RISTORANTE - PIZZERIA

Becattini Restaurant
Via del Crocino, 41 - Poggio alla Croce
Greve in Chianti (Florence)
Phone: +39 055 8337813
Mobile: +39 339 4340870
E-mail: info@becattini.com

Typical tuscan cuisine near Florence

On top of the sunny Chianti hills, only 20 km. far from Florence, lies the characteristic hamlet of Poggio alla Croce (in the district of Greve in Chianti), where from three generations the Becattini Restaurant delights its guests' palate.

Everything began in 1951, when grandfather Ovidio, together with his son Mauro opened a small grocery and bakery store for the peasants ... To make a long story short ... this small shop was soon converted to a big restaurant: a cosy and family-run place with big glass windows overlooking Florence and the picturesque Chianti hills. The owner is nowadays Danilo Becattini, who has firmly maintained the traditional culinary characteristics: one for all the use of the "fiasco" (an artisan straw-covered bottle) as a container for the Chianti wine, of course.

The cellar is attentively looked after by grandfather Dario and counts more that 50 different wine labels, strictly "Chianti Gallo Nero". Specialties that can be tasted have been handed down from the traditional cuisine of Tuscany: as an example an "antipasto" (starter) of sbriciolona (fresh Tuscan fennel flavoured salame), ham, homemade vegetables preserved under oil and the famous chicken liver "crostini" still prepared using grandmother Emma's recipe.

To continue with the first courses we must talk about the hand-made Porcini mushrooms filled ravioli and the Pappardelle with wild boar ragout. What make our restaurant so wellknown are also our mixed grilled and roast-meats, together with the Florentine T-Bone steak cooked in the wood-burning oven, the wild boar and game dishes. Not to forget our famous "fritto" (mixed fried food) made, as our grandmothers used to do, in the old black frying-pan.

All our dishes are prepared with extra virgin olive oil, locally produced, as most of the vegetable we use. Last but not least our great Pizza cooked on the natural stone of our antique oven. Guests cannot leave our restaurant without having tasted one of our house-made desserts, such as Danilo's tiramisù, schiacciata con l'uva o fichi (typical flat bread with grapes or figs) or without having soaked the "Cantuccini" in our Vin Santo. Restaurant Becattini is an unique culinary experience, which we are sure, will make your stay in Tuscany even more memorable.