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TOP SANDWICH SHOPS
Count on paying between €5 and €8 for a lavishly filled
panino
(sandwich).
Sat) Our favourite for its simplicity, around since 1973. Sunrise to sunset this brick-vaulted, 13th-cen-
tury cellar gently buzzes with Florentines propped at the counter sipping coffee or wine or eating
salads and
panini.
Come here for a coffee-and-pastry breakfast, light lunch,
aperitivo
or a
panino
to
eat on the move. Look for the green neon 'pizzicheria' up high on the outside facade and the discrete
'alimentari' sign above the entrance.
Sat, noon-5pm Sun) It's dead simple to spot what many Florentines rate as the city's best
enopani-
noteca
(wine and sandwich stop) with no seating but bags of square space and church steps outside -
look for the queue out the door.
Mon-Sat, noon-5pm Sun) Artisan ingredients sourced locally and mixed creatively by passionate
gourmet Alessandro Frassica is the secret behind this gourmet sandwich bar near the Uffizi. Create
your own combo or pick from dozens of house specials. End with chocolate
degustazione
(tasting) -
the chocolate peppered with olive oil and lemon zest is sensational.
9am-8pm Mon-Sat, closed Fri & Sat 2nd half of Jun & all Aug) This hole-in-the-wall has been in
business since 1875. Wash
panini
down with a beaker of wine and leave the empty on the wooden
shelf outside.
Queue at the back of the shop for hot subs, at the front for cold, at this busy student favourite. Choose
your own or let chef Alberto Scorzon take the lead with his 10-filling wonder.
