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Piazza di Spagna & Around
PASTICCIO€
(Via della Croce; pasta €4; 1-3pm Mon-Sat; Spagna)
A great find in this pricey 'hood, Pasticcio
is a pasta shop that serves up two choices of pasta at lunch time. It's fast food, Italian style
- fresh pasta with tasty sauces, with wine and water included. There's not much room so
you'll have to nab a chair while you can and eat up quickly. This is better than taking
away, however, as if you do, you'll miss out on your drink and your pasta will get cold.
FAST FOOD
GINA€
( 06 678 02 51; Via San Sebastianello 7a; snacks €10-15; 11am-8pm; Spagna)
Around the corner
from the Spanish Steps, this is an ideal place to drop once you've shopped. Comfy white
seats are strewn with powder-blue cushions, and it gets packed by a Prada-clad crowd,
gossiping and flirting over sophisticated salads and perfect
panini
. You can also order a
€40/60 regular/deluxe picnic-for-two to take up to Villa Borghese.
CAFE
POMPI€
(Via della Croce 82)
Rome's most famous vendor of tiramisu has opened a central Rome shop,
so you no longer have to trek to its Re di Roma branch to sample the deliciously yolky yet
light-as-air dessert. As well as classic, it comes in pistachio and strawberry flavours.
You can eat it on the spot or buy frozen portions that will keep for a few hours until
you're ready to tuck into it. They also sell ice cream.
DESSERTS
PALATIUM€€
( 06 692 02 132; Via Frattina 94; meals €45; 11am-11pm Mon-Sat, closed Aug; Via del Corso)
A rich
showcase of regional bounty, run by the Lazio Regional Food Authority, this sleek,
ground-breaking wine bar serves excellent local specialities, such as
porchetta
(pork roas-
ted with herbs), artisan cheese and delicious salami, as well as an impressive array of
Lazio wines (try lesser-known drops such as Aleatico).
Aperitivo
is a good bet, too. One-
course meals are priced at a tempting €14.
WINE BAR
ANTICA ENOTECA€€
WINE BAR
