Restaurant: Lo Sfizio di Bianchi Location: Gaiole in Chianti, Italy Date: June 14, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan Rating: Surprisingly good for a random pick ANY CHARACTER HERE My father and I went on a Chianti Classico wine tasting quest, and this…
Restaurant: Ristorante Albergaccio di Castellina Location: Castellina in Chianti, Italy Date: June 13 & 20, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan Rating: Great food, great service ANY CHARACTER HERE Albergaccio di Castellina is the first “fancy” place we went to in Tuscany, and it was…
Restaurant: Dietro Le Quinte Location: Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy Date: June 13, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan Rating: Good food, but a little more $$ than some ANY CHARACTER HERE We wandered into the town of Colle di Val d’Elsa having no idea that…
Restaurant: Trattoria Pepei Location: Siena, Italy Date: June 12 & 19, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan Rating: Delicious & Fun! ANY CHARACTER HERE Our first full day in tuscany and we went into Siena. We selected a restaurant the night before using Michelin, picking a centrally located one…
Restaurant: Pozzo dei Desideri Location: Bologna, Italy Date: June 11, 2011 Cuisine: Tuscan Rating: Good food, good value ANY CHARACTER HERE Today we drove through the mountains between Forli in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, then down past Florence to Staggia a small…
Restaurant: Al Caminetto Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 10, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Seafood Rating: Great service, great food ANY CHARACTER HERE For our anniversary my wife, me, and our family went out to what the locals described as “the…
Restaurant: Ristorante Notte E Di’ Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 10, 2011 Cuisine: Pizza etc Rating: Great pizza place, bug menu ANY CHARACTER HERE After a morning touring ancient mosaics in Ravenna we were hanking for pizza…
Restaurant: Ristorante La Frasca Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Italian Rating: Top top traditional ANY CHARACTER HERE A mere two nights have gone by without a truly elaborate starred restaurant dinner, so we headed to…
Restaurant: Lo Sporting Location: Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9, 2011 Cuisine: Trendy Italian Rating: Decent food, but overpriced ANY CHARACTER HERE One of the cool things about the beach town of Cervia / Milano Marittima is that there are a…
Restaurant: Palace Hotel Location: Cervia / Milano Marittima, Italy Date: June 9-11, 2011 Cuisine: Italian Rating: Great hotel breakfast ANY CHARACTER HERE The Palace Hotel in Cervia fits into an interesting class of European hotel. It’s a beach resort, and elegant, but…
Restaurant: Locanda dei Salinari Location: Cervia, Italy Date: June 8, 2011 Cuisine: Adriatic Seafood Rating: Great seafood ANY CHARACTER HERE After three days in the Modena/Parma/Bologna area we relocated west to the Adriactic coastal town of cervia/Milano Maritima. While technically still in…
Restaurant: Il Fantino Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 7, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Big portions, too big! ANY CHARACTER HERE This evening we took to wandering around Modena. We stopped into a local restaurant at 7:30 or so but they weren’t open yet (in the…
Restaurant: Trattoria Leonida Location: Bologna, Italy Date: June 7, 2011 Cuisine: Bolognese Rating: Big menu, great food ANY CHARACTER HERE We continue our sojourn across Emilia-Romagna. It was a rainy day in Bologna, and we stopped for lunch in this Trattoria in the…
Restaurant: Osteria Francescana Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 6, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Amazing Italian Molecular! ANY CHARACTER HERE Our first fancy meal of the trip was at Osteria Francescana, a modern Italian in Modena with 2 Michelin stars. Francescana has an unusual…
Restaurant: Cocchi Ristorante Location: Parma, Italy Date: June 6, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Amazing traditional! ANY CHARACTER HERE Today we ventured out to Parma, home of Parmesan and Prosciutto. We met up with a friend of a friend who took us…
Restaurant: Hotel Real Fini Via Emilia Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 5-8, 2011 Cuisine: Breakfast Buffet Rating: Typical Italian Hotel Breakfast ANY CHARACTER HERE Italian hotels almost always include breakfast. The Real Fini in Modena’s is extremely typical of mid range hotels….
Restaurant: Osteria del Pozzo Location: Modena, Italy Date: June 5, 2011 Cuisine: Emilia Romagna Rating: Very good casual ANY CHARACTER HERE This post kicks off the food portion of my 2011 Europe trip, Eating Italy. We begin our month of gastronomic excess…
Restaurant: Mezze Location: 401 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.657.4103 Date: May 31, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Middle Eastern Rating: Really tasty! ANY CHARACTER HERE For a long time in the 2000s Sona was my favorite restaurant in LA, and I was sad…
