C.or is it a tavern? A place to feel at home. “A sincere welcome is one of the pillars on which the guide was built Taverns of Italy 2023“, explained the founder of Slow Food Carlo Petrini. Presented at the Piccolo Teatro Strehler in Milan, the guide photographs that piece of catering that keeps roots well planted in the territory to which it belongs. The one in which the development of the food and wine story reflects the culture of the place. Where hosts and hostesses welcome their guests with warmth, the cuisine respects environmental and human sustainability and the price is right.
Osterie d’Italia 2023 is the Slow Food guide to restaurants (Slow Food Photo)
Taverns of Italy 2023snails and other symbols
Where there are stars in haute cuisine, in the Slow Food Osterie d’Italia guide there are snails. The symbol chosen by the association since its inception as a symbol of slowness. There are 1730 places, including farmhouses, wine bars with cuisine and restaurants to find a place in the 2023 edition. Of these well 270 were awarded with the snail for the excellent proposal, the environment, the cuisine and the hospitality in harmony with Slow Food. Over the years, the symbol of the snail has been added bottle (today there are 450) which indicates the care in the selection of wines.
New recognition of which 126 clubs have boasted is the Bere Bene which focuses on craft beers, juices, infusions, cocktails and spirits. And 2 other symbols appeared: the first to signal the offer of bread and the second for the selection of extra virgin olive oil. The regional inserts that enhance the uniqueness of the territory close. An example? Pizzerias in Campania, stoves in Puglia, piadinerie in Emilia Romagna, tripe shops in Tuscany, farinotti in Liguria and street eaters in Sicily.
The new entries
There are 139 new entries in the Guide, testimony of a great ferment. “Many places have been recently opened by young people who, among the many models offered by contemporary restaurants, have chosen that of the tavern», Observed the curators Francesca Mastrovito and Eugenio Signoroni.
Francesca Mastrovito and Eugenio Signoroni are the curators of the Slow Food guide “Osterie d’Italia” (Photo Slow Food)
Leading the ranking of the new snails are Tuscany and Sicily with 6 novelties per region; Piedmont and Lazio follow with 5; Lombardy, Veneto and Abruzzo with 3; Friuli Venezia Giulia, Puglia, Campania and Calabria with 2; Trentino Alto Adige, Emilia Romagna and Basilicata with 1. Valle d’Aosta remained dry, «where however there is a renewed ferment», Liguria, Umbria, Marche, Molise and Sardinia.
The special prizes
Nine special prizes awarded. The first is the novelty carried away by Colet houserestaurant of the homonymous farm of Monastero di Vasco in the province of Cuneo. Here the menu, along with other ingredients, includes self-produced vegetables, legumes and fruit.
The best hosts are Roberto Casamenti and Alessandra Bazzocchi that a The Campanara of Pianetto di Galeata in Romagnawelcome customers as dear friends in the tavern created in what was once the rectory of the town.
The award ceremony of Roberto Casamenti and Alessandra Bazzocchi of La Campanara, best 2023 hosts for the 2023 Osterie d’Italia guide (Photo Slow Food)
The best wine list is from Devetak of Savogna d’Isonzo in the Gorizia area, place with a cellar dug into the karst stone that houses 14,000 bottles chosen and cared for by Avgustin who skilfully combines them with the dishes of his wife Gabriella.
For the best regional cuisine we arrive in Olevano Romano, in Lazio, with the Sora Maria and Arcangelo restaurant that with the cuisine that evolves in tradition is present in more than one sector guide.
The best pantry is that ofValpolicella wine shop with hostesses Ada Riolfi and Carlotta Marchesini who know how to choose the best of the territory and go a little further when appropriate.
Three award-winning taverns for Bere Bene: Against the wind in Porto Sant’Elpidio in Marche, Ada in San Sperate in Sulcis in Sardinia and Tuscany Roberto Taverna in Montisi in Montalcino, where, alongside Brunello and Rosso di Montalcino Doc, other drinks are also told with passion.
She is a young cook who fumbles in the kitchen of At the Resù di Lozio, province of Brescia, Greta Gemmi who won the award as best young man named after Vittorio Fusari, kind cook passed away in 2020.
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