La Campana, down a small road not removed from Piazza Navona, is supposedly Rome’s oldest restaurant. The eatery has been welcoming patrons for over 500 years- and I’m positive lots of the dishes are unchanged for many years if not centuries.
La Campana was additionally reportedly one in every of Caravaggio’s favourite eating places and the Renaissance grasp has work hanging in two close by church buildings: San Luigi dei Francesi and Sant’Agostino, so this was clearly his most popular neighborhood.
The artist can be rumored to have drawn inspiration for nonetheless life work from the artichokes on the menu.
Naturally, considering of this, I discovered myself within the temper for fried artichokes after we had a current Sunday lunch within the historic restaurant.
La Campana is as conventional a Roman restaurant as they arrive, all the way down to the white tablecloths and brocade curtains. The menu highlights the traditional pastas (the amatriciana is superb) and quinto quarto (fifth quarter) mains like coda alla vacinnara. Nonetheless, you’ll additionally discover dishes which have fallen out of style at most Roman eateries – like minestra di pasta e broccoli e arzilla (broccoli and skate soup).
Ending the meal with the establishment’s well-known apple cake is sort of required.
Though the restaurant has an old-fashioned really feel, it wasn’t uncomfortably snooty and the children have been welcome. It’s undoubtedly on our restricted checklist of locations to eat within the coronary heart of the Everlasting Metropolis any longer. Ensure to guide forward, and cease in after exploring the winding alleys and grand sights just like the Pantheon and Piazza Navona, each of that are just a few minutes’ stroll away.
La Campana
Vicolo della Campana 18
Rome, Italy (Centro Storico, Pantheon)
Cellphone: 06 687 5273
Open: Tuesday – Sunday for lunch 12:30 – 3 pm and dinner 7:30 – 11 pm.
