ristorazione — Roma · Lazio
Rome, historic centre: where the cobblestones still bear the names of ancient streets, an osteria founded in 1921 keeps Roman cuisine in its most authentic form. It is named after the woman who founded it, and that voice has never gone quiet.
In the heart of Rome, a few steps from Campo de' Fiori, a door opens onto 1921. It was Fortunata — a woman from the Lazio countryside, a cook for farmhands — who brought to the city a table that tasted of roots: an entrance that, for over a century, has invited guests to step in and take their time.
The dining room tells a rare story of continuity: a passion for cooking passed down from generation to generation, all the way to grandmother Iris, now ninety and still in the kitchen. A warm, informal atmosphere, where Roman regulars and passing travellers sit side by side, entirely at ease.
The pasta-makers' window is the visible heart of the osteria: the hands working the dough are on full display. Every shape — from strozzapreti with guanciale (cured pork cheek) and seasonal artichokes to tonnarelli — is made right here, with fresh, house-made ingredients, following the family's age-old recipes.
Cacio e pepe, carbonara, strozzapreti: dishes that, in Rome, are never improvised. The page tells the rest of the story.
