Somehow we only ended up with the one photo from El Rincon, which is quite sad, as it was one of those places you look at and immediately know it will be right. Full of weird old stuff and lots of happy looking customers. We stumbled across it while looking for lunch and respite from a blistering summer day in Madrid. Details of what we ate have been lost in the shuffle, but the fond memories have not been. No website we can find, but the real address is 26, Calle Espiritu Santo. Stop on by...
I lived in Florence for a year in the early 2000s, and to be totally honest, found the eating-out options kind of a disappointment. Caught between a conservative food culture, and dumbing-down effects of 30 million tourists a year, the city’s restaurants seemed either stuck in a time warp, or to have simply caved to the demands of all those tour buses.
On a return visit, however, we discovered Il Santo Bevitore, where a young team is doing smart, fresh things with the extraordinary products that are available in Tuscany. Regular meals are a delight, and should you find yourself in Florence for New Year’s it’s the table to have.
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