Ai Banchi Vecchi

A working class trattoria in Rome, Italy

Neighborhood shopkeeps and furniture restorers fill the ladderback chairs in this laid-back trattoria west of Campo de' Fiori. The prices are low but the portions are huge and the cooking a cut above standard hosteria fare. Among the hearty dishes you'll find rigatoni with gorgonzola, ravioli in a nut sauce, one of Rome's tastiest bucatini all'Amatriciana (thick spaghetti in a sauce of tomatoes, pancetta bacon, and onions), straccetti con rughetta (beef strips with torn arugula), and steak fillets in a curry sauce. For dinner, you can go light with pizza and a bargain fritto misto of potato croquettes, supplì (rice balls), and fried zucchini flowers.

Via dei Banchi Vecchi 129 (near Vicolo Sugarelli)
TK CK tel. 06-683-2310
Closed Sun and in Aug

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