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Touch
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( 055 246 61 50; www.touchflorence.com ; Via Fiesolana 18r; meals €40) Hidden behind an elegant
facade with frosted glass and oyster-grey paintwork is this intimate dining space. Chefs
use traditional Tuscan ingredients to create thoroughly contemporary dishes, but what
really turns heads is the iPad on each table. Flip through the menu, look at images of each
dish and enjoy short videos showing how each is prepared before ordering - on the iPad.
MODERN TUSCAN €€
Ristorante Cibrèo
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( 055 234 11 00; www.edizioniteatrodelsalecibreofirenze.it ; Via Andrea del Verrocchio 8r; meals €75;
lunch & dinner Tue-Sat, closed Aug) The flagship of the Fabio Picchi empire, this elegant
restaurant is an essential stop for anyone interested in modern Tuscan cuisine. Knock-out
choices on our most recent visit were a primo of spicy fish soup and a secondo of roast pi-
geon with mustard fruits. The wine list is equally impressive.
Osteria del Caffè Italiano
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055 28 93 68; www.osteriacaffeitaliano.com ; Via dell'Isola delle Stinche 11-13r; meals €45;
lunch
& dinner Tue-Sun) The menu at this Florence dining veteran is packed with classics like
mozzarella di bufala with Parma ham, ravioli stuffed with ricotta and cavolo nero (black
cabbage), and the city's famous bistecca alla fiorentina (per kilo €60). End with the devil-
ish profiteroles, hot chocolate sauce ladled at the table from an old-fashioned copper pot.
Find it on the ground floor of 14th- century Palazzo Salviati.
Enoteca Pinchiorri
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GASTRONOMIC €€€
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( 055 24 27 77; www.enotecapinchiorri.com ; Via Ghibellina 87r; 4-/8-course tasting menu €200/250;
lunch & dinner Tue-Sat, closed Aug) Chef Annie Féolde applies French techniques to her ver-
sions of refined Tuscan cuisine and does it so well that this is the only restaurant in
Tuscany to brandish three shiny Michelin stars. The setting is a 16th-century palace hotel
and the wine list is mind-boggling in its extent and excellence. A once-in-a-lifetime ex-
perience.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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