I Due Fratellini is a street-food stop in Centro Storico, Florence.
I Due Fratellini in Florence's Via dei Cimatori has run the mini-panino counter since 1875, a hole-in-the-wall format with 28 panini varieties for €4.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Wild boar salami panino, the soppressata-and-pecorino, a glass of house Chianti.
Tip: Cash only; standing room on the kerb. Closed Sunday. The shelves outside hold your wine glass.
Address: Via dei Cimatori 38r, 50122 Firenze, Florence
Trippaio del Porcellino in Florence is the lampredotto cart at the Mercato Nuovo loggia, next to the Porcellino bronze boar, with the lampredotto and trippa.
Try: Lampredotto cart
Order: Panino al lampredotto with salsa verde, trippa-and-fagioli plate for €7.
Tip: Cash only; the cart moves around the loggia. Standing only; lunch is the busiest hour.
Cantinetta da Verrazzano in Florence's Via dei Tavolini runs a stand-up schiacciata counter alongside the wine bar, with wood-fired bread stuffed-to-order.
Try: Wood-fired schiacciata sandwich
Order: Schiacciata calda con prosciutto e stracchino, focaccia, a glass of Verrazzano Chianti.
Tip: Closed Sunday.
Da Nerbone in Florence's Mercato Centrale ground floor has poured the lampredotto panino since 1872, the bread dipped in the cooking broth and stuffed.
Try: Lampredotto panino
Order: Panino al lampredotto bagnato (dipped) with salsa verde and salsa piccante.
Tip: Cash only; closed Sunday. Queue from 11:30 for lunch; standing-only counter inside the market.
Trippaio del Porcellino in Florence is the lampredotto cart at the Mercato Nuovo loggia, next to the Porcellino bronze boar, with the lampredotto and trippa.
Try: Lampredotto cart
Order: Panino al lampredotto with salsa verde, trippa-and-fagioli plate for €7.
Tip: Cash only; the cart moves around the loggia. Standing only; lunch is the busiest hour.
Trattoria da Rocco in Florence's Mercato Sant'Ambrogio loggia runs the market-canteen format under the iron roof, with a chalkboard daily carte at €12.
Try: Market-canteen pasta
Order: The daily pasta, ribollita in winter, a quartino of house red.
Tip: Lunch only, Mon-Sat 12:00-15:00. Cash only. Come at 12:30 to beat the stall-keepers.
Cantinetta da Verrazzano in Florence's Via dei Tavolini runs a stand-up schiacciata counter alongside the wine bar, with wood-fired bread stuffed-to-order.
Try: Wood-fired schiacciata sandwich
Order: Schiacciata calda con prosciutto e stracchino, focaccia, a glass of Verrazzano Chianti.
Tip: Closed Sunday.
Mercato Centrale Florence's first-floor food hall houses 18 artisan-producer counters under one roof, from lampredotto and bistecca to fresh pasta and pizza.
Try: Food-hall multiple counters
Order: Lampredotto from Lorenzo Nigro's counter, fresh pasta from il Tartufo, an espresso from Ditta Artigianale.
Tip: Open daily until midnight; ground-floor market closes 14:00. The food hall is the late-night option.
All'Antico Vinaio's second Florence shop, also on Via dei Neri, runs the same schiacciata-counter programme as the original since the 2010 expansion.
Try: Schiacciata sandwich
Order: La Favolosa, Toscano DOP schiacciata, mortadella-and-stracciatella set.
Tip: Queue runs the block from 12:00; the Via dei Neri 65r original is across the street.
