
"To Meat or not to Meat?"


"My philosophy is simple, everyday you need to party!"

Blown away by the retail experience, we knew we had to return for dinner. There are three different options for dinner at three different price-points. Here's a piece of advice, make reservations! It's easy to do on the website and saves you the heartache of being turned away because there is no room at the table.
Spicy meat ragu on toast
Raw vegetables to dip in extra virgin olive oil
Our special salt
Garbanzo and white beans
Beef roast
Boiled beef and vegetable salad
Braised meat
Tuscan bread
Vittorio’s wine (a quarter liter)
Water with and without bubbles
Coffee, e.v. Olive oil cake
After several hours of food, drink and making new friends we walked out of the restaurant stuffed! But it was a dining intimacy we have never experienced before, and we vowed to come back on go bigger and better.
Beef tartar
Seared rump carpaccio
Costata alla Fiorentina (Bone-in Rib eye)
Bistecca Panzanese (Panzanese steak)
Bistecca Fiorentina (T-bone / Porterhouse)
Raw vegetables to dip in extra virgin olive oil
Tuscan beans with e.v. olive oil
Baked potatoes
Chianti “butter”
Tuscan bread
Vittorio’s wine
Water with and without bubbles
Coffee, e.v.olive oil cake
Grappa and Italian Military spirits
Dario was not here on this evening, but the "show" was every bit as entertaining and the meal as delicious as we expected it would be. Our company was again a mix of locals and tourist. You make friends for a night, but memories for a lifetime.
It is humbling that Dario would take the time to talk to us on the Total Tuscany Podcast. As you listen, you will notice all his answers are in Italian, they are then translated into English by his wife Kim who is originally from the United States. You get an understanding of Dario's passion for his craft, his business, and his life.
If there is one thing you do when visiting the Tuscan countryside, it is to visit Panzano in Chianti and visit Dario. His popularity has grown with time but the experience as remained faithful to its roots.
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