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Where to Eat in Florence

Where to eat & drink near Piazzale in San Niccolò (Florence, Italy)

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San Niccolò is a sort of micro-neighborhood on the way to the trek to Piazzale Michelangelo, a popular square where you can get a stellar view of the city. Unfortunately, pop tourism has influenced Piazzale Michelangelo to be a sort of Disneyland attraction with bad food carts, painful cover music belting buskers and plastic souvenir vendors. But the view makes up for nearly all of it. But the area offers much more than just this concrete plaza, albeit scenic.

I would implore you to make the extra hike up to San Miniato al Monte and explore the monumental cemetery in the back. Or hang out with a picnic blanket in the rose garden or stroll through the Giardino dell’Iris. Just promise to do more than just Piazzale Michelangelo if you’re in the hood. (And while I have your attention for promises, let’s connect on Instagram for daily updates/tips and subscribe to my newsletter for intel/guides that doesn’t make it on the blog) Continue Reading →

A Curated Guide to Restaurants & Food in Florence, Italy

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Pici con le briciole

If you’re getting overwhelmed by all the listicles on my blog, bookmark and study this page dedicated to where to eat in Florence- including street food, coffee shops, gelato joints and links to other guides within the blog or for publications I have contributed to such as Eater, Vogue and The Guardian.

If you’d like a concise, regularly updated cheat sheet, subscribe to this guide.

Looking for curated small group food tours led by local experts to take you to the best food in Florence? While giving you a lay of the land to set you up for caloric success for the rest of your Italy vacation? Join one of my traveler’s choice food tours or cooking classes. 

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(please note this page was first published in 2017 and is regularly reviewed & updated, last review was in 2025. If there is something missing, please contact me)

These are my personal picks for the worthiest restaurants in Florence respected by locals, tastemakers and run by passionate chefs/cooks/staff dedicated to serving and showcasing consistently delicious, quality food in Florence. Continue Reading →

The decline of Florence’s once best restaurants

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In 2017, I wrote my first review of Trattoria Cammillo in Florence, Italy. I have included it on many dining guides I’ve compiled for sites like Eater and in the past for Vogue. I recommended it as a top 5 to pretty much anyone who asks me whether a food tour guest or a IG user. This is an updated review, with tips on how to better navigate the menu if you do go plus alternative suggestions.

Updated periodically, even if URL says 2023 as when originally posted

(NB 2026: see my latest reply in the comment section if you’d like to know if the following review still holds true)

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Essential Restaurants in Florence for Eater (UPDATED!)

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channeling spaghetti and steak girl here

In 2017, Eater approached me and ask if I wanted to give Florence a space in their Essential Restaurant list round-ups and every year or so after I am tasked with updating this guide. It was due for an update in 2020 but for obvious reasons that task had to go on the back burner.

Now that some parts of the world are privileged enough to resume leisure activities and dining in, it was time to dust off this doc.

If you’d like to cut to the chase, go ahead and hit up the guide on Eater. To understand more of the process, food for thought and some additional “off-menu” dining tips, continue reading. Continue Reading →

The Last Supper (Before Pandemic): Enoteca Pinchiorri

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Agnello (lamb) delle Dolomiti Lucane (Basilicata), polenta bianca d’Avenza croccante (crispy), date reduction and fagioli all’uccelletto (a quintessential cucina povera Tuscan pulse staple) To me, this was the most thoughtful dish of all

Ciao readers, I won’t bore you with another apology of why I haven’t updated the blog in ooooooo weeeee 6 months! Well, I gave a couple excuses in the last post, like giving more attention to my weekly newsletters (subscribe here!). But also, let’s be honest: we’re living during a soul crushing pandemic so I simply haven’t had the motivation.

Now I’m kinda back (? don’t hold me to this) and wanted to share a restaurant review I never shared: the last “normal” meal before the pandemic hit and ravaged the land, at 3 star Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, which felt like it brought my Florence restaurant quest to full circle. Continue Reading →

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