My trip to Europe: Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy | I just want 2 eat

Saturday, June 21, 2014

My trip to Europe: Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy

image of Santo Spirito Basilica in Florence, Italy

For our second night in Florence, we had a walking tour that led us in front of the Santo Spirito Basilica, an area full of restaurants around a small park.

We decided to go to Borgo Antico, located in Piazza di Santo Spirito.
image of Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy

I did not see the interior of the restaurant as we decided to stay outside, the weather being perfect. I decided to order a glass of Spritz, a wine-based cocktail commonly served as an aperitif in Northeast Italy.
image of sprtiz at Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy

I enjoyed it with some black olives and bread.
image of olives and bread at Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy

We decided to just order an entree as we had other plans for dessert...Jodi ordered the pizza bianca con funghi misti e olio tartufato that is the white pizza with mozzarella, mushrooms and truffle oil.

image of white pizza with mushrooms at Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy

It was a fairly good pizza with a wonderful truffle scent, but I would have preferred real truffle like other joint proposed.
image of white pizza with mushrooms at Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy

On my side, I decided to order the linguine alle vongole or linguine with fresh clams, one of my favorite dishes.
image of linguine alle vongole at Borgo Antico in Florence, Italy

The linguine were perfectly cooked and the sauce was fantastic. However, the clams were full of sand, so very grainy. Too bad.

This was just ok; I think we had much better meals in Florence, one of them in the same area, so next time, I will pass...

Borgo Antico
Piazza di Santo Spirito
6-r, 50125 Florence, Italy

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