Food & Dining
- Schiacceria
All'Antico Vinaio
Cult schiacciata counter on Via dei Neri, opened in 1989 in a former wine cellar, famous worldwide for its "La Favolosa" sandwich and queues that wrap around the block.
- Locale Storico
Caffè Gilli
Florence's oldest café, tracing back to a 1733 pastry shop under the Medici and now installed in a Liberty-style room on Piazza della Repubblica.
- Locale Storico
Caffè Rivoire
Chocolate house opened in 1872 by the Savoy royal family's own chocolatier, its outdoor tables facing Palazzo Vecchio on Piazza della Signoria.
- Gelateria
Gelateria dei Neri
Family-run gelateria on Via de' Neri, a few steps from the Uffizi, churning artisanal gelato with natural ingredients for more than thirty years.
- Locale Storico
Il Latini
Three-generation trattoria open since 1911 in a former fiaschetteria, its ceiling strung with hanging hams and its long communal tables built for strangers to share.
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La Giostra
Candlelit restaurant run since 1992 by descendants of the Habsburg-Lorraine grand dukes, tucked under 16th-century brick vaults on Borgo Pinti.
- Mercato Storico
Mercato Centrale Firenze
Cast-iron-and-glass market hall from 1874 in San Lorenzo, its ground floor still a working produce market and its upper floor a food hall of 20-plus artisan vendors.
- Mercato Storico
Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio
Neighborhood market hall from 1873, the quieter, more local sister of Mercato Centrale, ringed by flower and clothing stalls in the Sant'Ambrogio quarter.
- Trattoria Tipica
Osteria del Cinghiale Bianco
Wild-boar osteria on Borgo San Jacopo, run since 1984 inside the ground floor of a 14th-century tower a few steps from Ponte Vecchio.
- Trattoria Tipica
Osteria Santo Spirito
Informal Oltrarno osteria facing Brunelleschi's unfinished Santo Spirito facade, mixing Tuscan classics with creative dishes on one of Florence's most lived-in squares.
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Pasticceria Robiglio
Pastry shop opened in 1928 by a Piedmontese confectioner who brought Turin's chocolate craft to Florence, now known for its Torta Campagnola and Fruttodoro cakes.
- Schiacceria
Semel
Standing-room-only sandwich window across from the Sant'Ambrogio market, run by Marco Paparozzi and filled almost entirely with local regulars, not tourists.
- Trattoria Tipica
Trattoria Mario
Lunch-only trattoria by Mercato Centrale, feeding the same communal tables since 1953 with Tuscan soups, hand-cut steaks, and no reservations taken.
- Locale Storico
Trattoria Sostanza
Founded in 1869 and nicknamed "il Troia," this tiny wood-fired trattoria is famous for its sizzling butter chicken, served straight from the pan it's cooked in.
- Trattoria Tipica
Trattoria Zà Zà
Rustic trattoria on Piazza del Mercato Centrale, run by the Bondi family since 1977 and still buying its produce fresh from the market across the square.
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Vivoli
Florence's oldest gelateria, opened as a dairy in 1929 near Santa Croce and still run by the Vivoli family four generations later, cups only, no cones.