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hams, and much, much more. Behind the deli, the chic restaurant serves a menu of soph-
isticated Italian food and some truly outstanding French and Italian wines.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
KOSHER ROME
If you want to eat kosher in Rome head to Via del Portico d'Ottavia, the main strip on the Jewish Ghetto. Lined
with trattorias and restaurants specialising in kosher food and Roman-Jewish cuisine, it's a lively hangout, espe-
cially on hot summer nights when diners crowd the many sidewalk tables. For a taste of typical Ghetto cooking,
www.giggettoalportico.it
;
Via del Portico d'Ottavia 21a; meals €40; Tue-Sun; Via Arenula) , or, at No
€30-35; noon-4pm & 6-11pm, closed Fri dinner & Sat lunch; Via Arenula) , a small tunnel of a trattoria
serving traditional kosher food and local staples such as
carciofi alla guidia
(crisp fried artichokes). Further down
the road, the unmarked
Gelateria
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( Via del Portico d'Ottavia 1b; tubs €2-5, cones from
€3;
9am-10pm Sun-Fri, to midnight summer;
Via Arenula) at has a small but tasty selection of kosher ice
cream, including some ripe fruit flavours.
Jewish Ghetto
ANTICO FORNO URBANI$
BAKERY
( Piazza Costaguti 31; pizza slices from €2; 7.40am-2.30pm & 5-8.45pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1.30pm Sat & Sun; Via
Arenula)
Come mid-morning and you'll find this popular Ghetto bakery packed with locals
queueing for their mid-morning snack. And once you get a whiff of the yeasty smells
wafting off the freshly baked pizzas, breads, biscuits and focaccias, you'll probably want
to follow suit. Grab a ticket and wait your turn.
LA DOLCEROMA$
BAKERY
(
www.ladolceroma.com
; Via del Portico d'Ottavia 20; pastries from €1; 8am-8pm Tue-Sat, 10am-6.30pm Sun;
Via Arenula)
Bringing the sweet taste of Vienna (and the US) to the Jewish Ghetto, this well-
known bakery specialises in delicious strudel and Sachertorte, as well as rye breads,
pastries, cookies, cheesecake and chocolate-fudge brownies . Everything's made on the
premises.
BOCCIONE$
BAKERY
