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Florence's olive-oil flatbread: pressed flat (schiacciata means squashed), pocked with fingertips, drenched in extra-virgin olive oil and coarse salt, baked crackling. Sold by weight at every forno.
Schiacciata all'olio is Tuscany's answer to focaccia, baked daily in Florentine bakeries (forni) since at least the medieval era. The defining technique is the schiacciatura (the squash): bakers press the dough flat with the heel of the hand, leaving deep pocks that catch pools of olive oil. The result is thinner and crisper than Ligurian focaccia, with a pillowy interior and a salt-crackled crust. Forno Pugi (1948), Pasticceria Buonamici and Pasticceria Gualtieri keep the format alive; it's sold all'olio (salt and oil), all'uva (with grapes in autumn), or as schiacciata farcita (split and stuffed for sandwiches at All'Antico Vinaio).
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Forno Pugi in Florence has been the wood-fired neighbourhood forno since 1925, with three shops across the city baking schiacciata, pizza al taglio.
OrderSchiacciata alla fiorentina (chocolate cream during Carnevale), the daily pizza al taglio.
TipCounter only; cash and card. The Viale De Amicis original is the largest; smaller shops on Via San Gallo and Piazza San Marco.
Mercato Centrale in Florence's San Lorenzo is the city's main covered market in a 1874 cast-iron Giuseppe Mengoni building, with butcher and produce stalls.
OrderLampredotto panino from Da Nerbone, fresh pici from il Tartufo, salumi from Cocco.
TipGround floor closes 14:00 Mon-Sat (closed Sunday). The first-floor food hall is open daily until midnight.
All'Antico Vinaio in Florence's Via dei Neri has run the schiacciata-counter format since 1991, with the Mazzanti family stuffing the 30cm flatbread to order.
OrderLa Favolosa schiacciata (porchetta, pecorino, artichoke cream) for €8.
TipFour shops on Via dei Neri now (1r, 38r, 65r, 76r). The Via dei Neri 65r counter is the original.
Cantinetta da Verrazzano in Florence's Via dei Tavolini is the bakery-and-wine-bar of the Castello da Verrazzano estate, with a wood-fired oven baking.
OrderSchiacciata stuffed with prosciutto, the daily focaccia and a Verrazzano Chianti Classico.
TipClosed Sunday. Wine-by-the-glass list goes deep into Tuscan estates; ask for the Sassello.
Pasticceria Buonamici in Florence's Santa Maria Novella has run a family-owned pasticceria since 1971, with the daily cantucci, the schiacciata con l'uva.
OrderCantucci con mandorle, schiacciata con l'uva in autumn, the chocolate panforte.
TipClosed Monday; cash only on small purchases. Cantucci ship vacuum-packed.
Pasticceria Gualtieri in Florence's southern Oltrarno corner has run as a family pasticceria since 1937, with the bignoletti cream pastries.
OrderBignoletti panna (cream-filled choux), the schiacciata alla fiorentina in Carnevale, chocolate pralines.
TipClosed Monday. Standing-room counter; bignoletti sell out by 11:00 on weekends.
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