Restaurants in Pienza

Service tends to the "relaxed," but the food's worth waiting for at this remote borgo osteria. Classic southern Tuscan primi include gnocchi al cacio e pepe (with local pecorino and black pepper) and pici all'anatra (hand-rolled pasta strands with goose ragù). Ingredients in such…

An old stable is now an unusual and inviting dining room, with just eight or so tables on the main floor and a few on a balcony above. The setting seems almost theatrical, and the two friendly proprietor-brothers give the town’s famous pecorino cheese the star treatment: crespelle al…

Just about everyone who’s in Pienza at mealtimes seems to squeeze through the narrow door of this family-run trattoria, where home-cooked meals are prepared by mom in the kitchen and served by dad and daughter in the yellow-stucco dining room. Pici all'aglione (with spicy…

This easygoing trattoria in central Pienza has captured a following of everyone from art students to local carabinieri. Inside, brick and yellow stucco are the backdrop for your pici all'aglione (with spicy tomato-and-garlic sauce) or zuppa di pane (a local variant on ribollita, with…