15 local classics of Rome: what each one is, which neighbourhood to eat it in and how to order it. 10 are marked pork-free.
Popular spots to try Rome’s classic pastas
The icon of Roman-Jewish cooking: a whole artichoke is fried twice in plenty of olive oil, so the leaves come out crisp as chips while the heart stays soft. The Roman artichoke (carciofo romanesco) arrives in February, peaks in March and April and is gone toward May; in season every eatery in the ghetto makes it. The same menus also carry carciofo alla romana, braised with olive oil and mint.
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Rome’s milk-fed lamb, abbacchio, is marinated with olive oil and herbs and grilled over coals. The name means ‘finger-scorcher’, because it is eaten piping hot, held by hand and stripped straight off the bone. A fixture of trattoria menus; the oven-roasted version with potatoes, abbacchio al forno, is common too.
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Addresses for maritozzo, the Roman bun split open and filled with plenty of cream
Coda alla Vaccinara · Trapizzino · Boiled Beef Sandwich · Filetti di Baccalà · Tiramisu · Gelato · Crostata di Ricotta e Visciole · Tandoori and Curry · Espresso
Pasta, Carciofi alla Giudia and Suppli are among the dishes Rome is known for. YeGez covers all 15 of them — what each one is, which neighbourhood to eat it in and the phrase to order it.
We marked 10 of Rome’s 15 dishes as pork-free: Carciofi alla Giudia, Abbacchio allo Scottadito, Maritozzo, Coda alla Vaccinara, Boiled Beef Sandwich and Filetti di Baccalà. We leave a dish unmarked when we are not sure, so no wrong "pork-free" claim can appear.
Campo de’ Fiori / Regola, Trastevere, Vaticano / Borgo and Centro Storico (Pantheon) are the neighbourhoods where the food is concentrated. YeGez lists the hand-picked places for each dish with their neighbourhood and current Google rating — 28 addresses in total.
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15 dishes, 28 places and the ordering phrases in your pocket. Your first route is on us.
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