ristorazione — Roma · Lazio
In the rione Borgo (Borgo district), just steps from the dome of Saint Peter's, Via dei Penitenzieri holds an address that accompanies Rome from breakfast through to dinner. Paola and Alessandro run the place with the care of people who know every table and every bottle in the cellar.
Open from morning until evening, Wine Bar Dè Penitenzieri lives at the heart of the rione Borgo, a short walk from Bernini's colonnade. Paola and Alessandro welcome every guest personally — whether they come for a morning coffee with a brioche, a pause for lunch, or a quiet dinner in the hush of one of Rome's oldest streets, far from the din of the tourist crowds.
The intimate inside rooms and the covered outdoor terrace offer different settings for the same care: a carefully chosen cellar, with labels from across Italy to taste by the glass or take home from the wine shop. At the table, wine is never a mere accompaniment but the thread that ties every moment of the day together, from the lunch break to dinner.
On the stove, the great Roman classics return: cacio e pepe and gricia, prepared with the precision that Roman tradition does not forgive. At dusk the kitchen changes pace and lays out the apericena (aperitif-dinner): mixed fried bites, fried baby octopus, bruschette, and vegetable rice accompany the evening's first glass, with a value for money that regulars point out time and again.
From breakfast to dinner, a Roman address to discover at leisure: the page explores the wines, the kitchen, and everything that makes this ancient corner of the rione Borgo (Borgo district) special.
