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| Rome Cheap Eats When in Rome, we suggest that you dine where the Romans do. Follow people in business suits or working men in overalls at mealtime to avoid substandard, overpriced tourist joints. Here are some of our favorites: Tazza d'Oro Near the Pantheon at Via degli Orfani, 84 Come here for a local-style breakfast of coffee and pastry. There's no seating at all, but the coffee is to die for. Some say it's the best in the world--and it's a bargain at under a euro. Da Baffetto Via del Governo Vecchio, 114. A crowded place that's been around for 40+ years, with memorable pizza starting at 4 euros. Pasta dishes run about $6, chicken $7.50. Add in cheap and delicious house wine to complete your feast. The lines here are legendary, so arrive before 7 p.m. No credit cards or reservations. There's also a Baffetto 2 near Campo de Fiore. BREK Largo di Torre Argentina 1. This is a high-class cafeteria, part of a chain with 25 locations throughout Italy. Go upstairs, where the decor is a colorful, scatter-painted room. Everything is prepared fresh, while you wait. The selection is extensive, the quality good, and you can get a complete, hot meal for under 10 euros. Antica Osteria da Giovanni Via della Lungara, 41/a, between the Vatican and Trasvetere. This nine-table restaurant is well off the tourist track and requires a bit of a hike, but it offers good sit-down meals in a pretty atmosphere for half the price of equivalent places in city center. Primi and house wine starts at two euros; the most expensive secondi on the menu runs under 12 euros. Enoteca Corsi Via del Gesu 87, near the Pantheon Lunch only, home style in this cozy, friendly wine-bar with good quality pastas starting at 5 euros. Where is your favorite cheap place to eat in Rome? Let us know here. <<Rome Home Free Rome>> |