Dispensa Emilia is an italian restaurant in San Lazzaro, Modena.
Editorially verified September 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
9 hours
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Address: Via Emilia Est 981, 41122 Modena
La Piadeina turns out casual piadine on Modena's Via Giardini, a counter stop for a quick flatbread sandwich south of the city's centro storico.
OrderA classic piadina filled with prosciutto, squacquerone and rocket.
TipClosed Sundays; the counter runs Monday through Saturday on the same lunch and dinner hours.
Bertani Ristorazione runs a gastronomia counter inside Modena's Mercato Albinelli, a casual stop for ready made Emilian dishes since way back in 1994.
OrderWhatever fresh pasta or roast the counter has ready that morning.
TipClosed Sundays; go early as the best trays sell out before early afternoon.
Trattoria Pomposa - Al Re Gras serves casual Michelin Guide Emilian cooking on Modena's Piazza della Pomposa, from tortellini to bollito misto.
OrderThe tortellini with 24 month Parmigiano cream.
TipAsk for a table outside on Piazza della Pomposa in warm months.
Osteria Ruggera has served Sicilian dishes from a small family kitchen on Via Ruggera in central Modena since the late 1700s, closed on Tuesdays.
OrderOrecchiette alla norma or spaghetti alle sarde, with cassata to finish.
TipGo for the orecchiette alla norma and leave room for the homemade cassata.
Sosta Emiliana serves tigelle with sweet and savoury fillings near Piazza Grande in central Modena, a fixed-menu tigelleria that closes on Wednesdays.
OrderThe tigelle tasting plate with cured meats, squacquerone and jams.
TipThe all you can eat tigelle format is best shared between two or more people.
Osteria di Modena Rossi cooks tortellini in broth and fried gnocco opposite the Ducal Palace on Piazza Roma in central Modena, open every day of the week.
OrderTortellini in brodo followed by fried gnocco with cured meats.
TipAsk for a window table looking onto Piazza Roma and the Ducal Palace facade.
