Housing Italy: Rome - Restaurants

Restaurants

Near the Vatican

Les Etoiles
Address: Hotel Atlante Star, Via dei Bastioni 1
Price: Over 120,000 lire - CURRENCY CONVERTER
Credit cards accepted: AE, DC, MC, V.
Phone: 06-689-3434
If you're looking for an ascension-into-heaven moment when dining in Rome, just book a window table at this restaurant. As candles flicker at your side, enjoy the nuova cucina (the Italian variation of nouvelle cuisine) specials and sit back and watch the blue fade out of the dome of St. Peter's. The rooftop restaurant of the Atlante Star hotel, in the Prati section of Rome, has big window walls to frame the breathtaking view of the Vatican, which is especially magical later in the evening when the cupola's graceful curves are illuminated. The menu varies, depending on what the chef chooses at the market. There are interesting pasta dishes with porcini mushrooms or seasonal vegetables, classic or creative risotto (for two), fresh seafood, and choice grilled meats. When you reserve, ask for a table with a view of St. Peter's. Reservations essential. Jacket and tie.

Tre Pupazzi
Address: Via dei Tre Pupazzi at Borgo Pio
Price: Under 40,000 lire - CURRENCY CONVERTER
Credit cards accepted: AE, MC, V.
Phone: 06-686-8371
The "three puppets" after which the trattoria is named are the worn stone figures on a fragment of an ancient sarcophagus that embellishes a building on this byway near the Vatican. The tavern, founded in 1625, wears its centuries lightly, upholding a tradition of good food, courteous service, and reasonable prices. The menu offers classic Roman/Abruzzese trattoria fare, including fettuccine and abbacchio, plus pizzas at lunchtime (a rarity in Rome) and well past midnight.

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