CuisineItalian
Price€€
NeighborhoodBolognina
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Why locals love it: Bolognina's quiet, neighbourhood-scaled trattoria; the tagliatelle al ragu is the city's most-cited by editors but tourists never wander north of the station.

Tip: Book three weeks ahead online; lunch is the easier seating and the kitchen runs the same carte at both meals.

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Location

Address: Via Luigi Serra 9/B, 40129 Bologna BO

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Osteria Broccaindosso ★ 4.2

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Osteria Broccaindosso is a italian room in Bologna. Book by phone two days ahead; the 25-euro set carte runs at lunch only and is the value play.

Why locals goMazzini's no-website neighbourhood osteria with the fixed-price set carte; locals fill the dining room and the tourist guides miss it.

TipBook by phone two days ahead; the 25-euro set carte runs at lunch only and is the value play.

Sfoglia Rina ★ 4.5

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Sfoglia Rina is sfoglina counter with hand-rolled pasta sold by weight; the dine-in carte takes walk-ins for the same pasta the restaurant kitchens cook.

Why locals goSfoglina counter with hand-rolled pasta sold by weight; the dine-in carte takes walk-ins for the same pasta the restaurant kitchens cook.

TipWalk-in for the dine-in until 14:00; take-away pasta runs from 5 euros per 250g and the queue thins after 11:30.

Osteria del Sole ★ 4.5

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Osteria del Sole: 1465-founded wine-only osteria where regulars bring food from the surrounding salumerie; the city's oldest tavern, never on a tourist guide.

Why locals go1465-founded wine-only osteria where regulars bring food from the surrounding salumerie; the city's oldest tavern, never on a tourist guide.

TipCash only. Bring food from Tamburini or Paolo Atti; the osteria sells only wine. Closed Sunday.

Trattoria Bertozzi ★ 4.2

€€ Italian

Trattoria Bertozzi is saragozza's family trattoria on via andrea costa, well outside the tourist orbit; the bolognese carte for the weekday lunch crowd.

Why locals goSaragozza's family trattoria on Via Andrea Costa, well outside the tourist orbit; the Bolognese carte for the weekday lunch crowd.

TipBook by phone two days ahead; the 40-seat room runs the same carte at both meals and the lunch is the easier seating.

Trattoria Meloncello ★ 4.3

€€ Italian

Trattoria Meloncello (Italian) in Bologna: Book a week ahead for Sunday lunch; the portico walk from Porta Saragozza is the traditional pre-lunch passeggiata.

Why locals goAt the foot of the 666-arch portico up to San Luca; the post-Sunday-walk lunch destination that requires a 25-minute portico stroll first.

TipBook a week ahead for Sunday lunch; the portico walk from Porta Saragozza is the traditional pre-lunch passeggiata.

Camera a Sud ★ 4.4

€€ Wine bar

Camera a Sud is andrea liguori's sicily-and-emilia natural-wine bar with a 30-seat room; locals queue but tourists rarely find via valdonica.

Why locals goAndrea Liguori's Sicily-and-Emilia natural-wine bar with a 30-seat room; locals queue but tourists rarely find Via Valdonica.

TipBook three days ahead for the seated dinner; bar standing-aperitivo runs 19:00-21:00 walk-in. Closed Monday.

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