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Piedmont’s Best Restaurants & More: Alessandria, Asti & Monferrato
Piedmont’s best restaurants, osterias, enotecas and more are shortlisted after my ongoing travels throughout Piedmont. This list will update and evolve over time as I return to old favourites and try new places.
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Piedmont’s Best Restaurants & More: Alessandria, Asti & Monferrato
Piedmont is Social media followers will know that I bought a house in Monferrato after months and years of research. Piedmont is the home to some of Italy’s best-known dishes. Stuffed meaty agnolotti, vitello tonnato from Fassona cows, hand-chopped steak tartare, pungent bagna caude, egg-rich tajarin, crisp grissini bread and home to the Slow Food Movement. Piedmont brought the world Nutella, Ferrero Roche as well as white and black Alba truffles. Then there’s the wine. Barolo, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Barbaresco, Gavi, Alta Langhe sparkling and the resurgence of Timorasso orange wine.
Piedmont is spoiled for restaurants. This article is a list of those restaurants I personally visited and recommend to others. I admit that there is a bias towards Piemontesi food. The headers also share the type of restaurant, budgeting and a standout feature. Pricing is based on a meal plus a drink in the following categories: Budget Eats (up to €10), Cheap Eats (up to €15), Mid-Range (up to €25) and High-End (above €25).
Piedmont is spoiled for restaurants. This article is a list of those restaurants I personally visited and recommend to others. I admit that there is a bias towards Piemontesi food. The headers also share the type of restaurant, budgeting and a standout feature. Pricing is based on a meal plus a drink in the following categories: Budget Eats (up to €10), Cheap Eats (up to €15), Mid-Range (up to €25) and High-End (above €25).
Piedmont’s Best Restaurants & More: Alessandria Comune
Ristorante Bar Corona. Traditional Piemontesi & Ligurian | Quaint Restaurant | Cheap Eats
A small restaurant run by the same family for the past 320 years! Marta will serve you personally if you are lucky with her bright eyes and a broad smile. Ristorante Bar Corona sits in a small village with an extensive menu that draws upon traditional Piemontesi and Ligurian regional dishes. The real magic lies in its selection of antipasti dishes such as slow-cooked peppers with anchovies and vitello tonnato. Order the chard-stuffed ravioli with ricotta if it’s available. A good wine selection is also available by the glass and the bottle.
Ristorante Bar Corona, Via Vittorio Emanuele, 14, 15056 San Sebastiano Curone, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Ristorante Bar Corona Website. +39(0)131786203.
Ristorante Bar Corona is hundreds of years old channeling traditional dishes from Piedmont and Liguria such as this roasted yellow pepper with anchovies.
Il Fiorile. Piemontesi | Farmhouse Family Restaurant | Mid-Range
A drive through the hills will reward you with a homely meal at family-run Il Fiorile inside a fairy-lit barn. You want to sit outside if there’s space and if the weather permits. The family-owned restaurant beats with familial warmth; the daughter is our waitress and sommelier. So engaging, she emailed us the next day with houses for sale near their village when she heard we were in Piedmont to buy a house. When did you last get that at a restaurant? Il Fiorile is a bib Gourmand-awarded restaurant (at the time of dining), attached to a small hotel, focusing on traditional Piemontesi dishes cooked by the family’s father. Il Fiorile offers both a la carte and tasting menus. Our tasting menu (€40) also leaves the option of wine pairing (€20-€40). Stand-out dishes: a lemon-yellow, egg-rich tajarin is crumbled with a white meat ragu and a chocolate fondant with homemade ice cream and peaches. Read a full Il Fiorile review here.
Il Fiorile, Via XXV Aprile, 6, 15060 Castel Dè Ratti Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Il Fiorile Website. +39143697303.
Il Fiorile typical Piemontesi tajarin pasta with veal ragu; Il Fiorile’s outside barn dining.
Ristorante Enoteca La Curia. Modern Piemontesi | Great Wine List | Mid-Range
A stone’s throw from the main square in Acqui Terme, Ristorante Enoteca La Curia is a smart restaurant with modern spins on regional classics. You can come here for lunch or dinner with a menu that changes regularly (English menus available): puréed borlotti beans with stewed octopus, olive gnocchi with tomato fondant and squid, tajarin with lamb ragu or grilled Iberian pork. However, the superb wine selection is the real reason to come. A sparkling bottle of Alta Langhe awaits you. The wine shop means you can also just purchase wine to take away.
Ristorante Enoteca La Curia, Via della, Via Alla Bollente, 26, 15011 Acqui Terme, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Ristorante Enoteca La Curia Website. +39144356049.
Ristorante Enoteca La Curia stands out for its strong regional wine list and well-executed regional dishes such as this borlotti cream with baby octopus.
Trattoria Losanna. Traditional Piemontesi | Generous Portions | Mid-Range
Perfect for lunch, Trattoria Losanna is a casual dining spot on a countryside road turning out enormous portions of traditional Monferrato Piemontesi dishes. It deservedly sports a bib gourmand at the time of dining. The owner amuses his guests while he serves everything personally. Think large platters of beef or ricotta agnolotti (Piemontesi ravioli), beef tartare or antipasti, among many other dishes. Trattoria Losanna features an impressive wine cellar which the owner is more than happy for you to investigate. Local wines are aplenty such as Roero Arneis and Barbera del Monferrato.
Trattoria Losanna, Via S. Rocco, 40, 15024 Masio, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. +39131799525.
Trattoria Losanna is a casual country restaurant serving traditional dishes with generous portions, a funny owner and an impressive wine cellar all at a good price.
Accademia Ristorante. Modern Piemontesi | Outstanding Decor, Must Visit | Mid-Range
A truly unique restaurant in Casale Monferrato housed inside the historic Palazzo Gozzano Treville, home to the Filarmonica di Casale Monferrato. Breathtaking frescoes line the entire entrance leading towards the restaurant. Accademia Ristorante is a time capsule and a must-visit for the decor alone. The food was still awarded a bib gourmand at the time of dining. Modern spins on traditional classics served with finesse. The wine list is equally impressive. Service is friendly and bookings are essential. Read a full Accademia Ristorante review here.
Accademia Ristorante, Via Goffredo Mameli, 29, 15033 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Accademia Ristorante Website. +39142452269.
Accademia Ristorante’s raspberry tart dessert and its incredible frescoes throughout the building.
Cascina Faletta 1881. Modern Piemontesi | Beautiful Location | Mid-Range
Winery and restaurant, Cascina Faletta 1881 is a beautifully restored farmhouse turned restaurant with views overlooking Piedmont hills and valleys from the swimming pool. Rooms in the attached hotel are also available. The menu moves Piemontesi food forward a little: soft poached egg with Gorgonzola and potato cream. The wine from the vineyard keeps prices down with their Barbera del Monferrato and unoaked Chardonnay. Service is friendly and English menus are also available. Bookings recommended.
Cascina Faletta 1881, Regione Mandoletta, 81, 15033 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Cascina Faletta 1881 Website. +39142670068.
Cascina Faletta 1881 lies inside a renovated farmhouse overlooking the Piedmont countryside. The attached hotel and winery means you do not have go to far.
Volpedo Food Market. Community | Local Produce | Budget Eats
Volpedo features a Saturday food market that draws in outstanding local farmers and producers in the area. Buy bushels of basil for €1, locally brewed and bottled beer with labels painted by hand and meet cheese and pig farmers who bring produce straight from the farm. Build in time for an early morning walk around the town and stop for espresso freddos. The real trick is their homemade pizzas made on-site. You usually need to preorder but we never did and always got lucky — even buying a bottle of wine from the adjacent stall! If there are no pizzas available, just buy some superb seasonal and local eats from the market — especially if peaches are in season. Volpedo peaches are famous around Piedmont. Make an afternoon sightseeing around Volpedo. Crafts and nicknacks are also available for sale.
Volpedo Food Market, Piazza Perino, 15059 Volpedo, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Volpedo Market Website.
Volpedo Market is open each Saturday morning serving fresh local produce but also cooked dishes like these cheap, tasty pizzas.
Ristorante La Fermata. Modern Piemontesi | Comfort Food | High End
La Fermata lies inside a hotel spa along an industrial lane – perhaps this is why La Fermata’s decor is a sort of modern industrial. La Fermata is unexpectedly good, better than expected, even for a one Michelin Star restaurant. The service is friendly and professional if not slightly amused by a pair of English speakers visiting the restaurant. So much so, the team translated the menu into English for us when they heard me struggling to make a booking over the phone. Both a la carte and tasting menus are available. The food reads like elevated Piemontesti comfort food: a gooey stuffed, salt-based onion begs for wintery days. Supple gnocchi parcels paired with soft, sweet courgettes that taste of the season and small, light agnolotti Alessandria steeped luxuriantly in butted and aged parmesan. Read a full review about La Fermata here.
Ristorante La Fermata, Resort La Fermata, Str. Bolla, 2, 15122 Spinetta Marengo, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. La Fermata Website. +390131617508.
La Fermata’s one Michelin Star is well-deserved with delicious dishes such as the salt-based stuffed onion; the decor is tasteful, spacious and modern industrial.
A small restaurant run by the same family for the past 320 years! Marta will serve you personally if you are lucky with her bright eyes and a broad smile. Ristorante Bar Corona sits in a small village with an extensive menu that draws upon traditional Piemontesi and Ligurian regional dishes. The real magic lies in its selection of antipasti dishes such as slow-cooked peppers with anchovies and vitello tonnato. Order the chard-stuffed ravioli with ricotta if it’s available. A good wine selection is also available by the glass and the bottle.
Ristorante Bar Corona, Via Vittorio Emanuele, 14, 15056 San Sebastiano Curone, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Ristorante Bar Corona Website. +39(0)131786203.
Ristorante Bar Corona is hundreds of years old channeling traditional dishes from Piedmont and Liguria such as this roasted yellow pepper with anchovies.
Il Fiorile. Piemontesi | Farmhouse Family Restaurant | Mid-Range
A drive through the hills will reward you with a homely meal at family-run Il Fiorile inside a fairy-lit barn. You want to sit outside if there’s space and if the weather permits. The family-owned restaurant beats with familial warmth; the daughter is our waitress and sommelier. So engaging, she emailed us the next day with houses for sale near their village when she heard we were in Piedmont to buy a house. When did you last get that at a restaurant? Il Fiorile is a bib Gourmand-awarded restaurant (at the time of dining), attached to a small hotel, focusing on traditional Piemontesi dishes cooked by the family’s father. Il Fiorile offers both a la carte and tasting menus. Our tasting menu (€40) also leaves the option of wine pairing (€20-€40). Stand-out dishes: a lemon-yellow, egg-rich tajarin is crumbled with a white meat ragu and a chocolate fondant with homemade ice cream and peaches. Read a full Il Fiorile review here.
Il Fiorile, Via XXV Aprile, 6, 15060 Castel Dè Ratti Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Il Fiorile Website. +39143697303.
Il Fiorile typical Piemontesi tajarin pasta with veal ragu; Il Fiorile’s outside barn dining.
Ristorante Enoteca La Curia. Modern Piemontesi | Great Wine List | Mid-Range
A stone’s throw from the main square in Acqui Terme, Ristorante Enoteca La Curia is a smart restaurant with modern spins on regional classics. You can come here for lunch or dinner with a menu that changes regularly (English menus available): puréed borlotti beans with stewed octopus, olive gnocchi with tomato fondant and squid, tajarin with lamb ragu or grilled Iberian pork. However, the superb wine selection is the real reason to come. A sparkling bottle of Alta Langhe awaits you. The wine shop means you can also just purchase wine to take away.
Ristorante Enoteca La Curia, Via della, Via Alla Bollente, 26, 15011 Acqui Terme, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Ristorante Enoteca La Curia Website. +39144356049.
Ristorante Enoteca La Curia stands out for its strong regional wine list and well-executed regional dishes such as this borlotti cream with baby octopus.
Trattoria Losanna. Traditional Piemontesi | Generous Portions | Mid-Range
Perfect for lunch, Trattoria Losanna is a casual dining spot on a countryside road turning out enormous portions of traditional Monferrato Piemontesi dishes. It deservedly sports a bib gourmand at the time of dining. The owner amuses his guests while he serves everything personally. Think large platters of beef or ricotta agnolotti (Piemontesi ravioli), beef tartare or antipasti, among many other dishes. Trattoria Losanna features an impressive wine cellar which the owner is more than happy for you to investigate. Local wines are aplenty such as Roero Arneis and Barbera del Monferrato.
Trattoria Losanna, Via S. Rocco, 40, 15024 Masio, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. +39131799525.
Trattoria Losanna is a casual country restaurant serving traditional dishes with generous portions, a funny owner and an impressive wine cellar all at a good price.
Accademia Ristorante. Modern Piemontesi | Outstanding Decor, Must Visit | Mid-Range
A truly unique restaurant in Casale Monferrato housed inside the historic Palazzo Gozzano Treville, home to the Filarmonica di Casale Monferrato. Breathtaking frescoes line the entire entrance leading towards the restaurant. Accademia Ristorante is a time capsule and a must-visit for the decor alone. The food was still awarded a bib gourmand at the time of dining. Modern spins on traditional classics served with finesse. The wine list is equally impressive. Service is friendly and bookings are essential. Read a full Accademia Ristorante review here.
Accademia Ristorante, Via Goffredo Mameli, 29, 15033 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Accademia Ristorante Website. +39142452269.
Accademia Ristorante’s raspberry tart dessert and its incredible frescoes throughout the building.
Cascina Faletta 1881. Modern Piemontesi | Beautiful Location | Mid-Range
Winery and restaurant, Cascina Faletta 1881 is a beautifully restored farmhouse turned restaurant with views overlooking Piedmont hills and valleys from the swimming pool. Rooms in the attached hotel are also available. The menu moves Piemontesi food forward a little: soft poached egg with Gorgonzola and potato cream. The wine from the vineyard keeps prices down with their Barbera del Monferrato and unoaked Chardonnay. Service is friendly and English menus are also available. Bookings recommended.
Cascina Faletta 1881, Regione Mandoletta, 81, 15033 Casale Monferrato, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Cascina Faletta 1881 Website. +39142670068.
Cascina Faletta 1881 lies inside a renovated farmhouse overlooking the Piedmont countryside. The attached hotel and winery means you do not have go to far.
Volpedo Food Market. Community | Local Produce | Budget Eats
Volpedo features a Saturday food market that draws in outstanding local farmers and producers in the area. Buy bushels of basil for €1, locally brewed and bottled beer with labels painted by hand and meet cheese and pig farmers who bring produce straight from the farm. Build in time for an early morning walk around the town and stop for espresso freddos. The real trick is their homemade pizzas made on-site. You usually need to preorder but we never did and always got lucky — even buying a bottle of wine from the adjacent stall! If there are no pizzas available, just buy some superb seasonal and local eats from the market — especially if peaches are in season. Volpedo peaches are famous around Piedmont. Make an afternoon sightseeing around Volpedo. Crafts and nicknacks are also available for sale.
Volpedo Food Market, Piazza Perino, 15059 Volpedo, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. Volpedo Market Website.
Volpedo Market is open each Saturday morning serving fresh local produce but also cooked dishes like these cheap, tasty pizzas.
Ristorante La Fermata. Modern Piemontesi | Comfort Food | High End
La Fermata lies inside a hotel spa along an industrial lane – perhaps this is why La Fermata’s decor is a sort of modern industrial. La Fermata is unexpectedly good, better than expected, even for a one Michelin Star restaurant. The service is friendly and professional if not slightly amused by a pair of English speakers visiting the restaurant. So much so, the team translated the menu into English for us when they heard me struggling to make a booking over the phone. Both a la carte and tasting menus are available. The food reads like elevated Piemontesti comfort food: a gooey stuffed, salt-based onion begs for wintery days. Supple gnocchi parcels paired with soft, sweet courgettes that taste of the season and small, light agnolotti Alessandria steeped luxuriantly in butted and aged parmesan. Read a full review about La Fermata here.
Ristorante La Fermata, Resort La Fermata, Str. Bolla, 2, 15122 Spinetta Marengo, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. La Fermata Website. +390131617508.
La Fermata’s one Michelin Star is well-deserved with delicious dishes such as the salt-based stuffed onion; the decor is tasteful, spacious and modern industrial.
This remains one of my favourite places in Piedmont to date. A small wine bar that turns out remarkably good food including the best panna cotta to ever pass these lips...
Piedmont’s Best Restaurants & More: Asti Comune
La Braja. Traditional | Classical Decor & Service | High-End
A time warp and glimpse into a time gone by but executed with charm and panache. A father-son duo manage La Braja. Walls are littered with awards, classical furniture fills the dining room brightened with mustard yellow walls. Service features a trolley service including an incredible cheese trolley (absolutely no miss) and choices of aperitifs to start as well as digestifs to finish. La Braja is fine dining as it used to be. Both a la carte and tasting menus are available. The homemade tajarin with rabbit ragu is light and delicate, bacon and zucchini blossom-wrapped prawns are far better than expected. Menus in English are available, the wine list excels in regional options and the service is so good, you’ll want to move in. La Braja’s dining has fallen out of fashion in some ways, but you can’t help but wish it came back.
La Braja, Via S. Giovanni Bosco, N.11, 14030 Montemagno, Asti, Piedmont, Italy. La Braja Website. +393311799615.
La Braja charms like a time capsule of what dining used to be. From the decor to the service to the traditional dining, this father-son restaurant is a rare find.
Vicolo Battisti. Neapolitan Pizza | Modern | Cheap Eats
Vicolo Battisti intends to tear up the rule book about pizza in Italy with a devil-may-care attitude about Neapolitan pizza conventions. The outside terrace seating along a busy street in Asti brings in bags of atmosphere and that Al fresco dining that probably brought you to Italy in the first place. Friendly service and menus are available in English. You could order the light agnolotti plin with beef among other dishes, but you should delve into the seasonal pizza menu. Expect bases made of smoked aubergine or creamed chestnuts, fior di latte burrata or pork shank or tartare and Gran Padano. Classics are also available for the less adventurous but, my advice? Fortune favours the brave!
Vicolo Battisti, Via Cesare Battisti, 14/A, 14100 Asti, Piedmont, Italy. Vicolo Battisti Website. +393202274222.
Vicolo Battisti is a hidden gem down the side of an alley in Asti turning out imaginative pizzas at affordable prices. The stuffed pasta is pretty good too.
100 VINI Alba. Bar & Restaurant | Great Wine List | Cheap Eats
A solid restaurant in a touristy area of Alba, 100 VINI Alba features a staggering wine selection as the name suggests. Weather permitting, you want to sit outside in the middle of the adjacent square for some people-watch and enjoy that dolce vita al fresco dining. The views outside the courtyard piazza are worth it during the warmer months. Alba is filled with high-end dining so simpler cheaper places can be hit or miss. Also, many restaurants close by 3 pm. 100 VINI Alba is a good option for late lunches, reasonable prices or a place simply for aperitifs before heading off somewhere else. Simple eats available like fried calamari, tuna steaks, veal tartare, and homemade pasta all washed down with Langhe Riesling.
100 VINI Alba, Via Roma, 2, 12050 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. +39 0173 065937.
100 VINI Alba is a safe fallback option in Alba when many other restaurants close or if you want a place for wine and people-watching.
Petricore Enoteca con Cucina. Wine Bar & Restaurant | Must Visit | Mid-Range
This remains one of my favourite places in Piedmont to date. A small wine bar that turns out remarkably good food including the best panna cotta to ever pass these lips and a lovely guinea fowl with mash. Petricore Enoteca offers a very broad wine list including an extensive range by the glass, Petricore Enoteca shines in the regional options including exceptionally rare bottles (some less than 12 per year). Natural wine, orange wine, local wines and famed Barolos, you will be hard-pressed to find this range elsewhere. Thank god the food is there to soak this up. The sommelier is superb and enjoys tables that want to delve into wine with him. Read a full review about Petricore Enoteca con Cucina here.
Petricore Enoteca con Cucina, Via Ospedale, 6, 12051 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. Petricore Enoteca con Cucina’s Website. +39173067431.
Petricore Enoteca’s at its best featuring rare local regional wine like this dessert Barolo; a favourite menu starter: Calabrian anchovies with butter
Piazza Duomo. Modern Italian | One of the World’s Best Restaurants | High End
Piazza Duomo sits at the cutting edge of Italian cuisine pushing the conversation forward. With three Michelin stars and consistent features in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List, Chef Crippa is world famous for using local vegetables farmed by the restaurant offering tasting menus and wine pairing. You must order the wine pairing. Standout dishes from the tasting menu included the burnt lemon risotto, red prawns with cherries and the uni carpaccio with pecorino and tomato jam paired with Moscato di Asti. The pastel pink cavernous walls brighten the dining room. Piazza Duomo is definitely for special occasions with a bill that matches. It’s one of life’s bucket list dinners. Read a full review of Piazza Duomo here.
Piazza Duomo, Piazza Risorgimento 4, 12051 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. Piazza Duomo Website. +39 0173 366167.
Piazza Duomo is one of the world’s best restaurants with a pale pink dining room and modern Italian food such as these red prawns with cherries
Osteria dei Sognatori. Traditional Piemontesi | Social Al Fresco Dining | Cheap Eats
Walking passed Osteria Dei Sognatori several times, it is always busy. So much so that walk-ins needed to wait upwards of an hour for a seat. Your neighbourhood casual dining as you would expect from an osteria. Al fresco dining in the sun and along the street allows for maximum people-watching. For indoor dining, don’t be surprised if local residents bring their dogs to sleep under the tables like in British pubs. The menu changes seasonally, but hazelnut pesto tagliatelle, beef ravioli or tajarin al ragu stood out together with a carafe of local Nebbiolo. Service is a little slow during busy, peak periods. Just order another glass/bottle of wine and remember you’re in Alba!
Osteria dei Sognatori, Via Macrino, 8, 12051 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. +393337124121
Osteria dei Sognatori offers casual dining as you’d expect from an Osteria including local dishes such as hazelnut pesto tagliatelle.
A time warp and glimpse into a time gone by but executed with charm and panache. A father-son duo manage La Braja. Walls are littered with awards, classical furniture fills the dining room brightened with mustard yellow walls. Service features a trolley service including an incredible cheese trolley (absolutely no miss) and choices of aperitifs to start as well as digestifs to finish. La Braja is fine dining as it used to be. Both a la carte and tasting menus are available. The homemade tajarin with rabbit ragu is light and delicate, bacon and zucchini blossom-wrapped prawns are far better than expected. Menus in English are available, the wine list excels in regional options and the service is so good, you’ll want to move in. La Braja’s dining has fallen out of fashion in some ways, but you can’t help but wish it came back.
La Braja, Via S. Giovanni Bosco, N.11, 14030 Montemagno, Asti, Piedmont, Italy. La Braja Website. +393311799615.
La Braja charms like a time capsule of what dining used to be. From the decor to the service to the traditional dining, this father-son restaurant is a rare find.
Vicolo Battisti. Neapolitan Pizza | Modern | Cheap Eats
Vicolo Battisti intends to tear up the rule book about pizza in Italy with a devil-may-care attitude about Neapolitan pizza conventions. The outside terrace seating along a busy street in Asti brings in bags of atmosphere and that Al fresco dining that probably brought you to Italy in the first place. Friendly service and menus are available in English. You could order the light agnolotti plin with beef among other dishes, but you should delve into the seasonal pizza menu. Expect bases made of smoked aubergine or creamed chestnuts, fior di latte burrata or pork shank or tartare and Gran Padano. Classics are also available for the less adventurous but, my advice? Fortune favours the brave!
Vicolo Battisti, Via Cesare Battisti, 14/A, 14100 Asti, Piedmont, Italy. Vicolo Battisti Website. +393202274222.
Vicolo Battisti is a hidden gem down the side of an alley in Asti turning out imaginative pizzas at affordable prices. The stuffed pasta is pretty good too.
Piedmont’s Best Restaurants & More: Alba Comune
100 VINI Alba. Bar & Restaurant | Great Wine List | Cheap Eats
A solid restaurant in a touristy area of Alba, 100 VINI Alba features a staggering wine selection as the name suggests. Weather permitting, you want to sit outside in the middle of the adjacent square for some people-watch and enjoy that dolce vita al fresco dining. The views outside the courtyard piazza are worth it during the warmer months. Alba is filled with high-end dining so simpler cheaper places can be hit or miss. Also, many restaurants close by 3 pm. 100 VINI Alba is a good option for late lunches, reasonable prices or a place simply for aperitifs before heading off somewhere else. Simple eats available like fried calamari, tuna steaks, veal tartare, and homemade pasta all washed down with Langhe Riesling.
100 VINI Alba, Via Roma, 2, 12050 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. +39 0173 065937.
100 VINI Alba is a safe fallback option in Alba when many other restaurants close or if you want a place for wine and people-watching.
Petricore Enoteca con Cucina. Wine Bar & Restaurant | Must Visit | Mid-Range
This remains one of my favourite places in Piedmont to date. A small wine bar that turns out remarkably good food including the best panna cotta to ever pass these lips and a lovely guinea fowl with mash. Petricore Enoteca offers a very broad wine list including an extensive range by the glass, Petricore Enoteca shines in the regional options including exceptionally rare bottles (some less than 12 per year). Natural wine, orange wine, local wines and famed Barolos, you will be hard-pressed to find this range elsewhere. Thank god the food is there to soak this up. The sommelier is superb and enjoys tables that want to delve into wine with him. Read a full review about Petricore Enoteca con Cucina here.
Petricore Enoteca con Cucina, Via Ospedale, 6, 12051 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. Petricore Enoteca con Cucina’s Website. +39173067431.
Petricore Enoteca’s at its best featuring rare local regional wine like this dessert Barolo; a favourite menu starter: Calabrian anchovies with butter
Piazza Duomo. Modern Italian | One of the World’s Best Restaurants | High End
Piazza Duomo sits at the cutting edge of Italian cuisine pushing the conversation forward. With three Michelin stars and consistent features in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List, Chef Crippa is world famous for using local vegetables farmed by the restaurant offering tasting menus and wine pairing. You must order the wine pairing. Standout dishes from the tasting menu included the burnt lemon risotto, red prawns with cherries and the uni carpaccio with pecorino and tomato jam paired with Moscato di Asti. The pastel pink cavernous walls brighten the dining room. Piazza Duomo is definitely for special occasions with a bill that matches. It’s one of life’s bucket list dinners. Read a full review of Piazza Duomo here.
Piazza Duomo, Piazza Risorgimento 4, 12051 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. Piazza Duomo Website. +39 0173 366167.
Piazza Duomo is one of the world’s best restaurants with a pale pink dining room and modern Italian food such as these red prawns with cherries
Osteria dei Sognatori. Traditional Piemontesi | Social Al Fresco Dining | Cheap Eats
Walking passed Osteria Dei Sognatori several times, it is always busy. So much so that walk-ins needed to wait upwards of an hour for a seat. Your neighbourhood casual dining as you would expect from an osteria. Al fresco dining in the sun and along the street allows for maximum people-watching. For indoor dining, don’t be surprised if local residents bring their dogs to sleep under the tables like in British pubs. The menu changes seasonally, but hazelnut pesto tagliatelle, beef ravioli or tajarin al ragu stood out together with a carafe of local Nebbiolo. Service is a little slow during busy, peak periods. Just order another glass/bottle of wine and remember you’re in Alba!
Osteria dei Sognatori, Via Macrino, 8, 12051 Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. +393337124121
Osteria dei Sognatori offers casual dining as you’d expect from an Osteria including local dishes such as hazelnut pesto tagliatelle.
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