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The Perfect Lunch
The best quick lunch in Florence is I Fratellini, a hole in the wall serving panini and wine by the glass to sidewalk patrons
Just off the busiest tourist thoroughfare in the city, halfway between the Duomo and the Uffizi, lies one of the last of a dying breed: a true fiaschitteria (derived from fiasco, Italian for a flask—i.e. of wine). I love it for offering a fantastic but ultra-quick lunch in the perfect location for a busy tourist.
It is the proverbial hole-in-the-wall, a doorway about six feet deep with rows of wine bottles against the back wall behind the counter and two extraordinarily busy people fixing sandwiches and pouring glasses of wine up to the brim—either a basic rosso (red wine), or just point to any bottle to try un bicchiere (a glass).
The patrons—Florentines on their lunch break and a few bemused tourists—stand around on the cobblestones of the narrow street out front, munching and sipping and resting their galsses on a Roman numeraled slot on the wooden shelves flanking the doorway.
There are about 30 stuffing combinations.
My favorite panino: cinghiale piccante con caprino (spicy wild boar salami spread with creamy goat cheese in a split, crunchy roll).
Via dei Cimatori, 38r (two blocks north of Piazza della Signoria, just off Via Calzaiuoli across from the Orsanmichele)
tel. +39-055-239-6096
Clsoed Sundays
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