WFTC Genoa Institute 2010
The future of TC in the Changing World
EATING OUT
Ligurian cuisine is truly a triumph of the Mediterranean way of eating: plenty of vegetables and aromatic herbs, many kinds of pasta and, above all, the mild and unique aroma of olive oil. The first courses are impressive: ravioli (stuffed pasta served with a sauce of meat or of wild mushrooms); pansotti (fresh pasta with a stuffing made of Ligurian herbs and topped with nut sauce); trenette (ribbon-like noodles); trofiette (fresh pasta made of wheat and chestnut flour); testaroli (a speciality of the easternmost Liguria), all sauced with pesto (a basil sauce that is the gastronomic symbol of Genoa: Genoese basil is the only one that has the “right” taste). Ligurians too have their pizzas: the sardeinara made in the West Riviera, the focaccia col formaggio, a famous speciality of Recco and the farinata (a thin baked tart made of chickpea flour). Really characteristic is the focaccia, an unique kind of flat bread (other varieties are with onions, sage, crushed olives). Greens are concocted in thousand ways: try torta pasqualina (a tart made of chards or artichokes); polpettone (a timbale of potatoes and string beans), the stuffed vegetables and the wild mushrooms with potatoes. If you like seafood, you can have whitebait, fried or boiled, octopus salad, stuffed or fried anchovies, anchovies tart, buridda (fish soup) or the expensive and imposing salad called capon magro (made with various boiled fishes, shellfish and vegetables seasoned with a green sauce). Meat dishes are less frequent but truly special: cima (a “pocket” of veal meat stuffed with meat, eggs, cheese and vegetables); tomaxelle (small roulades) and carne all’uccelletto (tiny pieces of veal seasoned with laurel).
While travelling in Liguria, you’ll be pleasantly surprised as almost every place boasts of its own speciality. Our advice; just try it!
* price range (drinks not included)
Historical restaurant
Antica Cantina i Tre Merli
Vico dietro il Coro della Maddalena, 26r
Tel. 010 2474095
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Sunday all day and on Saturday at noon
E Prie Rosse
Via Ravecca, 54r
Tel. 010 2512591
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Monday all day
Le Cantine Squarciafico
Piazza Invrea, 3r
Tel. 010 2470823
Price from € 20 to € 40*
La Cantina di Colombo
Via di Porta Soprana, 55-57r
Tel. 010 2475959
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed Sunday all day
La Vigna Imperiale
Piazza Campetto, 8°/6, I piano
Tel. 010 2464956
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Tuesday all day
Pansön dal 1790
Piazza delle Erbe, 5r
Tel. 010 2468903
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Sunday at night
Saint Cyr
Piazza Marsala, 4
Tel. 886897
Price from € 40 to € 60*
Closed on Saturday at noon and on Sunday all day
Characteristic restaurant
Caffè Porto Franco
Vico di Sottoripa, 1r
Tel. 010 2476836
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed all days at night and on Sunday all day
La Berlocca
Via Macelli di Soziglia, 45-47r
Tel. 010 2474162
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Monday all day
Le Terrazze del Ducale
Piazza Matteotti, 5
Tel. 010 588600
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Trattoria Franca
Vico della Lepre, 8r
Tel. 010 2474473
Price from € 40 to € 60*
Closed on Monday all day
La Buca di San Matteo
Via Chiossone, 5r
Tel. 010 2362389
Price from € 40 to € 60*
Historical and characteristic restaurant
Da Rina
Mura delle Grazie, 3r
Tel. 010 2466475
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Monday all day
Sa’Pesta
Via dei Giustiniani, 16r
Tel. 010 2468336
Price not more than € 20*
Closed on Monday and on Sunday at night
Restaurant
Trattoria Fulvia
Piazza delle Erbe, 8r
Tel. 010 2513886
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Sunday all day
Trattoria Ugo
Via Giustiniani 86 r
Tel. 010 2469302
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Monday and on Sunday all day
Trattoria alle due Torri
Salita del Prione, 53r
Tel. 010 2513637
Price from € 20 to € 40*
Closed on Sunday all day and on Saturday at noon
Ostaja dö Castello
Salita Santa Maria di Castello, 32r
Tel. 010 2468980
Price from € 20 to €40*
Closed on Tuesday all day
Osteria San Metteo
Piazza San Matteo, 6r
Tel. 010 2473282
Price from € 20 to €40*
Closed on Sunday and on Monday at noon
Il Balcone
Salita Pollaiuoli, 22r – first floor
Tel. 010 255206
Price not more than € 20*
Pizza
La Sosta degli Artisti
Piazza San Donato, 55r
Tel. 010 2466149
Price not more than € 20
Bar – Snackbar and salad bar
Price not more than € 20*
Caffè degli Specchi
Salita Pollaiuoli, 43r
Bar Festival
Via Gerolamo Boccardo, 6r
Doge Bar
Piazza Matteotti, 84r
Bar Berto
Piazza delle Erbe, 6r
Il Barbarossa
Piano San Andrea, 23r
Caffè Deffe
Piazza De Ferrari,
Moody
Largo XII Ottobre, 47-51r
Vegetable tarts, farinata, take away food
Antica Sciamadda
Via San Giorgio, 14r
Antica Friggitoria Carega
Via Sottoripa 113r
Gran Ristoro
Via Di Sottoripa, 27r
Panino D’Autore
Via XX Settembre, 68r
