Osteria Le Colonne is an osteria restaurant in Centro Storico, Genoa.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Piazza Invrea 3r, 16123 Genova, Genoa
Sà Pesta on Via dei Giustiniani in Genoa is a shop and trattoria dating to 1889, with a wood oven for farinata, savoury pies and stuffed anchovies.
OrderFarinata from the wood oven, or the mixed house plate that sits beside it on the menu.
TipThe site lists lunch Monday to Saturday and dinner Thursday to Saturday only; the same dishes are sold at the shop counter.
Sà Pesta on Via dei Giustiniani in Genoa is a shop and trattoria dating to 1889, with a wood oven for farinata, savoury pies and stuffed anchovies.
OrderFarinata from the wood oven, or the mixed house plate that sits beside it on the menu.
TipThe site lists lunch Monday to Saturday and dinner Thursday to Saturday only; the same dishes are sold at the shop counter.
L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele on Via XII Ottobre in Genoa seats about 100 inside and serves Naples-style margherita, marinara and cosacca until midnight.
OrderThe margherita, marinara or cosacca, the three classics the Genoa branch takes from Naples.
TipAntipasti include frittatina, crocchè and montanara; the room holds about 100 seats plus 30 in the arcade outside.
Il Genovese on Via Galata in Genoa began in 1912 as a farinotto called Raggio; its fried dishes, pansoti and stoccafisso keep the old sciamadda repertoire.
OrderThe mixed fritti in olive oil, or the pansoti with walnut sauce from the primi list.
TipThe site lists the fried items as frisceü, panissette, latte brusco, gattafin and fried tripe, sold alone or as a mixed plate.
Trattoria La Ruota in the Nervi district of Genoa serves fish and Ligurian dishes in a room the Cossu family made from an old sailors' osteria in 1968.
OrderTrofie al pesto, fried anchovies or octopus with potatoes, the dishes Gambero Rosso lists for the house.
TipThe site lists lunch from 12:15; the trattoria is closed on Monday and on Sunday evening, and bookings go through a Plateform page.
Pizzeria PizzaMaria on Via Cecchi in Foce, Genoa, makes pizza from a 48-hour dough with Italian ingredients and opens every evening from 19:00.
OrderThe margherita or the Palermo pizza with pistachio pesto and capers, then the focaccia al formaggio.
TipThe site advises booking ahead for Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, by phone or through the web form on its page.
Marco Papa Pizzeria on Via D'Annunzio in central Genoa bakes Neapolitan-style and gourmet pizzas, with marinara at €7 and margherita at €8.50 on its menu.
OrderMargherita (€8.50) or L'oro ligure with pesto and sausage (€13), both on the site's menu.
TipThe site lists lunch on weekdays and dinner every day, and says the oven and work counter are in view of the dining room.
