11 upscale places in Modena, editor-picked. Occasion restaurants in Modena: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Modena food.
11 places
Order Whatever the chef built into that day's short tasting sequence of Emilian classics.
Zemian Piccola Osteria in Modena packs a handful of tables on Via Fonte d'Abisso, plating classic Emilian dishes for its devoted local crowd.
Order The tortellini in capon broth and the fried cotechino with Sorbara zabaione.
Hosteria Giusti in Modena hides behind the centuries-old Giusti delicatessen on Via Farini, a four or five table lunch room Adriano Morandi opened in 1989.
Order The tasting menu built around that season's theme, taken at the chef's counter.
Patrizia in Modena is Tommaso Zoboli's counter-driven dining room near the Ghirlandina, a Michelin Guide address whose menu changes with the seasons.
Order The tasting menu courses finished with the restaurant's own Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale.
Antica Moka in Modena runs tasting menus built around its own aged balsamic vinegar, served in elegant rooms inside a former early 1900s schoolhouse.
Order The tortellini in Parmesan cream and the ricotta and spinach tortelloni.
Locanda in San Francesco in Modena serves classic Emilian tradition and fresh fish inside a historic palazzo hotel on Rua dei Frati Minori in centro storico.
Drink Precision-built modern cocktails
Animo mixes precision cocktails behind a laboratory-style counter on Via dei Gallucci in Modena, in a small black and gold room built for drinking.
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.
Order The raw seafood starter and a wood fired pizza from the late kitchen.
Il Patriarca in Modena runs a seafood forward pizzeria ristorante on Strada Vignolese, open late for raw crudi and wood fired pizza nightly.
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.
Order Gnocco fritto with tigelle and a plate of homemade pasta.
Trattoria La Stalla serves gnocco fritto and tigelle on Via del Mercato in northern Modena, its kitchen open past midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
Order Handmade pasta paired with a bottle from the wine list.
Al Cenacolo cooks handmade pasta and grilled meat on tree-lined Viale Tassoni in Modena, an elegant kitchen serving past midnight most nights.
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