Verona's light pillowy potato dumplings, served with butter and Monte Veronese cheese or a slow-cooked pastissada de caval ragu. The Bacanal del Gnoco in San Zeno commemorates the 1531 famine relief.
Gnocchi commemorate a 1531 famine when the Veronese physician and nobleman Tommaso Da Vico distributed free bowls of gnocchi to starving citizens of the San Zeno district. He left a bequest to repeat the gesture every Carnival Friday in perpetuity; the Bacanal del Gnoco still runs each February with the Papa del Gnoco handing out gnocchi in Piazza San Zeno.
4 editor picks for Gnocchi veronesi in Verona, ranked by editorial score. All Verona signature dishes · Gnocchi veronesi across every city.
Trattoria Al Bersagliere ★ 4.5
Citta Antica · Via Dietro Pallone 1, 37121 Verona
Trattoria Al Bersagliere has run a family-Veronese kitchen since 1928 in the Borgo dei Filippini area of Verona. A 2026 TableJourney editor pick.
Osteria al Duca ★ 4.3
Citta Antica · Via Arche Scaligere 2, 37121 Verona
Osteria al Duca in Verona occupies the medieval Casa dei Montecchi on Via Arche Scaligere.
Trattoria da Ropeton ★ 4.2
Veronetta · Via San Giovanni in Valle 46, 37129 Verona
Trattoria da Ropeton in Veronetta runs a family Veronese kitchen across the river from the tourist centre. Editor pick for 2026 with what to order and book.
Trattoria al Cristo ★ 4.2
Citta Antica · Piazzetta Pescheria 6, 37121 Verona
Trattoria al Cristo in Verona runs a historic Veronese kitchen behind Piazza delle Erbe on the old Pescheria fish-market square. A 2026 editor pick.