Modern Florence

Beyond David and the duomo.

have seen are in past their prime and are running around 4,90 or more per kilo (Mercato Centrale); nothing at all at Sant’Ambrogio today. What accounts for the difference in price and availability? And can anyone recommend...

Go to the Mercato Centrale. Find the Nerbone food stand (near the front of the market on the round floor). Push your way to the counter and order their boiled beef sandwich, dunked in beef broth and served with both the red &...

. But in several trips to Florence, I can never recall seeing a supermarket in the main part of town. There’s is always the mercato centrale and other smaller ones, but does anyone know where there might be a supermarket in...

, penne with gorgonzola and arugula. Secondi stand-outs were: veal scallopine with funghi porcini sauce, veal scallopine with cheese, tomato and oregano sauce, and a rustic eggplant parmesean. Some other fun places to go are...

The Mercato Centrale in Florence has a few stalls selling very good, very inexpensive food and has the cheapest espresso in Florence (.85 euro, IIRC). See link below re Nerbone. There was a more detailed post about the offerings...

Thanks; just found some at Conti, Mercato Centrale. He says he is the only place in the city to get it. At 19E/kg, though, I will check Bizzari to see if they have it at a better price.

Vecchi Sapore, Il Pallotino, Nerbone (in the Mercato Centrale), and Vivi del Chianti (where you eat your panini in the street with lots of other people). Another place for a good lunch is Le Mossacce, near the Duomo. I also...

Im trying to find some Porcini mushrooms in Calgary and not having much luck. Any suggestions for stores or markets to look at? Something downtown/central preferable.

written everywhere re this lunch place, which is just outside the Mercato Centrale building. Busy mix of tourists and locals. We had a most eccentric local join us at our table for 3, which was great. Very little English spoken...

Spent one excellent foodie day in Florence recently. Here’s my thoughts. The Good Walked right from the train station to Mercato Centrale and found da Nerbone. Two hot boiled beef sandwiches with green and red sauce and then...

I was in Florence last month and had a casual lunch at Cafe ZaZa which is right outside the Mercato Centrale. The Caprese Salad was delightful, the tomatoes in it wonderous (as were all the tomatoes I had in Italy, BTW). The...

I miss Florentine ribollita too!! I used to eat it (almost daily, really) at Mario’s near Mercato Centrale. I tried the Hearth version too and I really didn’t think it came close to the Italian original. I’ve...

In Florence: il Cibreo (fancy, great) and a little trattoria near the Mercato Centrale (Central Market) named “da Mario” — it is worth the search. Both are very close to the center of town.

attractions, I like the shopping, so take an empty suitcase. The mercato San Lorenzo is fun for souvenirs (though there are places near the Duomo that do nicer paper products) and the Mercato centrale for those wonderful things...