Description:
Just off the busiest tourist thoroughfare lies one of the last of a dying breed: a fiaschitteria (derived from the word for a flask of wine). It's the proverbial hole in the wall, a doorway about 1.5m (5 ft.) deep with rows of wine bottles against the back wall and Armando and Michele Perrino busy behind the counter, fixing sandwiches and pouring glasses of vino. You stand, munching and sipping, on the cobblestones of the narrow street surrounded by Florentines on their lunch break and a few bemused tourists. The cinghiale piccante con caprino (spicy raw wild boar sausage with creamy goat cheese) is excellent. Otherwise, choose your poison from among 30 stuffing combinations -- the menu posted on the doorjamb has English translations -- and accompany it with either a basic rosso (red) wine or point to any bottle to try un bicchiere (a glass).
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User Reviews for I Fratellini
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Great sandwich, cheap wine, shame about the pidgeons!
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Really great sandwhich quickly made, you order then eat in the street. The truffle pecorino taste stuck with me for hours. Wine was very tasty. Only annoyance was the pidgeons while...
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- posted on 05.21.12
- by lukepage
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Great for a quick snack and cheap taste of wine
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This little hole-in-the-wall (literally since the 2 people standing behind the counter had no place to sit or really to turn around) serves up a great sandwqich and cheap glass of wine....
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- posted on 05.16.12
- by tslthree
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The best panino in town
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The Fratellini continue to provide the best panino in town. Fresh tasty and cheap!! Be sure to get there before 1pm to avoid lines. You can even pass by for an aperitif snack around...
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- posted on 05.12.12
- by Personalizeitaly
Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2009
- Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- tel: 055-239-6096
Address:
- Via dei Cimatori 38r
- 2 blocks from Piazza della Signoria, off Via Calzaiuoli
- Florence, Florence 50122
Hours:
- Daily 8am-8:30pm
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