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Via di Monte Testaccio 30, Rome

Frommer's ReviewMap It
Cuisine Roman
Hours Tues-Sat 12:30-3pm and 8pm-midnight
Location In Testaccio
Transportation Bus: 75 from Termini Station
Reservations Reservations recommended
Phone 06-5743816
Web site http://www.checchino-dal-1887.com
Prices Main courses 10€-24€; fixed-price menu 46€-63€
Credit Cards AE,DC,MC,V
Closed Closed Aug and 1 week at Christmas

Checchino dal 1887 Review

During the 1800s, a wine shop flourished here, selling drinks to the butchers working in the nearby slaughterhouses. In 1887, the ancestors of the restaurant's present owners began serving food, too. Many Italian diners come here to relish the rigatoni con pajata (pasta with small intestines), coda alla vaccinara (oxtail stew), fagioli e cotiche (beans with intestinal fat), and other examples of la cucina povera (food of the poor). In winter, a succulent wild boar with dried prunes and red wine is served. Safer and possibly more appetizing is the array of salads, soups, pastas, steaks, cutlets, grills, and ice creams. The English-speaking staff is helpful, tactfully proposing alternatives if you're not ready for Roman soul food. The wine cellar stocks more than 600 kinds of wines from all over the world.

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