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... (0 replies, last updated by sinjawns July 24, 2009)

. 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... (6 replies, last updated by CJT November 26, 2007)

Venice: Rialto Market, just near the Rialto Bridge (Grand Canal), on the side nearer to the train station, and beyond it, the fish market (Pescheria). Florence: Mercato Centrale is the main (covered) market, there is also a... (7 replies, last updated by DavidT October 28, 2008)

For Florence, try tripe stands. There are plenty of them, but the following ones are excellent. - One at the corner of via dei Macci and Borgo la Croce, near the Sant’Ambrogio market. - One in front of the American Express... (9 replies, last updated by mymuk June 4, 2008)

that place was at the Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio, which is a really interesting place to shop, less touristic than the San Lorenzo. The booth was inside the market, on the side toward central Florance and and away from the... (12 replies, last updated by jen kalb January 14, 2008)

We just came back from a week in Tuscany. Casa Rabatti is on Via Zanobi, and about a 2 minute stroll from the Mercato Centrale. Her email is casarabatti@inwind.it. I loved drinking my morning cappuchino with the butchers and... (13 replies, last updated by julesgarcia January 7, 2009)