Hi!
Here are friendly links to previous blog posts:
#1 Welcome to Cornell in Rome Fall 2011
#2 Restaurants in Rome (Italian food)
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Now let’s talk about bakeries.
Need some bread and baked goods aka i dolci? If you are looking for sliced loafs of bread for breakfast, you can get those cheaper kinds at supermarkets. Bakeries have various types of good bread, but quantity-wise, it is often more expensive than supermarket bread.
Here is the map of bakeries –
Again, this list is just some suggestions – there are many more good ones to be discovered! Click on the links provided– they will lead you to the restaurant websites or indicate the location on Google Maps.
Below is the general map of the places I will introduce in detail (each number corresponds to the description):
Bakeries
Well, we call all the bread-selling-stores “bakeries”, but Italians have specific vocabulary words for different types of bakeries depending on what they sell.
Quick Italian lesson here-
Panetteria and Panificio: where you can get bread (aka bakery)
Pasticceria: pastries or cakes, or both
Forno: “oven” in English. Indicates where bread is actually produced
In general, Panificio means a place where bread is produced and sold.
Italian bakeries usually sell a million kinds of sweets, bread, sandwiches, and some other little food items at the same time. At the moment you step into the store, what you see will make you happy instantly.
Not only bread, sweets (usually small cookies) are sold by weight–so you can also buy things in a small quantity.
Many Italians also have quick meals for lunch, and it is common to see many people getting food at bakeries. Another economical way to get a good quality lunch!
1. La Dolceroma
Hours: 8.30a.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Sundays: 10.00a.m. – 1.00p.m.
July August holidays
Closed Mondays
2. Il Forno
Campo de’ Fiori, 22
http://www.fornocampodefiori.com/
3. Panificio Roscioli
4. Il Fornaio
They have really good amaretti (bite-size cookies made with almonds, apricot kernels and other ingredients), suppli di riso (rice mixed with tomato sauce and made into a ball, breaded and deep-fried with a lump of mozzarella in the middle), sandwiches, many different kinds of sweets, pizza, etc.
5. Panificio Arnese & La Taqueria (Trastevere)
During the day they serve really good pizza, and serve tacos at night.
6. Biscottificio Innocenti (Trastevere)
7. The Perfect Bun
Restaurant Largo del Teatro Valle, 4
Bakery Piazza del Paradiso, 56
This bakery claims to sell American baked goods. They certainly make very good pastries and muffins, but things seemed more British to me. Somewhat overpriced, but worth trying at times when you really miss some non-Italian bread.
-Sunny K