Description:
Founded by the owners of Nerbone in the Mercato Centrale, this simple room right on the piazza may not look it, but it's one of the city's premier restaurants in town for ultratraditional Florentine food. It fills up very early with food-loving Florentines, who choose from an always-changing menu that may include penne alla Bettola in spicy cream tomato sauce, rigatoni dressed with crushed olives, or riso sulle testicciole d'agnello (a "local's" rice dish cooked in a halved sheep's head). Secondi range from anatra ripiena tartufata (stuffed duck in truffle sauce) to the superlative carpaccio con rucola -- pounded disks of beef piled high with arugula and tissue-thin slices of pecorino cheese. As far as wine goes, you simply pay for however much you finish of the light and tangy house wine on the table.
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User Reviews for Alla Vecchia Bettola
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Brilliant find
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Great food & wine @ very reasonable prices, knew all about gluten free food as the wife is a coeliac, only stumbled across this place by accident, glad we did
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- posted on 10.18.12
- by dgosul
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Great find
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Watched the locals enjoying their midday meal and saw all the tables were full. A waiter, with a smile and menu, quickly found me a space at a large table. I ordered the lamb and it...
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- posted on 10.16.12
- by Daisymx
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food is not worth going for the horrible service
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Went to this restaurant last week heard great things. the food was very good but the service is not worth your time. They forced us to leave before our wine was finished because people...
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- posted on 10.15.12
- by DVPinNYC
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Contact:
- tel: 055-224-158
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Address:
- Viale Vasco Pratolini 3/7
- On Piazza Tasso
- Florence 50124
Hours:
- Tues-Sat noon-2:30pm and 7:30-10:30pm
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