ristorazione — Cesenatico · Emilia-Romagna
In Cesenatico, where the harbour canal shapes the Romagna coastline, a seaside osteria holds nearly forty years of family history and the scent of the fish market that enters the kitchen every morning.
On the seafront of Villamarina, the threshold of this place carries a double memory: that of the historic Osteria I Puret which once stood here, and that of Salvatore and Maria, who in 1987 opened La Romantica in Berlin, bringing Adriatic flavours to Germany. Today their sons Fabio and Daniele have brought that name back home, to the sea that inspired it.
In the dining room, Fabio tends to every table with the same care that reviews describe so precisely: kindness and impeccable professionalism in guiding the choice of dishes, the ability to make every guest feel at home. He is the face of hospitality, the thread that connects the cuisine of the Adriatic to those who sit and wait.
Every morning Chef Daniele receives the fish from the Cesenatico fish market, and from there builds the day's menu: nothing frozen, pasta made in-house, raw ingredients treated with respect. Cappelletti filled with sea bass with a courgette and clam cream, spaghetti with clams and stridolo, the Gran Fritto La Romantica: dishes born from the Adriatic that return to the table without deviation.
A dish that tells the story of the sea just steps from the sea itself: La Romantica awaits those who want to know how it's really made.
