Rome — Places to eat
Turn a corner and there's a 2,000-year-old column.
- Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina — Carbonara (€18) at tables squeezed between the ham and cheese counters
- Da Enzo al 29 — A back-street trattoria that seats strictly first come, first served
- Tonnarello (Via della Paglia) — Tonnarelli cacio e pepe for €11; a walk-in-only Trastevere favourite
- Felice a Testaccio — Tonnarelli cacio e pepe tossed for you at the table
- Armando al Pantheon — A family trattoria by the Pantheon since 1961; carbonara €16
- Pizzarium Bonci — Scissor-cut pizza sold by weight; the stop before or after the Vatican
- Supplizio — Supplì specialists: Rome's fried rice balls, €3 each
- Trapizzino (Piazza Trilussa) — Triangular pizza pockets stuffed with Roman stews
- All'Antico Vinaio (Pantheon) — Florence's famous sandwich, face-sized, behind the Pantheon
- Da Francesco — An osteria with tables spread across a little fig-tree square
- Romanè (trattoria near the Vatican) — The Trapizzino founder's neighbourhood trattoria, post-Vatican
- Giolitti (Uffici del Vicario) — A Belle Époque café scooping gelato behind the Pantheon since 1900
- Tazza d'Oro (La Casa del Caffè) — A standing espresso bar by the Pantheon; coffee granita in summer
- Pompi (Piazza di Spagna) — Tiramisù in a little box, eaten by the Spanish Steps
- Pasticceria Regoli — Maritozzi bursting with cream at a century-old neighbourhood bakery
- Hosteria Grappolo d'Oro — Carbonara on the corner of a quiet square
- Trattoria Pennestri — Rigatoni with pajata in an Ostiense trattoria
- Trattoria Monti — A Marche family's fried dishes and handmade pasta
- Flavio al Velavevodetto — Big Roman plates against the Monte Testaccio hillside
- Taverna dei Fori Imperiali — Roman cooking with Sicilian touches near the Forum
- Pierluigi — Fish at outdoor tables on a quiet little square
- Casa Manco (Testaccio Market) — 100-hour dough pizza sold by weight at a market stall
- Trattoria Da Danilo — Egg-rich carbonara and cacio e pepe from a pecorino wheel
- La Pergola (Rome Cavalieri) — Rome's only three-star kitchen, Heinz Beck's tasting menus
- Il Pagliaccio — Anthony Genovese's world-trip tasting menus, two stars
- Sant'Eustachio Il Caffè — Standing at the bar for the secret-blend Gran Caffè
- Antico Caffè Greco — Red-velvet salon café open since 1760
- Al Vino Al Vino — Wine by the glass and small plates on a Monti street
- Fatamorgana Gelato (Monti) — Natural gelato with unusual pairings
- Roscioli Caffè Pasticceria — Maritozzi and pastries from the Roscioli family