Pranzo, half past one
Cena, nine o'clock
Family trattoria, three generations deep
The lunch that runs long
The paper is on the tables, the ragu has been on since seven, the house red comes in a tumbler. Arrive at half past one and stay for the afternoon.
Typed this morning
The menu changed today, like every day
It is typed, not printed, because it changes when the market changes. Six things at lunch, a few more at night, and the page on the table is the same page you see here.
Read the whole menu
Sunday lunch
Four courses, one table, no menu
On Sundays the kitchen decides. Antipasti for the table, the pasta is always the ragu, a secondo to share, dolce and coffee. You bring the family, we do the rest.
One sitting, half past twelve. The long table seats fourteen.
Sample menu and sample pricing, replaced with yours
Cena
At nine the room lowers its voice
Dinner runs Thursday to Saturday. The board grows a couple of braises, the coffee gets shorter, and the last table decides when we lock the door.
See the dinner menuThree generations
Assunta opened it. Franco cooks it. Lucia runs it.
Nine tables in 1968 behind the fruit market, the same marble bench since 1974, and a ragu recipe that has changed exactly once. We still argue about the once.
Seven or more
The long table is yours
Birthdays, christenings, the lunch after the funeral, the dinner before the wedding. One table, one menu for everyone, and if the party is big enough the room closes its doors for you entirely.
The long table
Seats 14
The front room
Seats 32
The whole room
Seats 48
Tables of seven or more hold their date with a small per-head deposit, taken by card when we confirm. It comes off the bill on the day.
Talk functionsThe week
When the door is open
This week
Closed for the August break. Back on Tuesday the 2nd, with porcini on the board.
No booking? The two tables by the window are kept for whoever walks in first. That is how Ettore liked it, and nobody argues with Ettore.
House rules
Read once, argue never
- 01
Plans change. Tell us by the morning of the day for small tables, three days out for the long table, and nobody pays for an empty chair.
- 02
Bring your own bottle if it matters to you. Corkage is $9, waived if you pour Franco a glass.
- 03
Gluten-free pasta is on the stove every day and the ragu never sees flour. Tell Lucia when you book, so the kitchen cooks instead of improvises.
- 04
Run late and we hold the table twenty minutes, then the window walk-ins get their moment. Call, and we hold it longer.
- 05
Children are welcome, crayons are provided, and the paper on the table is for drawing on. That is half the reason it is there.
Take a table this week
Half past one on a Wednesday or nine on a Saturday. Either way the paper is already on the table.