Restaurants in Assisi
Several of Assisi’s restaurants and bars serve a local flatbread called torta al testa, often split and stuffed with cheeses, sausages, and vegetables (spinach is popular). It’s a meal in itself and a fast and cheap lunch. La Botega dei Sapori, a wine and food shop right on Piazza del Commune (no. 34) (tel. 075/812204), serves platters of local meats and cheese and a delicious porchetta sandwich, accompanied by one of the excellent wines and served in a cozy tasting room or at a table on the piazza; seating is limited, but if you wish, they’ll fix a snack plate for you to take back to your hotel. They also ship wines.
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- Umbrian
II Frantoio
This restaurant occupies a 17th-century olive-press building with modernized interiors, a lovely garden terrace with stunning views across the valley, and a stony medieval room below the Hotel Fontebella. Specialties include tortelloni frantoio (ricotta-and-spinach-filled pasta in a…$$$Around Town - Umbrian
Il Molino
A 13th-century olive mill has been bringing gourmands to Spello since the 1960s and still delights with its inspired use of local ingredients. Beef and lamb from the valley below is grilled over the fireplace, while ham from Norcia, asparagus and herbs from the mountains, and even…$$In nearby Spello - Umbrian
La Fortezza
You don’t have to veer far off the beaten track to find the Chiocchetti family’s plain, stone-walled dining room, where the focus is on authentic Umbrian home cooking. You’ll discover that both body and soul benefit from their specialties, such as cannelloni all’Assisiana (fresh…$$Around Town - Grill/Umbrian
La Stalla
It’s not often that the term “old barn” is associated with good dining, but a meal in these rustic and rather raucous converted livestock stalls, with stone walls and low ceilings, can be the highlight of a trip to Assisi (even the servers seem to be having a good time). The…$$Around Town - Italian
Medio Evo
Down a steep S-curve from the center of town, Medio Evo offers well-spaced tables set with flowers beneath magnificent stone-vaulted ceilings that truly deserve the title of medieval. Meat is sourced exclusively from Umbrian and Tuscan farms, olive oil is 100% Umbrian, and the pasta…$$Around Town - Umbrian
Osteria Dei Priori
With cool jazz playing softly in the background and warm-hued brick vaults soaring above a red accent wall, it doesn’t take long to feel at home at this appealing spot below Piazza Communale. The small, daily changing menu is just as enticing, with an emphasis on Umbrian classics…$$Around Town
