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Eating
5
Il Santo Bevitore
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MODERN TUSCAN
Reserve or arrive dot-on 7.30pm to snag the last dinner table at this raved-about address,
an ode to style where gastronomes dine in a vaulted, whitewashed, bottle-lined interior.
The menu is a creative reinvention of seasonal classics, different for lunch and dinner.
(
055 21 12 64;
www.ilsantobevitore.com
; Via di Santo Spirito 64-66r; meals €35;
lunch & dinner Sep-Jul)
6
iO Osteria Personale
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MODERN TUSCAN
Persuade everyone at your table to order the tasting menu to avoid the torture of picking
just one dish - everything at this creative place is to die for. Chef Nicolò Baretti uses only
seasonal products, natural ingredients and traditional flavours - to sensational effect.
(
055 933 13 41;
www.io-osteriapersonale.it
; Borgo San Frediano 167r; meals €45;
dinner from 8pm Mon-Sat)
7
Tamerò
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A happening address on Florence's hippest square: admire pasta cooks at work in the open
kitchen while you wait for a table - you'll probably have to. A party-loving crowd flocks
here for imaginative, fresh pasta dishes (€7.50 to €10), giant salads (€7.50) and copious
cheese/salami platters (€9). Weekend DJs spin sets from 10pm.
(
PASTA BAR
055 28 25 96;
www.tamero.it
;
Piazza Santa Spirito 11r; meals €20;
lunch & dinner Tue-Sun)
8
La Casalinga
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TRATTORIA
Locally loved, this busy, unpretentious place is one of Florence's cheapest trattorias. Don't
be surprised if Paolo, the patriarch figure who conducts the show from behind the bar, re-
legates you behind locals in the queue: it's a fact of life. Eventually, you'll be rewarded
