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( 035 21 82 38;
www.ilsolebergamo.com
;
Via Bartolomeo Colleoni 1; s/d €70/90)
The picture win-
dows and colourful bedspreads at Il Sole lend a countryfied air to its otherwise fairly
straightforward but immaculately maintained rooms.
Eating
The Bergamaschi like their polenta and even named a classic sweet after it:
polenta e osei
are pudding-shaped cakes filled with jam and cream, topped with icing and chocolate
birds. Bergamo's other famous dish is
casonsèi,
aka
casoncelli
(a kind of ravioli stuffed
with spicy sausage meat).
Il Fornaio
PIZZA, BAKERY
€
)
Ber-
(Via Bartolomeo Colleoni 1; pizza slices €1.10-2;
8am-8pm Mon-Sat, 7.30am-8pm Sun;
gamo's best coffee is the attraction here, plus hot-to-trot pastries and pizza.
Polentone
ITALIAN
€
( 348 804 60 21; Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe 1, Città Alta; meals €10-15; 11.30am-3.30pm &
6-9.30pm Mon-Thu, to 1am Fri, 11.30am-1am Sat, 11.30am-9pm Sun)
Styling itself as Italy's first
polenta takeaway, Polentone serves up steaming bowls of polenta with sauces such as
wild boar, venison and other unusual tastes. Choose between
gialla
(simple, corn polenta)
or
taragna
(with cheese and butter). It's under the arches opposite the Upper Town Fu-
nicular Stop.
Ristorante a Modo
( 035 21 02 95;
www.ristoranteamodo.com
;
Viale Vittorio Emanuele II 19; meals €35; noon-3pm &
8pm-midnight Mon-Sat)
Inventive takes on modern Italian cooking make this our pick of the
restaurants in the Lower Town. Try their ravioli stuffed with pumpkin or walnuts, or
seabass carpaccio with crustaceans of the day. The weekday lunch menu is excellent value
at €13/17/22 for one/two/three courses.
MODERN ITALIAN
€€
La Cantina di Via Colleoni
BERGAMESE
€€
( 035 21 58 64;
www.lacantinadiviacolleoni.it
;
Via Bartolomeo Colleoni 5; meals €25-30;
10am-3pm & 6pm-midnight)
Still going strong after 10 years, this laid-back and casual eatery
