Italian restaurants in Umbria & Le Marche
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Il Gufo
The owner/chef gathers ingredients from local markets and cooks up whatever is fresh and in season. Try dishes such as cinghiale (wild boar) with fennel (€12.50) or riso nero (black rice) with grilled vegetables and brie (€12.50). There is always a good selection of salads for €5. Note: no credit cards.
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Caffè di Perugia
The fanciest sit-down cafe in town, its desserts are worth the high prices. It also serves a fine choice of basic pasta and meat dishes and offers outdoor seating in summer.
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La Badia Ristorante
The restaurant at La Badia is as refined as its hotel. The chef's speciality is suckling pig and tagliolini pasta with truffles. If you enjoy the Orvieto Classico here, tell the owner, Count Fiumi, as it's from his vineyards. Even if you don't stay or eat here, you can still see it; when you're in the Orvieto Underground, look for the 8th-century abbey in the fields below.
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Pane e Vino
Now you're definitely in Italy. Dine on dishes such as risotto with yellow pumpkin (€8) or just nibble on the antipasto plate (€11) while tasting from the extensive wine list that includes wines from all over Italy. Relax on the outdoor patio or at candlelit tables under the curved brick ceiling in this narrow, atmospheric enoteca.
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Ristorante dal Mi’Cocco
Don’t ask for a menu because there isn’t one at this most traditional Perugian restaurant. Diners receive a set menu of a starter, main course, side dish and dessert. You may receive asparagus risotto in May, or tagliatelle (long, ribbon-shaped pasta) with peas and ham in November. Extremely popular with students, it’s best to call ahead.
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Ristorante Nanà
It’s a good sign when approximately 47 members of the same family run a 15-table restaurant. Simply furnished with a small menu, the food is ‘ nuovo italiano ’: pâté with Sardinian flatbread (€7) or gnochetti (little gnocchi) in a pepper and radicchio cream sauce (€6.50). The wine list is equally impressive and affordable.
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Buca di San Francesco
Sample traditional Umbrian dishes and specialities of the house in a elegant medieval setting. Choose from bruschetta, local sausage, spaghetti alla buca (house specialty spaghetti made with roasted mushrooms), gnocchi and homemade desserts, and from the extensive wine list with the help of one of Assisi's only sommeliers.
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Rua dei Notari
Perfect for a special meal, this elegant restaurant possesses old-world charm in a modern setting. Dishes present as artfully as the contemporary paintings covering the walls. There are meat and pasta dishes as well as starters, including fried goods from Ascoli and pecorino with local honey (€8).
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La Moretta 1897
Run by the same family since the year, not surprisingly, 1897, the restaurant features not just Marchigiani cuisine, but dishes specifically native to Ancona. Try the tagliatelle al sugo di ostriche (pasta with oyster sauce) or brodetto all'anconetana (Ancona-style bouillabaisse).
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Scalette
Wander off the main road down this ancient stairway for a reasonably priced feast in a hobbit-like abode. This ancient farmhouse feels like it's practically in Middle Earth and, with its stone walls, roasted meat dishes and decadent desserts, is a precious spot for a mini-medieval banquet.
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Grotta Antica
Abele - hotel proprietor, lawyer and chef - is from Liguria, so you can rest assured that although there are only a handful of menu items, you needn't look past the pesto dishes for a cheap and filling main course. His prices on wine can't be beaten anywhere in Assisi.
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Ristorante Fabiani
This is a fabulous spot to sit on a back patio and enjoy the garden for a few hours. The selection here is vast, and there is a rotating €15 tourist menu or a €20 menù gastronomico of whatever is in season. Stop in on Thursday or Friday for the fish specials.
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Wine Bartolo Hosteria
Descend a staircase into a hobbit-like burrow that’s surrounded by walls of wine bottles around a handful of cosy tables underneath a low brick ceiling. Staff do beautiful things with Chianina beef – stewed with Sangiovese or as a carpaccio with lemon over radicchio.
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Le Grotte del Funaro
Eating here, you'll think you have died and gone to…well, a funerary cave. This restaurant was created out of a cavern and drips with atmosphere. There's an amazing view through the narrow windows, as well as antique agricultural objects and a piano bar.
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Medio Evo
Traditional Umbrian dishes are served in fabulous vaulted 13th-century surroundings, including rabbit stew (€12) and truffle omelettes (€10). The early 6.45pm opening time is geared for, and highly appreciated by, non-Italian tourists.
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Ristorante Sole
Sure, there are better-quality restaurants in Perugia, but you're here for the view. The pasta's not bad, and the duck carpaccio with truffles and grana might just trick you into thinking you came here for the food.
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Ristorante Umbria
What’s more enjoyable: the food or the outdoor patio with a view back in time? Try the palombaccio (a type of pigeon; €13), a risotto dish or its speciality (truffles, of course).
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Bar Centrale
This is a popular meeting place for students, with an indoor salon and umbrella-topped outdoor tables where you can munch a panini and watch students on the cathedral steps.
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L’asino d’Oro
Innovative yet thoroughly Umbrian food at affordable prices is the speciality of the house, with dishes such as cinghiale in agridolce (sweet-and-sour boar).
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Il Segreto di Pulcinella
Come here for the only 'real' Neapolitan pizza in Perugia, as well as a beautiful selection of salads and pasta dishes.
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