Top Restaurants in Paganica
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Best Italian food near Paganica, Province of L'Aquila, Italy
Discover Restaurants offering the best Italian food in Paganica, Province of L'Aquila, Italy including La Grotta di Aligi Osteria, Ju Boss, Attenti al Lupo, Assunta, Fattoria Antica Forconia Agriturismo, Pizzeria Trattoria Il Focolare Di Bacco, Casa Elodia, Enoa, Le Fontanelle, Osteria della Posta
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10. Osteria della Posta
Overall Ratings
4 based on 344 reviews
Reviewed By Romanbiker
The guide "Il Mangiarozzo" claims this trattoria is n.5 out of the ten best in Italy. So...after booking a table for 2 we drove 150km to try it out for lunch. Arrived at 1pm sharp, place was totally empty, the welcome was a bit cold or let's say indifferent...sat down and we were given one menu for two people and wine list. Bad start. No bread was served, the house wine arrived (good) the two pastas, one with zaffron, ricotta and bacon (light taste but a bit stuffy - too much ricotta) the other was a short pasta white Amatriciana (very good home made pasta, great oil but bacon tooooo salty). The meats were good quality but average...did not have deserts. How can this be n.5 in Italy? Maybe, we always say that: It was the wrong day. By 2pm the place was full, which is good. The good side is that the check was very honest (41 Euros for 2).They serve pizza. Nice private parking but not worth 300km round trip. Too bad.
9. Le Fontanelle
Overall Ratings
4 based on 69 reviews
Reviewed By ackdente
We visited this wonderful restaurant the week before Easter and it was the best food we had all week! The eggplant was the best we had ever eaten and the service was superior! We were on our way from Rome to Teramo to visit relatives and even their home cooking was not better than the lunch we had in this little place! Canât wait to return next year!
8. Enoa
Reviewed By Fabio P
Ottimo per un aperitivo, per un pranzo veloce, per una cena in relax.... Insomma per qualsiasi momento senza mai rinunciare alla qualità che contraddistingue il locale.Importante l'offerta dei vini.Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo.
7. Casa Elodia
Overall Ratings
4 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By billrohwer
Five kilometers from the autostrada, the A24, and about 300 meters before your car reaches Elodia (A-low-dee-ya), you see the building rising two-stories high above the sloping foothill meadow where it is set. As others have explained, Elodia is situated at the base of the massive Gran Sasso mountains, near a tiny village, Camarda, and a bit less near to the earthquake ravaged city of LâAquila. The place is composed of three parts: (a) restaurant Elodia itself, (b) the Relais, a six-room hotel, and (c) a special events component for banquets, weddings and meetings. These components occupy the two above-ground floors of a very modern structure of recent origin. The exterior is pleasantly unremarkable, as is the first floor of the interior that houses the kitchens, the wine cellar and the spacious areas available for special events. The second and top floor is another matter. Here are the six guest-rooms, one a two-room suite, all of them comfortable and impeccably clean, as well as Elodia, the restaurant itself. The ceilings are tall, very tall, and that in the dining room spans a space about 10 meters wide, front to back, and 25-30 long. This ceiling is supported by large, exposed beams of beautifully-finished, laminated wood that run the entire length of the room. This design affords each of the handful of tables and unimpeded view out the floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that let onto a terazza adorned with stone flower boxes.The family that owns and operates the property consists of at least the five people who were visible during our visit: the father, whose role seems mainly advisory, the mother, Elodia herself, the original chef, who is in charge of breakfast and serves as consultant to her two daughters who are the chefs, and the forty-something son, a sommelier, maitre dâ of the dining room, and hotel manager. They had begun construction on the site when the 2009 earthquake hit lâAquila. Before this disaster, the plan for the place was that it would be devoted exclusively to housing special events, but when the earthquake hit, it destroyed the original Elodia restaurant, located near lâAquila.  So the family changed course and added the gorgeously modern restaurant and the guest rooms.  During our two evening meals at Elodia, we enjoyed two little stuzzichini, appetizers. One was a spuma (froth) of ricotta (very airy, fresh and delicious) served with a parmigiano 'cracker', and the other a bit of nicely-flavored bread salad.  Among the first courses was an egg flan with deep fried verza (savoy cabbage), a surprise combination that worked superbly. Another first was a porcini and black truffle ârisottoâ made of faro instead of rice, again a surprising combination that produced scrumptious flavors. Yet another creation of the chefsâ light and inventive touch was strips of perfectly cooked trout fillets draped over alternating dollops of pureed small white local beans and of pureed purple potatoes. In a fourth âprimo piatto,â the chefs revealed their other persona, this one stemming from their motherâs roots in the cooking of the Teramo provincia of Abruzzo. Diced lamb innards had been sautéed, wrapped in leaves of radicchio and then deep-fried.  These crispy cylinders were served bathed in a very intense tomato reduction.  One of the second courses also exhibited the Teramo persona: pigeon breast, roasted to medium-rare, then served sliced with a rich, intense sauce made by reducing the roasting juices mixed with some Montepulciano dâAbruzzo. Another second showed again the light, modern, delicate touch: crepes wrapped around fresh porcini sautéed in a way that offered up an explosion of their flavors. This persona also shone through in the crisply-encased square of baby pork loin roasted very long and at a very low temperature so that each bite was meltingly and crunchily tender.The wines and the service were in keeping with the cuisine, that is, they were quietly excellent. Among the wines we tasted with the two meals, especially memorable were two bottles of intensely flavorful Montepulciano dâAbruzzo, by two small nearby producers, and a lovely rosè of Montepulciano that combined beautifully with the porcini crepes. The wines were selected for us by the maître dâ-sommelier and served to us, as was the food, by the cordially professional waiter. A final word of praise, this time for the warmth and deftness of Elodia herself as she served us breakfast each morning.
6. Pizzeria Trattoria Il Focolare Di Bacco
Reviewed By andreaucci6
Siamo stati in questo locale perché consigliato più volte da amici e ci siamo trovati benissimo. Abbiamo mangiato una buona pizza e abbiamo trovato lo staff accogliente e gentile... torneremo presto a trovarvi per assaggiare altre cose... per il momento possiamo consigliarlo alla grande per la pizza... complimenti.
5. Fattoria Antica Forconia Agriturismo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 322 reviews
Reviewed By ToddMD
My wife and i ate here for lunch after checking in to our cottage. The eating experience here is what i like to call "sit and we will make you happy" You don't get a menu food just starts comming out of the kitchen. All of the food is local with all the meats from the farm and the pastas made there aswell. Our meal was six courses and everyone was as good or better then the one before. If you are ever in the area you must go here.
4. Assunta
Overall Ratings
4 based on 171 reviews
Reviewed By laoshi80
this is a special, authentic place usually crowded with locals. other guests made accurate descriptions about the amazing surroundings and the excellent food. I can only add something about its 'italianness' ! My experience with assunta, the owner, was hilarious and so it was for the many customers enjoying her cuisine. Maybe for a foreigner could be a challenging expericence (the restaurant is not easily reachable and i'm not sure somebody there speaks any language except italian, and the atmosphere is soaked with the local gruff sense of humour: i love it), but really: if you like comfort, 25-paged menus, patrons who humor you to have an extra tip, well there's plenty of these places in the tourist-shaped districts in all the major cities. a pity you'll miss 90% of Italy! Assunta involuntarily makes a stand againts conformist tourism! go on assunta!ps: they serve a special river shrimp ("gambero di fiume") a must-try!pps: if you speak a little italian bother to ask the people there about the strange rules of the restaurant
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3. Attenti al Lupo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 83 reviews
Reviewed By gioacchinot115
Non sono abruzzese e come tale non ho una grande conoscenza dell'arrosticino. Ho iniziato ad assaggiarli frequentando un pò l'abruzzo e le zone in cui si cucinano. Li ho sempre associati ad una carne molto arrosto e abbastanza gommosa. In questo posto ho scoperto il lato Oscuro dell'arrosticino IN SENSO POSITIVO. Succosi , saporiti , morbidi veramente una piacevolissima scoperta. Personale attento e cortese , locale piccolino ma molto familiare ed accogliente.CONSIGLIATISSIMO!!!
2. Ju Boss
Overall Ratings
4 based on 200 reviews
Enoteca, cantina, pub, bar, punto di aggregazione
Reviewed By 445AlessandroD
The warm atmosphere, extraordinary wine selection from top level to uncommon wine. What I disagree: that on sunday it is closed, and also in a part of august. But this the owner'sphilosophy
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1. La Grotta di Aligi Osteria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By claudio g
Per chi non lo sapesse: Aligi è uno dei protagonisti de "La figlia di Jorio".Fatta questa (inutile?) premessa, c'è da dire che qui si mangia abruzzese, con arrosticini, pasta fatta a mano, ravioli, agnello grigliato, trippa e verdure strascinate con il peperoncino.I primi sono quasi tutti sotto i dieci euro, i secondi tra gli 8 e i 13 euro.Preso fettuccine al ragu bianco e zafferano, agnello alla brace e una cicoria ripassata: tutto buono. Idem per il montepulciano (d'Abruzzo of course!).Si spendono sui 20/25 ⬠a testa.Servizio gentile e nella norma.Consigliato.
