiole
Tucked down an alley off Piazza Tre Martiri, this intimate spot is great for an elegant night out, with its wood-panelled dining room, lanternlit plank terrace and an ever-changing menu featuring some of the freshest, best-prepared fish in town. Reservations are recommended, especially on live-jazz Tuesdays.
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Picnic
In business for nearly half a century, Picnic has a wide-ranging menu of traditional favourites like salsiccia fagioli con polenta (sausage with beans and polenta), supplemented with whatever’s freshest from the market – grilled fish of the day, for example, or local strawberries with whipped cream.
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Osteria Dë Börg
A homely osteria in the old fishing quarter, this place is what eating in Italy is all about. Simple, honest food made with local ingredients and served in unpretentious surroundings. Particularly good is the meat, grilled on an open fire and, on Fridays, the fish, bought at the local market.
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Osteria Tiresia
It's not hard to work out why the Tiresia is often full - excellent food, fair prices and a convivial faux-rustic setting. The emphasis is on meat here with steak, featuring in dishes such as the wonderful-sounding filetto ubriaco di sangiovese (fillet drunk on sangiovese red wine).
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Il Ciclone
A laid-back restaurant-cum-pizzeria that plays Verve on the stereo and serves a tempting selection of pastas, pizzas, meats and fish. If you're not going to have pizza - and the pizzas here are excellent - the spaghetti allo scoglio (spaghetti with seafood) makes for a tasty meal.
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Il Ristorantino di Colomba
For healthy helpings of simple, no-nonsense food, this modest centro storico trattoria is a reliable choice. You won't find any great novelties but the food is tasty and the Sangiovese house red a fine tipple. Soft lighting and muted jazz lend a relaxed low-key feel.
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Osteria della Piazzetta
One of several eateries in a trendy pocket just off Piazza Cavour. An informal, wood-lined place whose food is more upmarket pub grub than haute cuisine, it's good for everything from simple piadine to grilled sausages, fried fish and hearty pasta.
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Osteria del Ghetto
This sweet little eatery in the heart of Ferrara’s old Jewish quarter is a fab place to feast on traditional favourites like cappellacci di zucca or salama da sugo con purea di patate (stewed pork sausage with mashed potatoes).
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Naif
Any pizzeria that locals go to for their takeaways is good news. And locals go to Naif, a bright, brash place on the eastern side of the rail tracks. As well as pizza, there's plenty more to choose from on what must be Ravenna's longest menu.
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La Borsa
In the grand central courtyard of a historic palazzo, this wine bar offers snacks and simpler meals of the same superb quality as its adjacent sister restaurant Don Giovanni, but at much lower prices.
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Babaleus
Students come for the €11 ‘pizza, drink and movie’ special (the movie’s at the nearby Cinema Astoria), but this relaxed, informal place in the centre also serves up a full menu of pasta, meat and fish.
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Pasticceria Leon d'Oro
Opposite the cathedral, Leon d'Oro has a tempting array of sweet and savoury snacks and outdoor seating on Palazzo Municipale's internal courtyard.
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Fusion
You'll need to dress up unless you want to be outsmarted by the slick designer furniture and sexy, self-conscious drinkers at this chic wine bar.
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Gelateria Pellicano
This Rimini-based, five-store chain makes some seriously good ice cream. Try the pinoli (pine nut), with toasted whole nuts on top.
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