Being that until this point, the majority of my posts have been about food I have made myself, I thought I would change it up a little bit with a lovely restaurant I found on the other side of the bridge called Osteria Santo Spirito located in piazza Santo Spirito. To be honest, finding good, local restaurants that are not over-priced, touristy, and Americanized has been a bit of a challenge on my side of the bridge. However, the Santo-Spirito area is full of local, quaint, trattorie, osterie, and fiaschetterie, not to mention great shops, bars, and gardens. And so on Friday, after a long afternoon of thrift shopping, walking around, window shopping, and picture taking, my friends and I stumbled upon this osteria and were immediately satisfied. It was a late lunch so we didn’t eat a full meal, but we will definitely be going back to do so in the near future if not for the meal then surely for the bread and olive paté the came beforehand. It was simply divine. Without question the best bread I have eaten at a restaurant in Florence thus far and nothing beats good bread, good olive oil, salt, and pepper…oh and of course the olive paté. needless to say, the first impressions were good. The location was great for people watching as well. As we sat outside surrounded by locals walking their dogs, whizzing by on vespas, hanging laundry from lines outside of their windows, and enjoying an afternoon caffé, it really felt like Italy. After a gorgeous salad with gorgonzola and a wonderful glass of their own red wine, I was smiling from ear to ear. I can't wait to go back.
I couldn’t stay out of the kitchen for too long. Last night I was back to chopping, straining, rolling, and reducing all to make a scrumptious meal of chicken saltimbocca. Stay tuned!
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| Hallie's Salad |
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| Tuscan bread with olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar of Modena |
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| Olive paté |
Being that until this point, the majority of my posts have been about food I have made myself, I thought I would change it up a little bit with a lovely restaurant I found on the other side of the bridge called Osteria Santo Spirito located in piazza Santo Spirito. To be honest, finding good, local restaurants that are not over-priced, touristy, and Americanized has been a bit of a challenge on my side of the bridge. However, the Santo-Spirito area is full of local, quaint, trattorie, osterie, and fiaschetterie, not to mention great shops, bars, and gardens. And so on Friday, after a long afternoon of thrift shopping, walking around, window shopping, and picture taking, my friends and I stumbled upon this osteria and were immediately satisfied. It was a late lunch so we didn’t eat a full meal, but we will definitely be going back to do so in the near future if not for the meal then surely for the bread and olive paté the came beforehand. It was simply divine. Without question the best bread I have eaten at a restaurant in Florence thus far and nothing beats good bread, good olive oil, salt, and pepper…oh and of course the olive paté. needless to say, the first impressions were good. The location was great for people watching as well. As we sat outside surrounded by locals walking their dogs, whizzing by on vespas, hanging laundry from lines outside of their windows, and enjoying an afternoon caffé, it really felt like Italy. After a gorgeous salad with gorgonzola and a wonderful glass of their own red wine, I was smiling from ear to ear. I can't wait to go back.
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