Food Scene, Breakfast, Gelato!!

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Food Scene, Breakfast, Gelato!!

Food Scene

a.k.a. Chicco di Caffè. Cozy, down to Earth, enjoyable ambience. Very nice staff, delicious food! You will share your table with other customers!
41 locals recommend
Dalla Lola
16r Via della Chiesa
41 locals recommend
a.k.a. Chicco di Caffè. Cozy, down to Earth, enjoyable ambience. Very nice staff, delicious food! You will share your table with other customers!
At a corner just in front of Santo Spirito church. Very good Tuscan food. Down to earth, hospitable place, genuine tuscan food (try "peposo", if you like to eat meat! very typical Florentine veal stewed with pepper, maybe a bit wintery, but wonderful)
236 locals recommend
Trattoria La Casalinga
9R Via dei Michelozzi
236 locals recommend
At a corner just in front of Santo Spirito church. Very good Tuscan food. Down to earth, hospitable place, genuine tuscan food (try "peposo", if you like to eat meat! very typical Florentine veal stewed with pepper, maybe a bit wintery, but wonderful)
Wonderful Pizzeria!! A place where they have only exquisite pizzas in the menu with a choice of several hi-quality ingredients! you will love it.
96 locals recommend
Berberè San Frediano
1 Piazza dei Nerli
96 locals recommend
Wonderful Pizzeria!! A place where they have only exquisite pizzas in the menu with a choice of several hi-quality ingredients! you will love it.
In piazza Santo Spirito. Famous for home made fresh pasta! You can see the guys preparing it in front of you at the entrance!
69 locals recommend
Tamerò
11r Piazza Santo Spirito
69 locals recommend
In piazza Santo Spirito. Famous for home made fresh pasta! You can see the guys preparing it in front of you at the entrance!
Steps from home and from Piazza Santo Spirito. Gourmet. Very refined and beautiful setting, service, and food. For a special special dinner! Absoultely lovely lunches too, with freshly made organic recipes well displayed by the countertop!
25 locals recommend
Gurdulù
12 R Via delle Caldaie
25 locals recommend
Steps from home and from Piazza Santo Spirito. Gourmet. Very refined and beautiful setting, service, and food. For a special special dinner! Absoultely lovely lunches too, with freshly made organic recipes well displayed by the countertop!
Both a vegetarian restaurant and bookshop, in the heart of Santo Spirito!
34 locals recommend
Cuculia Ristorante
3/Rosso Via dei Serragli
34 locals recommend
Both a vegetarian restaurant and bookshop, in the heart of Santo Spirito!
New nice fish restaurant steps away from Piazza del Carmine. In Oltrarno. 5 to 10 minutes walk from home. Never been yet, but only heard good reviews!
28 locals recommend
Burro & Acciughe
35 Via dell'Orto
28 locals recommend
New nice fish restaurant steps away from Piazza del Carmine. In Oltrarno. 5 to 10 minutes walk from home. Never been yet, but only heard good reviews!
Open since 2002, creative Tuscan cuisine in a vaulted candlelit space. Pasta is handmade, specialty breads and sublime focaccia come fresh from its own artisanal bakery and the wine list celebrates boutique Tuscan vintages.
293 locals recommend
Il Santo Bevitore
64r Via Santo Spirito
293 locals recommend
Open since 2002, creative Tuscan cuisine in a vaulted candlelit space. Pasta is handmade, specialty breads and sublime focaccia come fresh from its own artisanal bakery and the wine list celebrates boutique Tuscan vintages.
Recently opened Vegetarian Osteria! A mix of traditional Tuscan dishes revisited for a brilliantly designed old-time tavern, in the stunning square of the Oltrarno. An unconventional menu that does not have appetizers, first and second courses, but is a journey through time in taste. I love it!
24 locals recommend
L'OV Osteria Vegetariana
4R Piazza del Carmine
24 locals recommend
Recently opened Vegetarian Osteria! A mix of traditional Tuscan dishes revisited for a brilliantly designed old-time tavern, in the stunning square of the Oltrarno. An unconventional menu that does not have appetizers, first and second courses, but is a journey through time in taste. I love it!
Both a restaurtant and a Bistrot, in an incredible location: Hidden in the heart of Florence in the Torrigiani Garden being the largest private garden in Europe within the circle of the city walls! Live a unique experience surrounded by greenery in the center of Florence. Restaurant, Bistrot, and location for art and cultural events.
17 locals recommend
Serre Torrigiani
27 Via Gusciana
17 locals recommend
Both a restaurtant and a Bistrot, in an incredible location: Hidden in the heart of Florence in the Torrigiani Garden being the largest private garden in Europe within the circle of the city walls! Live a unique experience surrounded by greenery in the center of Florence. Restaurant, Bistrot, and location for art and cultural events.
Beautiful organic sandwiches, artisanal beers, infusions, and the likes. You will seat in their super nice vintage style chairs and tables, which you can buy and bring home with you!
95 locals recommend
Amblé
7/A Piazzetta dei Del Bene
95 locals recommend
Beautiful organic sandwiches, artisanal beers, infusions, and the likes. You will seat in their super nice vintage style chairs and tables, which you can buy and bring home with you!
A new and nice place where everything is gluten free! Beautiful interior decoration and perfect for Sunday brunch!
36 locals recommend
Ristorante Quinoa
1 Vicolo di Santa Maria Maggiore
36 locals recommend
A new and nice place where everything is gluten free! Beautiful interior decoration and perfect for Sunday brunch!
Owned by the famous (late) chef Fabio Picchi, located on the other side of the river as compared to home, in Sant'Amborgio area, Santa Croce neighborhood. This is a sort of "insitution" for the Florentine-Chic community! Small plays and little concerts are taking place at dinner time, in the stage at the end of the dining room!
176 locals recommend
Teatro del Sale
111 Via dei Macci
176 locals recommend
Owned by the famous (late) chef Fabio Picchi, located on the other side of the river as compared to home, in Sant'Amborgio area, Santa Croce neighborhood. This is a sort of "insitution" for the Florentine-Chic community! Small plays and little concerts are taking place at dinner time, in the stage at the end of the dining room!
Nice place and good food (especially meat) pretty popular among American community in Florence (they also have - or had - a restaurant in San Diego and in D.C.)
49 locals recommend
Acqua Al 2
40r Via della Vigna Vecchia
49 locals recommend
Nice place and good food (especially meat) pretty popular among American community in Florence (they also have - or had - a restaurant in San Diego and in D.C.)
Absolutely lovely setting for a dinner with delicious menu and, if you are lucky, a great soprano singing opera arias at a certain point of the evening! Steps from home, just passed Piazza Santo Spirito.
Hostaria da Fulvio
Absolutely lovely setting for a dinner with delicious menu and, if you are lucky, a great soprano singing opera arias at a certain point of the evening! Steps from home, just passed Piazza Santo Spirito.

Breakfast and brunch

For a lovely American breakfast, try Mama's Bakery! Wonderful panini, bagels, quiches, etc.. in a cozy and welcoming place :) Open 9am to 4pm, few minutes walk from home.
54 locals recommend
Mama's Bakery
34R Via della Chiesa
54 locals recommend
For a lovely American breakfast, try Mama's Bakery! Wonderful panini, bagels, quiches, etc.. in a cozy and welcoming place :) Open 9am to 4pm, few minutes walk from home.
“Farm to table” is the motto of Carduccio, a bar/bistro that sources its dishes from small local producers, from whom it buys fruit and vegetables grown using organic or biodynamic methods. Specialties of the restaurant, in fact, are the smoothies and extracts, together with the fruit salads and the many vegan or gluten-free sweet proposals. Espressos are also good!
7 locals recommend
Carduccio - Il Salotto Bio
10 R Sdrucciolo de' Pitti
7 locals recommend
“Farm to table” is the motto of Carduccio, a bar/bistro that sources its dishes from small local producers, from whom it buys fruit and vegetables grown using organic or biodynamic methods. Specialties of the restaurant, in fact, are the smoothies and extracts, together with the fruit salads and the many vegan or gluten-free sweet proposals. Espressos are also good!
Amazing and long list of all sort of coffees, of superb quality, chosen with attention to the total transparency and eco-sustainability of the different production steps. Delicious smoothies, juice, sweets, Italian pastry, American pancakes, French toasts.. you name it! Great brunch in a very nice modern interior design setting!
56 locals recommend
Ditta Artigianale
5/R Via dello Sprone
56 locals recommend
Amazing and long list of all sort of coffees, of superb quality, chosen with attention to the total transparency and eco-sustainability of the different production steps. Delicious smoothies, juice, sweets, Italian pastry, American pancakes, French toasts.. you name it! Great brunch in a very nice modern interior design setting!
Specialty Coffee, International Bakery & Brunch, in a casual chic and trendy place for a breakfast or brunch along the Lungarno!
8 locals recommend
Melaleuca
18 Lungarno delle Grazie
8 locals recommend
Specialty Coffee, International Bakery & Brunch, in a casual chic and trendy place for a breakfast or brunch along the Lungarno!
If you wish to try the typical (quick) experience of an Italian breakfast (which means standing at the bar for a quick caffè, cappuccino, and a pastry - or anything else nowadays ;) - please try this local bar run by people who have been living in the neighborhood for decades!
Bar Tabacchi Bianchi
5 Piazza San Felice
If you wish to try the typical (quick) experience of an Italian breakfast (which means standing at the bar for a quick caffè, cappuccino, and a pastry - or anything else nowadays ;) - please try this local bar run by people who have been living in the neighborhood for decades!

Florentine Steak

Very very famous, their steak is a sort of institution in Florence, even for locals!
271 locals recommend
Il Latini
6R Via dei Palchetti
271 locals recommend
Very very famous, their steak is a sort of institution in Florence, even for locals!
on our side of the river, deliciuos steak!
126 locals recommend
The Antico Ristoro di Cambi
1R Via Sant'Onofrio
126 locals recommend
on our side of the river, deliciuos steak!
Very good reviews (from locals!) and everytime I go is amazing!
83 locals recommend
Ristorante Alla Vecchia Bettola Firenze
3/5/7 Viale Vasco Pratolini
83 locals recommend
Very good reviews (from locals!) and everytime I go is amazing!
5 mins from home. Another steak place popular among locals!
118 locals recommend
I’Brindellone
10 Piazza Piattellina
118 locals recommend
5 mins from home. Another steak place popular among locals!

Gelato!

You really should try this tiny gelateria in the tiny (and beautiful) Piazza della Passera, Just a few steps from the Old Bridge and 5 minutes walk from home. They have a precise selection of flavors which are so rich in scent, taste and ingredients. simply unforgettable! The square is very nice also at aperitivo time, when you can have a glass at Caffé degli Artigiani and drink it on the benches in the square!
39 locals recommend
DONDURMACI Gelateria Della Passera
15 Via Toscanella
39 locals recommend
You really should try this tiny gelateria in the tiny (and beautiful) Piazza della Passera, Just a few steps from the Old Bridge and 5 minutes walk from home. They have a precise selection of flavors which are so rich in scent, taste and ingredients. simply unforgettable! The square is very nice also at aperitivo time, when you can have a glass at Caffé degli Artigiani and drink it on the benches in the square!
Well.. yet another "gelato institution" in Florence.. Gelateria Vivoli! Nowadays you'll may find a line of gelato-goers on the sidewalk waiting to be served!
147 locals recommend
Vivoli
7r Via Isola delle Stinche
147 locals recommend
Well.. yet another "gelato institution" in Florence.. Gelateria Vivoli! Nowadays you'll may find a line of gelato-goers on the sidewalk waiting to be served!