aMarcello Bologna — Local services in Bologna

We passed this place by chance. It is nestled amongst a couple of shops and a store selling fruits and veg right in front. The lane is clean despite the heavy thoroughfare. The lane has brightly coloured buildings which adds to the atmosphere.

We ordered the Mixed Fried. It has shrimps, anchovies, calamari, fish pieces, a croquette with lemon custard filling.

This mixed bag of goodies is definitely yummmz! We went for seconds and an extra helping of the croquettes.

If you come by Bologna and don’t want a heavy sit in lunch, this is the place. The is street food and food for the soul.

A Marcello also has other choices of...

Strangely enough, the bar gets a high score on Google. But we didn't like it. We took the fried sardines. Not too cheerfully we were told that we had to wait 6 minutes. Of course no problem. What we got then was a bag of fried sardines. At least, once, because they were just warmed up in the oven, the breading was soggy and soft, far from crunchy and the fish was lukewarm. We left it, it...

Great quick walk and eat food. The food is mostly fried and presented in a cone-like container with skewers so you can grab and go. We ordered the ham in a fried dough (forgot the name) and cod fish fritters with fries. Not healthy, but good. The only disappointment was $4 for what appeared to be 4 oz of wine in a disposable plastic...