La Masseria
- ★ 4.4
- Mediterranean
- €€
- Frazioni
La Masseria hides in Modena's Marzaglia frazione, an 18th century mill turned Apulian dining room that few centro storico visitors ever reach.
The places in Modena the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
Off the beaten plate
11 places
Lo Stalliere
- ★ 4.0
- Italian
- €€
- Sacca and Crocetta
Lo Stalliere occupies a converted stable near Modena's Nord tollbooth, a roadside find most visitors to the centro storico never even encounter.
Bar Schiavoni
- ★ 4.4
- Sandwich
- €
- Centro Storico
Bar Schiavoni works stand one inside Modena's Mercato Albinelli, a 1931 panino counter that market regulars know but passing visitors often miss.
Hidden gems: tours, tastings and classes in Modena
Bertani Ristorazione
- ★ 4.0
- Deli
- €
- Centro Storico
Bertani Ristorazione wraps around aisles four and five of Modena's Mercato Albinelli, a gastronomia counter shoppers know better than most visitors.
Il Patriarca
Il Patriarca sits far south on Modena's Strada Vignolese, a seafood pizzeria past the ring road that locals reach by car, not on foot from the centre.
Cucina di Quartiere - Trattoria in San Faustino
- ★ 4.2
- Trattoria
- €€
- San Faustino
Cucina di Quartiere - Trattoria in San Faustino sits well south on Modena's Via Giardini, a neighbourhood table most centro storico visitors miss.
Zemian Piccola Osteria
- ★ 4.6
- Osteria
- €€€
- Centro Storico
Zemian Piccola Osteria hides on a quiet Modena back street off Via Fonte d'Abisso, easy to miss despite its careful Emilian cooking just inside.
Trattoria L'Antica Grama
Order Tortelloni or a Sicilian influenced antipasto plate.
Trattoria L'Antica Grama cooks Sicilian-accented Emilian dishes on Via Vignolese in southern Modena, a family run trattoria closed on Tuesdays.
Ristretto Vicolo Coccapani
- ★ 3.9
- Italian
- €€
- Centro Storico
Order Gnocco fritto with culaccia or the beef tartare.
Ristretto sits down a hidden alley called Vicolo Coccapani in central Modena, an enoteca kitchen open late for gnocco fritto and beef tartare.
Trattoria Bianca
- ★ 4.3
- Trattoria
- €€€
- Sacca and Crocetta
Order Mixed salumi with gnocco fritto and duroni cherry jam, then tortellini in brodo.
Trattoria Bianca on Via Spaccini in Modena grew from a grandmother's osteria opened in 1948 and still serves salumi with gnocco fritto and duroni cherry jam.
Antica Trattoria Cervetta
- ★ 4.1
- Trattoria
- €€€
- Centro Storico
Order The house Cervetta cutlet and coppa di testa with fried gnocco.
Antica Trattoria Cervetta has cooked Modenese classics on pedestrian Via Cervetta in Modena, an Accademia della Cucina choice closed on Thursdays.
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