Hi,
Headed to Turin/Torino next week. I am not looking for temples of cuisine, but good, honest, regional food. While I am on expense report I cannot break the bank.
Any help appreciated!
Hi David
One favourite of ours is Taverna dell’Oca on Via dei Mille (quite central, between Staz. Porta Nuova and the Mole). It looks misleadingly humdrum, but the food is very good and the understatement works for us.
Tre Galli / Tre Galline may both fit the brief, with the addition of a deep wine list priced very fairly. they are both in the north of the city, not far from Piazza della Repubblica / via Garibaldi
I’m told C’era una volta is excellent and again very much regional / honest food, and again near Staz Porta Nuova.
Vitel Etonne has delighted and frustrated over the years. The house version of vitello tonnato has always been good, but the place seems to subtly change every 2-3 years and we never quite no what to expect.
For fine pasta (assuming they are open in the evenings) De Filippis on via Lagrange has grown from a pasta shop to a pasta shops also serving meals. Their pasta is very good, maybe not the best, but still high quality and the location is a fine one
To save something on the expenses budget, head out for an early evening aperitivo, and for the price of a drink, there is often a decent buffet that easily substitutes for a starter. Ask locally for suggestions of places currently doing good aperitivi, as the snacks vary from small and banal, to wonderful morsels advertising an enterprising chef’s skills.
Hope these give some ideas
regards
Ian
Thanks Ian.
David, I’d recommend Tre Galli, that Ian mentions. I chose it based on its excellent wine list (see 2016 Visit to Piemonte - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers) but the food was good, honest, reasonably priced, not like a Michellin starred place … We were there on a Saturday night and there was a lively, younger crowd drinking Prosecco and cocktails, so it’s not all a nerdy wine crowd …
We had one small glitch trying to get an older Gaja bottle opened and decanted before dinner but they more than made up for this. It just showed that the evening Sommeliers at Tre Galli were much better equiped than the lunch time people …
Thanks folks. I went to Tre Galli (people at work here also recommended it), and it was lovely. Other evenings I have stayed closer to my hotel and had delicious food and fantastic wines (Cappellano, Radikon) at very reasonable prices.
Hi David
Good to hear that Tre Galli was good.
Do you recall the other places and any you would recommend. Even after 10-12 visits, we’ve barely scratched the surface. Sadly the place that was probably our best meal there, closed before our next Torino trip. I even checked the web to see if the chef reappeared anywhere else, but sadly not.
regards
Ian