Al Torchio

Contrada Maggiore 1 Cuisines: Italian

About

The first room of this rambling restaurant offers a rustic decor, red candles, and designs painted on the plaster walls. On a warm night you may continue past the American-style salad bar in the back and turn left into the vine-covered courtyard. The well-prepared menu may include rabbit with leeks in beer sauce, filet of lamb, a divine risotto with porcini mushrooms, a winter fondue, and a succulent spaghetti with clams. An especially delectable dish is homemade tagliolini stuffed with pulverized fish and shrimp and served with a tomato sauce flavored with olive oil and fresh herbs. For dessert, try the gelato misto (a mixed selection of ice cream) or a sorbet with vodka. There's a garden-style piano bar in a summery courtyard.