TRATTORIA SABATINO
Via Pisana 2/r
(Oltrarno, near Porta San Frediano)
Tel: 055 22 59 55
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Trattoria Sabatino is family run and serves inexpensive, homemade, traditional, ‘old’ Florentine dishes. Frequented mainly by Italians, it is particularly popular with the artisans in the neighborhood who meet here to discuss their projects over communal tables.
The Buccioni family—Valerio, Laura, their daughters Letizia and Ilaria, her husband, Massimo and Patrizia— always welcome their customers with much warmth and kindness. Each day, they go to market for fresh seasonal ingredients, often selecting those of yellows and greens, the typical colors of Florentine food. The very basic menu changes daily, and is still typed on an old Remington typewriter.
Menu suggestions: Cavolo crudo (cold slaw, drizzled with olive oil-when in season); patate arrosto, chunks of potatoes, fried in olive oil; pollo arrosto 1/4, a quarter of a chicken, fried; simple pasta topped with either a meat or tomato sauce, with a curl of butter as the finishing touch; porri in umido, leek stew (when leeks are in season), the stracchino cheese and any of their homemade desserts.
