Restaurant · Testaccio
Checchino Dal 1887
Rome's oldest family-run trattoria, born from the workers of the nearby slaughterhouse — the definitive address for quinto quarto cooking: tripe, rigatoni con pajata, and oxtail, with a wine cellar…
Appricio · Italy
What to do in Rome, right now.
Rome hands you ruins and a thousand red-sauce traps two steps from them. Appricio tells you where the Romans actually eat, which ancient thing is worth the heat right now, and what to skip.
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Restaurant · Centro Storico
Ristorante la Campana
Opened in 1518, Rome's oldest continuously operating restaurant serves cucina romana with an honesty that has outlasted empires — cacio e pepe, coda alla vaccinara, seasonal carciofi — in a room…
Shop · Prati
Castroni
A family-run gourmet grocery open since 1932 stocking rare international ingredients, specialty coffees, teas, caviar, and artisan Italian pantry staples that are genuinely hard to find elsewhere in…
Landmark · Celio
Basilica of San Clemente
A 12th-century basilica built on top of a 4th-century church, built on top of a 1st-century Roman apartment block and Mithraic temple — three full layers of the city accessible beneath your feet.
Testaccio
Testaccio Market
Rome's most local covered food market — generations of Romans shop here for supplì, fried artichokes, and proper Roman street food, well away from the tourist trail.
Bar · Campo Marzio
Drink Kong Campo Marzio
The April 2026 second location from Rome's World's 50 Best Bars fixture — a more refined, jazz-and-velvet take on the original, with a five-Martini menu and retro-futurist design landing in a…
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