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trattoria offers icons of Roman cooking in a rustic, eternal-Roman-trattoria atmosphere.
It's renowned for its
cacio e pepe
and
carbonara
.
TRIMANI€€
( 06 446 96 30; Via Cernaia 37b; meals €45; 11.30am-3pm & 5.30-11pm Mon-Sat; or Termini)
Part
of the Trimani family's wine empire (their shop just around the corner stocks about 4000
international labels), this is an unpretentious yet highly professional
enoteca
, with know-
ledgeable, multilingual staff. It's Rome's biggest wine bar and has a vast selection of Itali-
an regional wines as well as an ever-changing food menu - tuck into local salami and
cheese or fresh oysters.
WINE BAR
AGATA E ROMEO€€€
( 06 446 61 15; Via Carlo Alberto 45; meals €120; Mon-Fri; Vittorio Emanuele)
This elegant, re-
strained place was one of Rome's gastronomic pioneers and still holds its own as one of
the city's most gourmet takes on Roman cuisine. Chef Agata Parisella prepares the menus
and runs the kitchen, offering creative uses of Roman traditions; husband Romeo curates
the wine cellar; and daughter Maria Antonietta chooses the cheeses. Bookings essential.
MODERN ITALIAN
Piazza della Repubblica & Around
DOOZO€€
JAPANESE
( 06 481 56 55; Via Palermo 51; lunch €15-20, dinner €35-45; 12.30-3pm & 7.30-11pm Tue-Sat, 7.30-10.30pm
Sun, tea 4-7pm Tue-Sat; Via Nazionale)
Doozo (meaning 'welcome') is a spacious, Zen
restaurant-bookshop and gallery that offers tofu, sushi,
soba
(buckwheat noodle) soup and
other Japanese delicacies , plus beer and green tea in wonderfully serene surroundings. It's
a little oasis, particularly the shady courtyard garden.
OPEN COLONNA€€€
MODERN ITALIAN
( 06 4782 2641;
www.antonellocolonna.it
; Via Milano 9a; meals €20-80; noon-midnight Tue-Sat, lunch Sun;
; Via Nazionale)
Spectacularly set at the back of Palazzo delle Esposizioni, superchef
Antonello Colonna's superb restaurant is tucked onto a mezzanine floor under an ex-
traordinary glass roof. The cuisine is new Roman: innovative takes on traditional dishes,
