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TRIPE: FAST-FOOD FAVOURITE
When Florentines fancy a fast munch on the move, they flit by a
trippaio -
a cart on wheels or mobile
stand - for a tripe
panino
(sandwich). Think cow's stomach chopped up, boiled, sliced, seasoned and
bunged between bread.
One of those great bastions of good old-fashioned Florentine tradition,
trippai
still going strong in-
clude the cart on the southwest corner of Mercato Nuovo (
Click here
),
L'Antico Trippaio
gherita 4; 10am-7.30pm Mon-Fri, to 8pm Sat & Sun) . Pay up to €4.50 for a
panino
with tripe
doused in
salsa verde
(pea-green sauce of smashed parsley, garlic, capers and anchovies) or garnished
with salt, pepper and ground chilli. Alternatively, opt for a bowl (€5.50 to €7) of
lampredotto
(cow's
fourth stomach chopped and simmered for hours).
TOP OF CHAPTER
5
The Oltrarno
Tamerò
( 055 28 25 96;
www.tamero.it
; Piazza Santa Spirito 11r; meals €20; lunch & dinner Tue-Sun)
Ad-
mire pasta cooks at work in the open kitchen while you wait for a table alongside mem-
bers of the party-loving crowd that flocks here to fill up on imaginative, fresh pasta dishes
(€7.50 to €10), giant salads (€7.50) and copious cheese/salami platters (€9). Weekend DJs
spin sets from 10pm.
PASTA BAR
€
La Casalinga
TRATTORIA
€
(
www.trattorialacasalinga.it
;
055 21 86 24; Via de' Michelozzi 9r; meals €25; lunch & dinner Mon-
Sat)
Family run and locally loved, this busy, unpretentious place is one of Florence's
cheapest trattorias. Don't be surprised if Paolo, the patriarch figure who conducts the
mad-busy show from behind the bar, relegates you behind locals in the queue: it's a fact of
life, eventually rewarded with hearty Tuscan dishes cooked to exacting perfection.
Il Ristoro
TUSCAN
€
