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( 055 204 00 85;
www.trattoriabibe.com
; Via della Bagnese 11r, Galuzzo; meals €35; lunch & dinner
Sat & Sun, dinner Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri Dec-Jan & Mar-Oct)
Pigeon, frogs legs, hare and
guineafowl are among the roasts (count at least 40 minutes) at this old-fashioned inn - so
legendary that Italian poet Eugenio Montale wrote a poem about Grandfather 'Bibe' in
1927. Dine elegantly inside or amid flowers out. Find it 3km south of Florence; bus 46.
Drinking & Nightlife
Florence's drinking scene is split between
enoteche
(increasingly hip wine bars that in-
variably make great eating addresses too), trendy bars with lavish
aperitivo
buffets and
straightforward cafes that quite often double as lovely lunch venues.
APERICENA
Apericena,
a brilliant cent-saving trick and trend among students and 20-somethings in Florence,
translates as an
aperitivo
buffet so copious it doubles as
cena
(dinner). Firm Florentine favourites
known for their exceptionally generous buffets include Kitsch (
Click here
), Slowly (
Click here
) and
Obikà (
Click here
).
Wine Bars
Nothing whets one's appetite for the Florentine way of living better than hanging out in an
enoteca
, glass of Chianti in hand. Eating is a given at most of these addresses - real
drinking-dining hybrids.
Il Santino
(Via Santo Spirito 34; glass of wine & crostini €6.50-8; 10am-10pm)
Just a few doors down from
one of Florence's best gourmet addresses, Il Santo Bevitore, is this pocket-sized wine bar,
run by the same gastronomic folk and packed out every evening. Inside, squat modern
stools contrast with old brick walls but the real action is outside, from around 9pm, when
the buoyant wine-loving crowd spills onto the street.
WINE BAR
Le Volpi e l'Uva
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