Pizzeria Altero is a pizzeria budget eat in Quadrilatero, Bologna.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Day trip · 10 hours
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Guided tour · 2 hours
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2 hours
Enjoy a fun pasta cooking class in a local home with a certified home cook. Learn local recipes and taste everything you make with some delicious wine.
Address: Via dell'Indipendenza 39, 40121 Bologna BO
Trattoria del Rosso in Bologna's University quarter is the canonical 1899-founded student trattoria, a no-reservations room serving the Bolognese pasta canon.
TryTagliatelle al ragu, cotoletta
TipWalk-in only; arrive by 12:00 for lunch or after 21:30 for dinner. Cash preferred but card now accepted.
Piadineria da Bardo in Bologna's University quarter is the Romagnola piadina counter with rosemary-and-lard flatbread, squacquerone filling.
TryPiadina Romagnola
TipWalk-in only; the piadine run 4 to 7 euros and the late-night counter runs to 22:00. Cash and card both fine.
Mercato di Mezzo in Bologna's Quadrilatero is the relaunched 19th-century food hall with 15 vendors of salumi taglieri, pasta plates and the daily fritti.
TrySalumi tagliere, fritti, pasta
TipWalk-in only; the food hall runs 09:00 to midnight daily. The first floor is the calmer seating; aperitivo on the ground floor.
Sfoglia Rina in Bologna's Centro Storico runs a small dine-in carte at the take-away counter with tagliatelle al ragu, tortelloni and the daily sfoglia pasta.
TryTagliatelle al ragu, tortelloni
TipWalk-in only for dine-in; arrive before 13:00 to claim a seat. The take-away pasta runs from 5 euros per 250g.
La Mortadellina in Bologna's Quadrilatero on Via Pescherie Vecchie is the dedicated mortadella sandwich counter with daily-sliced mortadella from Pasquini.
TryMortadella sandwich
TipWalk-in only; the mortadella sandwich runs 6 euros and the cunza tigella 7 euros. The lunch peak is 12:30-13:30.
Osteria dell'Orsa in Bologna's University quarter is the canonical 1979-founded student trattoria, a no-reservations canteen for tagliatelle al ragu at 8.
TryTagliatelle al ragu
TipWalk-in only; arrive before 12:00 for lunch or after 21:30 for dinner. Cash and card both fine.
