Opened in 1961 this small family-owned restaurant has to be on your “must-go” list if you ever visit Trieste.

It’s located on a pedestrian zone right in the heart of the city, and it’s best reachable via public transportation (finding a parking spot for your car is going to be more difficult than “Mission Impossible”). It’s open for both lunch and dinner, but be ready to have to wait for a table because the restaurant is always packed, mostly by locals. They have a few tables inside and more on their outside patio

Here you will have the opportunity to try out various dishes of the typical cuisine of Trieste. If some items on the menu may not be available, don’t get upset: it happens to restaurants offering food that is mostly homemade (including the desserts) and always fresh!

If you are a tourist, the first thing that you will need to try is the “panino with prosciutto cotto (ham)”, which is also typical of Trieste: they will cut the prosciutto from the by hand in front of you (actually, their “cutting station” is right by the entrance, so you may be able to see it also if you’re sitting outside).

Their menu is usually very various: you can eat pasta, vegetables, meat and fish. I particularly love their “pesci fritti” (fried fish), above all the sardoni (from the anchovies family and typical of Trieste and the Northern Adriatic Sea). However, I have tried several of their dishes by now and never had any complain; in fact, we pay them a visit every time we are in Trieste.

Prices are very reasonable and the service is very good.

I look forward to go back!