Today Eater heads to Florence, Italy, to focus on 10 of the city’s buzziest new restaurants and bars. Food-tour curator, food writer, and sommelier Coral Sisk divulges the latest trends in the Florentine food scene.
“Florence lags behind most European capitals in terms of a progressive dining scene, but 2017 showed promising signs,” says Sisk. “While fiercely rooted in tradition and provincial habit, Florence boasts a strong international identity, which is becoming more and more evident — in spite of nationalist pushback and attempts to ban foreign food shops.”
Among Sisk’s picks is an Armenian-Georgian newcomer (Ararat Restaurant & Wine Bar), a haute-couture dining destination by megachef Massimo Bottura (Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura), a pub serving Italian craft beers and ramen (Pint of View), and a restaurant housed inside one of the city’s top butcher shops (Macelleria a Firenze Luca Menoni). Looking for the essentials? Head to the 38.
Without further ado, and in geographic order, the Eater Heatmap to Florence, Italy.
1 Kawaii
Setting up shop as Italy’s first sake bar, Kawaii is owned and operated by the team behind neighboring Japanese restaurant Momoyama on the hip drag of San Frediano. Diners will find not only a large range of sake but also plum wines, shochu, a sweeping selection of Japanese whisky, cocktails, and international beers to marry with poke bowls, rice burgers wedged with salmon or tuna tartare, spring rolls, and bao buns.
8/R, 50124 Firenze FI, Italy
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