Bar Trattoria Portile is a trattoria budget eat in Frazioni, Modena.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
3 hours
Have a fresh pasta cooking class, in a local home, with a certified home cook. Learn local recipes and taste everything you make with wine included.
3 hours
Learn to create the famous Pasta and Tiramisu at a local's home, guided by an expert cook. Savor these Italian classics with fellow enthusiasts.
3 hours
Take a traditional cooking lesson in Modena and make fresh pasta with a local cook in a welcoming setting.
Address: Strada Castelnuovo Rangone 302, 41126 Modena
L'Or-Ma Crescenteria fills tigelle and crescentine on Via dei Gallucci in central Modena, a budget counter open for lunch and dinner every evening.
OrderCrescentine filled with squacquerone and cured meats.
TipA handful of stools line the counter, so many diners take their crescentine to go.
La Chersenta sells Pavullo style crescentina and gnocco fritto from a counter on Modena's Via Albinelli, cheap eating by the covered market.
TryCrescentina montanara with lardo and Parmigiano
TipClosed Sundays; the larger tigella grande, rare in the city centre, is worth trying here.
Al Tramezzino has cut budget pizza al taglio on Modena's Piazza Grande since 1987, a cheap counter set right beneath the Ghirlandina bell tower.
TryPizza al taglio by weight
TipTakeaway or a few outdoor stools; ingredients come fresh each morning from the Albinelli Market.
Bottega Mamma Puglia serves cheap Apulian puccia from a small Modena counter on Via Albinelli, facing the historic Mercato Albinelli market.
TryPuccia salentina and focaccia pugliese
TipClosed Sunday and Monday; the focaccia with stracciatella is a favourite among regulars.
PizzALTaglio has cut budget pizza by the slice on Modena's Piazza Mazzini since the 1990s, a cheap stop with a view of the Ghirlandina tower.
TryPizza al taglio by weight
TipOpen every day of the week; the coffee and pizza combo deal suits a quick lunch.
L'Insolito Bar serves cheap gnocco fritto and tigelle by Modena's own Parco Ferrari, a repeat winner of the city's Tigella d'Oro cooking title.
TryGnocco fritto and tigelle ai 10 cereali
TipClosed Sunday and Monday; the outdoor tables near the park fill up on warm evenings.
