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Florence Map: I FratelliniI Fratellini Frommer's Highly Recommended

Cuisine Sandwiches & Wine
Hours Daily 8am-8:30pm
Address Via dei Cimatori 38r
Location 2 blocks from Piazza della Signoria, off Via Calzaiuoli, Near the Duomo
Transportation Bus: 14, 23, or 71
Phone 055-239-6096
Prices Sandwiches 2.10€-2.60€ ($2.75-$3.40); wine from 1.30€ ($1.70) a glass
Credit Cards Not accepted
Season July-Aug closed Sat-Sun. Closed Aug 10-20 and 2 weeks in Mar

Frommer's Review

Just off the busiest tourist thoroughfare lies one of the last of a dying breed: a fiaschitteria (derived from the word for a flask of wine). It's the proverbial hole in the wall, a doorway about 1.5m (5 ft.) deep with rows of wine bottles against the back wall and Armando and Michele Perrino busy behind the counter, fixing sandwiches and pouring glasses of vino. You stand, munching and sipping, on the cobblestones of the narrow street surrounded by Florentines on their lunch break and a few bemused tourists. The cinghiale piccante con caprino (spicy raw wild boar sausage with creamy goat cheese) is excellent. Otherwise, choose your poison from among 30 stuffing combinations -- the menu posted on the doorjamb has English translations -- and accompany it with either a basic rosso (red) wine or point to any bottle to try un bicchiere (a glass).

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