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Sostanza is popularly called "Il Troia" (The Trough) because people have been lining up at the long communal tables since 1869 to enjoy huge amounts of some of the best traditional food in the city. The primi are very simple: pasta in sauce, tortellini in brodo (meat-stuffed pasta in chicken broth), and zuppa alla paesana (peasant soup ribollita). The secondi don't steer far from Florentine traditions either, with trippa alla fiorentina or their mighty specialty petti di pollo al burro (thick chicken breasts fried in butter). It's an extremely unassuming place, so laid-back you may not realize you're meant to be ordering when the waiter wanders over to chat. They also frown on anybody trying to cheat his or her own taste buds out of a full Tuscan meal.
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User Reviews for Trattoria Sostanza
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Must have the butter chicken!
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My mom and I ate here last week and the butter chicken was out of this world! The restaurant is tiny with only 2 seatings - 730 and 9, and you must have a reservation but it's...
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- posted on 05.22.12
- by jrptravels
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Great hole in the wall
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We loved everything about this place. The butter chicken, artichoke souffle and steak was great. Beware, they won't ask how you want the steak cooked - very rare is the only way...
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- posted on 05.20.12
- by timm344
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Traditional
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Excellent veal chop, filet steak, tripe, pasta, peas and wild strawberries. No credit cards and bookings only taken at 19:30 and 21:00. Also there home made finnochiona is a must....
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- posted on 04.28.12
- by GGPtrs
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Contact:
- tel: 055-212-691
Address:
- Via Porcellana 25r
- Near the Borgo Ognissanti end
- Florence 50123
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Hours:
- Mon-Fri noon-2:15pm and 7:30-9:45pm
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