La Casa del Vino
This elegant enoteca (wine shop) has been in situ for over 100 years, serving traditional, simple dishes. With chequered marble floors, wooden shelving and mirrored walls, it’s a classic Tuscan food experience. Run by the Migliorini family for the past 75 years (first by Bruno, and now Gianni), the enoteca treats its food with the same reverence and importance as its selection of Tuscan and Italian wines. A local baker from across the street makes the bread, which is used for menu gems such as patè di fegato (liver pâté), butter and anchovy crostini, panini, and salumi and formaggi platters. All dishes are painstakingly prepared using the best ingredients – “It doesn’t cut any corners,” says Mazzaglia. “If wine shops could be named UNESCO World Heritage sites, I would nominate this.”