Sometimes you just want a salad

Insalata Ricca 2, a good restaurant choice for vegetarians in Rome, Italy

 

Sometimes all that Italian food is just too overwhelming and you just want a salad. A decade or so ago, a Roman restaurant entrepreneur realized just that (and the growing demand for more vegetarian dining options) and started a mini-chain of Roman restaurants dedicated to insalatoni, or giant salads. This is one of the more convenient branches, right off Piazza Navona, offering lighter, low-fat fare and (in summer) outdoor tables with a view of the famous talking statue, Pasquino. (There's another branch near the Vatican)

Their oversized salads are outstanding, as are their health-conscious dishes like gnocchi verdi al gorgonzola (spinach gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce) and pasta integrale (whole wheat pasta in a tomato and basil sauce). Though the bulk of the choices are, indeed, vegetartian by nature, this is not an entirely meat-free restaurant, and there's a little something for everyone. They also do decent pizzas and were among the first restaurants in Rome to go non-smoking (now are Roman restaurants all, but I think these folks deserve a hand for doing so before it was popular and, uh, required by law).

Piazza Pasquino 72 (just southwest of Piazza Navona)
tel. 06-6830-7881
www.linsalataricca.it
Open daily

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