I Fratellini

The best quick lunch in Florence is this hole-in-the-wall, old-school sandwich shop serving panini and wine by the glass to sidewalk patrons

I Fratellini
Via dei Cimatori, 38r (two blocks north of Piazza della Signoria, just off Via Calzaiuoli across from the Orsanmichele)
tel. +39-055-239-6096
www.iduefratellini.com
Open continuously 9am–8pm
Closed Sundays

Sights nearby
Orsanmichele [church]
*** Piazza della Signoria [square]
** Palazzo Vecchio [palace/museum]
*** Uffizi [museum]
Casa di Dante [museum]
Santa Margherita de' Cerchi [church]
Badia [church]
*** Duomo group [church & museum]
** Bargello [museum]

Other places to eat nearby
* Gelateria Perché No? [gelato]
Il Trippaio [snack]
Festival del Gelato [gelato]
Casa di Dante/Il Pennello [meal]
* Alle Murate [meal]
** Le Mossacce [meal]

Hotels nearby
Signoria Apartments [moderate-premier]
B&B La Signoria di Firenze [cheap]

Hotel Brunelleschi [splurge]
La Casa del Garbo Hotel [moderate]
Relais Piazza Signoria [cheap-moderate]

Pensione Maria Luisa de' Medici [cheap]

Grand Hotel Cavour [premier]
Hotel Savoy [splurge]
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I Fratellini wine bar in Florence.Just off the busiest tourist thoroughfare in the city, halfway between the Duomo and the Uffizi, lies one of the last of a dying breed: a true fiaschetteria (derived from fiasco, Italian for a flask—i.e. of wine).

I love it for offering a fantastic but ultra-quick lunch in the perfect location for a busy tourist.

It is the proverbial hole-in-the-wall, a doorway about six feet deep with rows of wine bottles against the back wall behind the counter and two extraordinarily busy people fixing sandwiches and pouring glasses of wine up to the brim—either a basic rosso (red wine), or just point to any bottle to try un bicchiere (a glass).

The patrons—Florentines on their lunch break and a few bemused tourists—stand around on the cobblestones of the narrow street out front, munching and sipping and resting their glasses on a Roman numeraled slot on the wooden shelves flanking the doorway.

There are about 30 stuffing combinations. My favorite panino: cinghiale piccante con caprino (spicy wild boar salami spread with creamy goat cheese in a split, crunchy roll).

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I Fratellini

The best quick lunch in Florence is this hole-in-the-wall, old-school sandwich shop serving panini and wine by the glass to sidewalk patrons

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