The places in Genoa the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
8 places
Order Cima alla genovese, pansotti or fried rabbit, the dishes Michelin names first.
Trattoria detta del Bruxaboschi in San Desiderio, Genoa, is a Bib Gourmand trattoria open since 1862, with a car park and a terrace under old horse chestnuts.
Order Mussels alla marinara, gattuccio meatballs or a paper cone of small fried fish, as Gambero Rosso lists them.
Ittiturismo Boccadasse on Via Aurora in Genoa is run by a fishing cooperative that cooks its own catch in a small, rustic room with few tables.
Order House-made ravioli or trofie, and the seasonal mushroom dishes the site promotes.
Antica Osteria dei Cacciatori at the top of Corso Martinetti in Genoa's Sampierdarena has two dining rooms, house-made pasta and pizza on the menu.
2 of the hidden gems on this list serve seafood.
Order Ravioli with the tuccu meat sugo, or the fritto misto di pesce (€20 on the site's menu).
Trattoria Arvigo in the hamlet of Cremeno, above Genoa's Valpolcevera, has three large rooms with wide windows over the surrounding countryside.
Order One of the tasting menus, which the site says change with the micro-seasons and the works on show in the room.
Etra sits inside Palazzo Doria De Fornari on Piazza De Ferrari in Genoa, and local press reported no visible sign and an entrance opened with an access code.
Order The cappon magro, which Michelin says is so good it deserves an identity card.
Voltalacarta hides behind a tiny door on Via Assarotti, 100 metres from Piazza Corvetto in Genoa, with few tables and a cappon magro Michelin praises.
Order Bistecca alla fiorentina from the braceria, or the Cecchini menu listed on the site.
Osteria Gigino on Via Romana della Castagna in Quarto, Genoa, dates from the 1920s and grills Tuscan steaks beside Ligurian pesto and stoccafisso.
Order Trofie al pesto, fried anchovies or octopus with potatoes, the dishes Gambero Rosso lists for the house.
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.
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