Lunch in Rome
This Rome blog article is written for the guests of the Chaplin Bed and Breakfast Rome.
Eat till you burst
Traditionally lunch (”pranzo“) is the most important meal for Italians. An antipasto, a first (usually a plate of pasta) and a second (meat or fish) course with maybe some dessert afterwards: a typical Roman lunch used to last hours.
Lunch hours in Italy
Restaurants in Rome tend to open around noon for the lunch crowd and close their doors around 3pm.
As everywhere else, also in Italy the traditions change: nowadays it is just as common for Romans to go to a bar and have a quick panino (“bread roll”) or tramezzino (a rather weak, white sandwich) instead of spending hours at the trattoria or osteria.