What's better than getting to know Florence traditions through its delicious local dishes?
The street food is the new trend: buying a typical sandwich in a small food shop and eating it while visiting the city makes the tour it much more sensational.
There are many restaurants, fast-foods and cafés in the streets of Florence and we assure you that choosing where to stop to have lunch is always a tough challenge.
So here's a list of the top street food to try in Florence along with the best recommended places to go, which arealso usually frequented by Florentines. They will surely meet your expectations and will make you discover the wonderful city under a different point of view!
-A Covaccino at “Amici di Ponte Vecchio”
The "covaccino" is a unique variety of thin"schiacciata" seasoned with salt, rosemary and olive oil. It can be eaten alone or accompanied by cheese, salami or ham, as you will see in the exquisite sandwiches prepared by "Amici di Ponte Vecchio”. This small café has been often awarded for its amazing street food as its specialities are made with fresh local ingredients and are also loved by all Florentines. Taste their "covaccino con stracchino e salsiccia” and enjoy your fantastic meal!
-A Ciabatta Fiorentina at “Mangia Pizza Firenze”
The "Florentine Ciabatta" is a type of pizza consisting of flattened bread filled with cheese, "pomarola" sauce and other "zero kilometer" ingredients. The "Mangia Pizza" restaurant is a charming place to eat right next to Ponte Vecchio, where you can either take a pizza away or sit at a table to enjoy the dish to the fullest.
-A Lampredotto at “I’Trippaio Fiorentino”
A famous Florentine speciality is the "lampredotto", which you will see prepared in many food stands along the center streets. It is a very poor preparation used to fill sandwiches based on abomasum, one of the four bovine stomachs. The best place to try it is certainly "I’Trippaio Fiorentino” in via Gioberti, offering some personal variations such as the unique “cacciucco di lampredotto”.
-Some Coccoli at “Friggitoria e Pizzeria dell’Albero”
No contest: the best fried dishes are in “Friggitoria e Pizzeria dell’Albero”, a great fast-food near Santa Maria Novella station cooking the best-loved ficattole, frittelle, calzoni and bomboloni by Florentines. Taste the "coccoli", a kind of salty fried snack usually accompanied by salami, pecorino cheese, ham or stracchino. This street-food is the latest trend in Tuscany!
-A Schiacciata at "All’Antico Vinaio"
Their schiacciata is special and almost inimitable. It is homemade by the funny owners of the shop, who are open all day long to take hundreds of wonderful paninis out of their oven for tourists coming from all the world. Tuscan salami, prosciutto crudo, sbriciolona, finocchiona and porchetta come along with local cheeses and tasty sauces like truffle or artichokes dressings. Order the fantastic "Favolosa” schiacciata or create your personalized sandwich accompanying it with a glass of good Tuscan wine. This is one of the most famous, reviewed and photographed bars in the world: do not forget to stop here when you are in Florence!
- The Gluten-Free Schiacciata at "Sgrano"
Book now one of our villas in Florence town to taste some of these delights!
