Udine
A popular old-style eatery on a cobbled cul-de-sac where you can expect local specialities such as frico (fried cheese), pumpkin gnocchi with smoked…
Udine
A popular old-style eatery on a cobbled cul-de-sac where you can expect local specialities such as frico (fried cheese), pumpkin gnocchi with smoked…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Cividale is made for gelato-licking strolls and this cute artisan gelateria is the town's best. You'll find all your favourite flavours but also some…
Trieste
A historic restaurant and one-time favourite of James Joyce, yes, but also a restaurant with a serious bit of history in its midst. Enjoy its menu of…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
A self-appointed champion of all things Friulian, this street-food style osteria and its laneway 'terrace' serves up little trays of salumi, meat balls,…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
With a courtyard bar, friendly staff and enthusiastic decor, Majda is a happy place to sample local specialities such as ravioli filled with potato …
Friuli Venezia Giulia
This historic Tolmezzo tavern is the perfect place for cold winter nights. Strung with bottles, its low-beamed ceilings and stone walls make for an…
Trieste
Rudy has been concocting traditional boiled meats, cold cuts and beer since, oh, 1897. Come for the pork joints, served up with the house sauerkraut or…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Serves up Friulian classics, cjalcions (filled pasta), frico and apple gnocchi and trout fresh from the Tagliamento river in a cosy room that pares back…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Hladik accommodates just 25 tables and a small bar beneath its low vaulted ceiling where locals come for home soup, venison goulash and warming plates of…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
A historic restaurant that fires up the 'fogolar friulano', a slow-burning stove, and serves up venison, mushroom or radicchio risotto and other hearty…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
No visit to Gorizia would be complete without tasting the town's signature pastry, gubana, a fat snail of shortcrust filled with nuts, sultanas and spices.
La Costiera Triestina
Join the crush of teenagers that hang outside Jimmy’s, slurping his deliciously sweet melon gelato with a front-row pew on the main piazza.
Udine
This low-key restaurant, spread over two floors, is known for its quality produce. It's a great place to try frico (fried cheese), which is served both…
Trieste
Perpetually busy Genuino packs them in for big salads, fish, wild rice and roast vegetable combination plates, seasonal soup and chicken burgers. It's…
Udine
This busy corner deli and wine bar has such a winning way it will make you want to up sticks and settle in Udine. Locals drop in for morning coffee and…
Trieste
Brave the battalion of Illy-gulping locals at this cafe-bakery and try a slice of putizza or another Triestine speciality, most usually sold only as whole…
Trieste
Be prepared for the crowds if you want to sample Zampolli's famous Sachertorte gelato, or the new mousse-style range which is currently all the rage.