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Yes on Sunday night, I interviewed at Siena, where here at Fonte Gaia the young Director, 

Emanuele, will drive 2hrs. to the Mediterranean Sea if you call him in the morning to pick up any 

kind of fish you request just for you that special day. If you call today on Monday, he picks it up on Monday for 

your special dinner tonight. Please call Emanuele to drive to find fish for you at 039 057 728 16 28 

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Have you ever seen such a view in life? Here 

is the Breakfast view at the famous and 

oldest cafe/restaurant in Siena, the medieval 

ancient city of south Tuscany, Italy. At 

Fonte Gaia, where I sat at 22:00pm on a 

Sunday night with the young 30s Director, 

Emanuele, I learned about the young man 

and life at Fonte Gaia. o arrivando... 

http://www.mangiareasiena.it/approfondisci/ 

"WE have a great selection of wines of 300 

and it gives me a good satisfaction to either 

give the 25euro bottle to the young couple or 

the expensive bottle to the big table.! People 

can come and share a big plate and a great 

bottle of wine and enjoy dinner for only 

50euros." says Emanuel. "We have Pici 

Pasta Florentine Steak is here the cheeks of 

the pig and we have Pecorino Cheese which 

is famous for the Siena. Each region of Italy 

is different." he says. 

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"Oyes the Wild Boar. The Americans LOVE the Wild Boar. Everyone that comes here 

they ask for it. It is a wonder that anymore exist here." jokes the Hilarious Emanuel. 

"sometimes they can be found wondering near little creeks in small towns. If you see 

one just stay very still because they come after movement." STAY STILL! If I see a 

wild boar I am running, I say. Do they run fast? I ask. "No no the wild boar is pig 

family and they waddle. They won't catch you." O, okay..."We catch them!" he says. And is the 

restaurant famous for anything else? "Yes we have great pasta typical of the Siena region and 

wonderful wines from Siena and Italy. Here try a Frescobaldi." he says. And of course since that is 

my favorite wine...the conversation continued. Above the video of the beautiful restaurant in Siena. 

"It is the longest existing cafe on the famous square in Siena. In 2012 it became the restaurant that it 

is now. It has elegance in the restaurant only to show the difference between the wait staff and the 

guests. We wear formal dress to show that the guest is the guest and we are here to give to the guest. 

And the service is formal and friendly. Mostly friendly." he says. 


Emanuele(my name too!) owns Pretto in Siena..."my Grandfather owned a farm near Siena and 

worked the farm his entire life. When he was 70 years old he retired and was blind. He decided to go to 

college at 70 years old and at the age of 73 he graduated with literature and philosophy. He wrote a book of 

poems on philosophy that is 1001 pages long poem and my grandmother wrote it for him. She kept telling 

him...stop stop since her hand hurt and he kept wanting to write the poems. Here is his book." Emanuele 

shows me the book of poems and on the back is 25,000 lire price. "That is how original the manuscripts are 

here. Now that translates to about 12.50Es" He says. 

Via Dei Termini 4, 057 728 9089 


"We have a farm near Chianti where we live and the farmer has 500 sheep. We(my sister, Tamara, and me) 

went to the farm where we buy the Pecorino sheep cheese. We wanted to learn the feeling of working on the 

farm and we lived their lives for one and 1/2 weeks. We milked the sheep at 4am. They milk 500 sheep 

every morning at 4am and in the afternoon. That is pretty cool. We of course went real slow but they use 


machines and go real fast. The butcher that we use the meat from is my personal butcher. We have many 

different typical regional foods here that different cultures either try or don't. The Americans some of these 

try the tripe for instance yet all of the Chinese do. They love exotic food." Emanuele says. 

http://www.prettoprosciutteria.it/ 

Visiting the farms where all of the great 

products come from! And his grandfather's 

farm? "It was near Florence. Now you must 

enjoy his inspirational life with his book, Fiore di 

Rova, here at the restaurant!" 

"The coolest thing is the pork here from 

Barga. And the Scottish painter that 

does the entire series of the food from 

Barga is here at the long table. He says 

that it is life in Barga and it is the culture of that 

beautiful city seen with the meat of the animals 

of the real culture of the raw food. It is amazing 

and I have his Scottish paintings here on that 

side and opposite is the wine from all of my 

friends vineyards. All my friends have a special 

place here at the Gourmet Restaurant." he says. 

I say that the Scottish paintings is just another 

example of how he tries to incorporate the love 

he has for his Grandfather and the respect of 

the inspirational life that he lived. The poetry is 

art and the paintings is another media of that. 

"One of the pig's salami that we have are Finacciona 

which has wild fennel seed in it and the other is the 

wild pigs. The wild pigs eat from the brush of the 

forests. They have a white band around the shoulders 

and the taste is gamey. We have 25 American students 

who come here in a class named Pork, Poetry and 

Passion. They do about 2 weeks and they do one day 

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The Scottish: Keane

with me and we go out and find the wild pigs and they 

come back here and eat it. At least a couple of these do. 

Some of the American students won't eat the food after 

they see the animals!" 

"Yes," Emanuele says, "Even the hangings of the sausages and the cheeses and everything 

represents the culture and stories of the land of Italy...the farmers of Italy." 

http://www.prettoprosciutteria.it/ 



The Cool Cave Swinging Bar with Live Bands in Siena named 

Cacio and Pere is located at Via Dei Termini ,70 057 71 5107 27 

Tonight come dressed Vintage from 19:00pm to 

3:00am Live Vintage DJ! 

"We've been here 3 years and the bar has 

concerts every day...live music and DJS...and 

zero cover charge! " says Edoardo who along 

with his bartending partner Luca have the 

coolest club around. 


"And we support the arts in all forms, 

music, writing and artists." he says. "We 

try to give the students a place where they can 

hear live music and meet each other. It is 

definitely a bar that the Italian students come 

to, and we're trying to attract the attention of

the international students too." says Edoardo 

who is young and as you can see from the crazy 

pictures...a lot of laughter. 

"Downstairs is the cave room...most nights we have about 300 people inside and outside having 

fun and dancing and hearing the great music. Downstairs since the original caved walls are about 2,000 years old 

the acoustics are great when the bands played there, but now they play upstairs in the window and when you're 

outside you can see and enjoy the music too." he says. 


The team of Il Vinaio with brother David and brother Bobbi...David is on the left and Bobbi 

on the right. The two brothers, who are 10 years difference between them started the bistro 

with each other on the trendy cobblestoned alley of Siena on the way to the famous Piazza 

Campo. Find the cool boutique gourmet bistro at 167 via Camollia with delicacies such as 

snails and trippe and "we try to use the last of the animals to carry on the century old 

traditons of the culture...such as the trippe and the spleen and the intestines. I know 

Americans go Ooo I dont want to try this. But they do try a little bit and they say at least I 

tried!" says Bobbi who is all enthusiasm and laughter about his restaurant. 0577 49615 

http://www.osteriailvinaio.it/ 


Above you can try many delicacies such as the snail and the intestines and the cheeks of pigs and the trippe 

and the spleen and the livers...The only thing that I love to eat is the liver I say. "I eat Trippe. Most of the 

tourists say that isn't for them. We try it though. Everyday we try to use the last of the animals to keep the 

tradition of the Siena people. We eat horses too. Most of the important restaurants in Siena use the horse 

meat. Americans think that is unusual too." Bobbi says. I say that I don't eat pets. 

"The Americans are a little squeamish about 

trying the new things. Although we have for 

instance Chinese male students at the 

university and they say we're too normal...they 

like trying unusual things! I guess it is a cultural 

thing. We want to keep the tradition that 

makes Siena different from the rest of 

the world. And along with the oldest and 


most famous horse race in the world, we 

do have horsemeat on the menu of most 

of the imporant restaurants in the city. I 

guess that is unusual for Americans too?" he 

says and I say yes! 

http://www.apicolturafontana.com/Apicoltur.../Home_Page.htm 

Fabio Espisito and his honey farm. 

If you would love to come and try the honey 

along with all of the little aperitivos that the 

gourmet bistro serves tapa style starting at 

6:30pm just wander on in. They have "50cent 

wine shots and 1.00euro wine shots for the 

students and to keep the traditonal cheap 

wines. That is important too. People can 

purchase great wine here and everywhere in 

the world. But what is unique is the cheap wines 

that the little Italian villages always have. We 

have it too. Come do a shot glass of great house 

wine and sample the little delicacies and talk to 

friends, students and locals." Bobbi invites. 


Here although Bobbi won't admit to naming his meat hanging on the walls the way Romans do, you can choose the 

cow or pig and name it yourself as you make a sandwich I guess. Important that it is all fresh and real and right in 

front of you! 

http://www.ristorantepizzeriailmasgalano.com/ristorante/ 


You know after about 5 years and 5,000 interviews how important is knowing what wine is available at 

each restaurant around the world? It is as important as a child chosing a costume for their 

school event...very important. Why? Since each child is 

important that is why http://www.ristorantepizzeriailmasgalano.com/contatti/ 

Via Camporegio 1 Telefono: 0577 44349 

The owner is down-to-earth, shy, quiet and 

real nice. "I have owned the restaurant the 

last almost 8 years," he says. "It used to be 

dark but I made it light and sophisticated. I love 


"Here try the pears and honey and pecorino cheese 

anti-pasta." he says and presents me with that and 

a bottle of Brunello of all wines...the one I had( I 

ususally drink one glass...here with the help of the

doing that. I turn a plain decoration into a beautiful 

one. That is what I love doing best. And it applys to 

all of my team. My chef is my sister and my good 

friend. They come here and they learn from me. 

We have a sophisticated menu with typical regional 

Siena cuisine yet it is beautifully presented. People 

come from all around the world and ask if the chefs 

worked at MIchelin star restaurants before being 

hired here...that is since the prestentation is simple, 

elegant and sophisticated. Acutally it is learning 

from me who I have learned from seeing one time 

the great chefs of the world. It is simple." says the 

humble owner, Giuseppe. 

owner, I had one bottle of Maestro- 

Janni(think the Brady bunch movie...marcia. 

marcia, marcia!) 

The name of the restaurant comes from the 

tradition of when the people walk before the horse 

races of the Palio. The drum players and the flag 

wavers walk and the award is presented to the 

best. That is the Masgalano. That is the name of the 

restaurant...to represent greatness. You know. 

People do assume that it is a provincial restaurant, 

yet it is sophisticated with the best wines that go 

from 250.00euros to 2,000.00 euros...and the 

most beautiful presentation of regional food. And 

although we have a piano and classical 

music about 3 days per month, most of the 

time people come in and have a good glass 

of wine, great conversation and great food. I 


Giuseppe invites me to try a pear and honey antipasta 

and the wild boar of the restaurant and we sit 

and eat and talk about life. "America is nice," he 

says, "my fiance is from America and I've been to 

Oregon, New York, South Carolina and Chicago. She 

is a professor of South Carolina." Giuseppe says. I 

ask if she loves Siena? "Yes she does. We're getting 

married in the cathedral across from the piazza." he 

says. I laugh and ask if he and his fiance have ever 

been wild boar hunting on horseback and if they 

would like to do that? He laughs, "Not me and 

not my girlfriend. I would rather just eat it. 

You know one time a group of people came 

in and asked if the wild boar is shot by the 

owner or if it is bought. They came from 

Milano. When the owner said that he shot 

the wild boar himself...they left! The 

italians don't like to think about the wild 

boar being shot...they just like to eat it!" he 

says. 

The wonderful thing that is mine is the 

wine showcases, which I designed myself,

have made friends from around the world 

and they "What's UP" me all the time. You 

should "What's UP" instead of facebook. 

And why?" he asks. "Since it is more 

personal, more private and you can 

communicate with the people you reall 

want to communicate with." he says. 

the artwork, which is all friends of mine, and the 

lightness of the restaurant. We have wine tastings 

which range from 10.00euros for 5 glasses of wine 

of the best that we have to 3 glasses of 8 euros. You 

can choose. The wine is one of my favorite subjects. 

There is so many to choose from and real fun trying 

the differences." says Giuseppe. 

The Masgalano competitors below.... 

Set on top of the hill with a great view of the 

city...the restaurant looks unassuming and the type 

of pizzeria and cafe that is dotted in the provincial 

towns of Italy...yet looks can be deceiving! It is 

light, bright, sophisticated and the food reflects 

that...lovely elegance and great wine lists! ciao 

Here is me at the restaurant, Giuseppe owns Il 

Masgalano...and below is naming the winners of the 

real Masgalano...the awards given to the 

competitors that walk in front of the Palio horses 

and jockeys demonstrating their skills. 


The Fonte Giusta is a special place. THERE IS A COOKING SCHOOL. That is the number one cool 

and different thing. "We right now have 20 students from Arizona studying with us. They're here one month and 

they learn how to cook all the Tuscany recipes and styles. The building is near here with huge arched ceilings from 

the 1400's along with the style of the restaurant," says the owner named Guiseppe except maybe since the waiter 

seems to be the translator of the moment. We spent 3 hrs. last night at the restaurant from 19:30pm to 22:30 pm 

touring the huge 5 room restaurant and gardens and sampling the food. 057 7405 06 and must take the 

cooking classes. Right now he gives one day cooking school at 45Euros to learn and it includes 

dinner and wine at the restaurant that night! Via Camollia, 103 S iena 


The Grandfather's drawings and placements... 

Questa foto di Trattoria Fontegiusta è offerta da TripAdvisor. 

http://www.trattoriafontegiusta.com/ 

The thing that he is most proud of is his cooking 

school. The pictures are simply amazing and he is 

"having the most fun everyday with his 20 

American students teaching them how to make 

Italian dinners." In the pictures they all have 

white chef hats on! They're young American 

students of say 20 to 25. Funny! The one month long 

school is 700euros for 4 students and the one day cooking 

school that you can join in one day is 45.euros. "That 

includes eating that at the restaurant." Wow. It is amazing 

seriously. A must for tourists please call Giuseppe today 

As we walk into the modern kitchen and Giuseppe tells me 

about the cooking school here comes the accountant. 

"Hi I am the accountant. Of all the accountants in 

the world the only boss that is the opposite of the 

accountant is Giuseppe!" says the accountant. 

"Every other 10 restaurants in Siena that I do tell 

me to lower the costs to budget but not Giuseppe. 

He says O I must have the best meats, the best 

vegatables, the best wooden chairs, the best 

plates, the best decorations...and I am pulling my 

hair out...all of it. I try to keep the costs down yet it is 

impossible with Giuseppe since he keeps spending 

spending spending. And I can say that of all the 

restaurants in Siena you know that you are eating the best 

food possible. That I can tell you. It is my Goal to be the 

accontant of as many restaurants as possible so that I can 

eat the food. I have finally achieved my goal." says the 

crazy accountant Fabio who invites me to eat with him and 

his friend Marcos. I instead am invited with the family to 

try some raviolis and pici and wild boar...yes my favorite 

ever since well since it is my favorite. "I come here every 

week to do the accounting and sometimes I eat desserts 

with oranges and sometimes I eat wild boar or steak 

florentine and sometimes I eat new dishes that he closes 


and reserve your fun day of cooking in Siena. 

the restaurant and sample it all. That is why I love my 

job," says the accoutant. The entire time Giuseppe is 

smiling and laughing. He loves life and his family as he 

introduces me to each one of his bambinos in the kitchen 

although his "bambina"is missing since she works the next 

day. 

The wild streets of Siena to the left is where you can find 

the amazing Fonte Giusta. The outside looks deceiving. 

Inside is a 1400 year old stables of horses and carriages 

with arched brick ceilings and cool tile original floors. It is 

beautiful and has a huge ivy square enclosed garden in the 

back! "O and we don't eat horses..." says Giuseppe, 

the horse in Siena is religious. The people bring the 

horses into the churches to bless them! 

Walking into the restaurant you find Giuseppe's wife talking to her father an artist! "He only does art here 

the last 10 years yet he has been a artist the last 50 years. Every month he makes a new drawing and 

that is the table placement. All the artwork on the walls is his. Every day tourists come from all around 

the world and say that they want to buy a drawing on the wall. I say no no the drawing on the wall isn't 

for sale!" She says. Along with the help of my interpreter, the waiter. The troll like drawings and the beauty of the 

playfulness adorning the archways and every free space on the walls is all of his! Pretty amazing. He sits at his table near 

the kitchen(every Italian authentic restaurant in Italy has a "family" table where I am invited for dessert...a real special 

treat love it)... 


It is hidden on top of a hill with elegance surrounding it. First I had to find the Campo Piazza then trek on up 

to the Square Independance and ask people from here where the Via Galluzza is and finally find it! When 

you do it is worth it. "We try to give the best atmosphere and the highest quality pizza. Just because it is 

only pizza ours is the best. It is in a brick oven and the restaurant is highest standard.And most importantly 

we're only here to have a wonderful experience. When the tourists come we have so much fun 

together. The team is all young. I am only 32." says the owner who personifies elegance and 

youth while somehow remaining gorgeous at the same time!" 

"Since I've been the owner since 2011 I have made many personal friends here. Siena is a tiny city and you 

get to know everybody. Do I feel Italian! No of course not since I am not Italian. I feel Romanian since I am 

Romanian yet I have made my home here." she says. 


Located on Via Camporegio, 13, 53100 Siena SI Telefon:0577 286811, which is right next to the 

cathedral, Santuario and Hotel Alma Domus, has a hidden top of the city view. Beautiful, Cool, Elegant and 

where all the young movers and shakers hang out. And check out the decor! It is even more beautiful as 

that is only one picture. The restaurant is the best. Check it out immediately! 

http://www.ilpomodorino.it/ 

The elegance of the entrance and the decor of 


the traditional Palazzo of the 14th century fools 

you. It looks very expensive. "The people that 

come here are a mix of Siena locals and Italians 

and the tourists that actually find us. For me it 

is a dream that I never dreamnt of. I 

thought that I would come to Siena to 

study because the university is famous. 

And that I would meet fun people and 

learn Italian. The city is quiet except for 

the Palio which is the day that I first 

visited and thought wow what a cool 

city. Yet most of the year it is cool and quiet 

and just the students. That is why Ioved the 

naturalness of the city. Now it has been almost 

12 years and here I am! Owning a pizza 

restaurant! Now that is a surprise!" she gushes 

when she talks about the restaurant. 

"My name is Simona and I am from 

Romania. In 2004 I came to Siena to study and 

worked at Il Pomodorino in 2007. I met 

Roger, my partner, and we bought the 

restaurant which is actually a special 

brick oven Pizzeria in 2011." says the 

young energetic owner of the beautiful 

elegant place. It is the most beautiful 

high-class Pizzeria I've ever seen, I tell 

her. "Yes it is. Most people when they enter 

they see the 1400 year old bricks and the 

gorgeous wine cellar and they think that maybe 

they can't afford it. Yet the specialty pizzas start 

from 6euros to 12euros. That is affordable for 

everybody." she says. And which one is 

Simona's favorite? "O I have at least 2 or 

3 maybe that are my favorites!" Simona 

says yet she is totally fit and skinny...as 

is the young staff dressed to the tees yet 

wearing bip bop sneakers while they 

zoom in and out with Robert Cavalli 

Glasses and Versace wear! Cool. 

Below the young owner is making his specialty 

pizzas. See the restaurant to the left? It holds 

about 30 people in the winter in small tiny 14 

Century Rooms and outside in the heated 

garden? About 65. Total Local Pleasure of real 

young student life in a Historical City of Italy. 

Must come. 



Singing and having fun at ristorante Malborghetto in Siena. "You know for a Pesce Restaurant 

we're actually really inexpensive. For instance our huge pizzas are 5Euros and 6Euros and the Pasta dishes are 

huge and only 6Euros to 8Euros. It is a restaurant for families mostly. We had a group of Taiwan students and they 

all took pictures and had a great time. They love the food, the view of the Mercatos and the Karaoke. Students can 

come here at lunch and eat lets say 5euros a huge pizza and split a 1/2 liter of wine for 4Euros. That is much 

better than Burger King 8euros." says the haltingly English native Calabria Capo. Is Calabria beautiful? I ask. "Yes 

in a lovely way. Tuscany is more primitively beautiful the landscapes and the Calabria is near the Mare(the sea) 

and the Mountains all at once!" he says. Via Porta Giustizia at the Piazza Mercato 

http://www.ristorantemalborghetto.it/ 


Telefon : +39 057 7 289258 Handy :+39 3 3 3 7 9921 7 9 

v ia porta giustizia piazza Mercato Siena 

"Getty-up-he" also known as Giuseppe 

receiving one of his many prestigious awards at 

the restaurant in Siena on the cliff...as I named 

it. It is located at the Piazza Mercato. He has 

had it the last 7 years. Mostly yes it has famous 

pesce dishes as it is a restaurant yet they are 

quite crazy and the main thing is fun. 

Especially Karaoke... 

"We have fun here take for instance the photos of all the team and staff and friends on the Holiday of Italy 

January 6th when everybody dresses up not quite like your Halloween." says Giuseppe with the help of his 

French interpreter, the waiter. Waiters are great around the world when I am in a foreign country mostly 

because they always speak a couple of languages! "Calabria, where I grew up is simply beautiful. It is in my 

heart yet the people and culture of Siena took me in 20years ago. I am now in the Onda Contrada which on 

the wall is the dolphin crest." he says as he shows me the plaques on the walls. I love dolphins of course and 

giraffes and all of the animals...I feel like little Ray Ray wanting to go to the zoo all the time when I come to 

Siena. https://www.facebook.com/Ristorante-Pizzeria.../timeline 


"After the work we have fun too," says Giuseppe, "The restaurant is open and the kitchen til midnight if you 

want. Let's say that at 11:00pm the restaurant is empty we close yet if you call and make reservations for 

11:30pm tonight the kitchen stays open til midnight. That is alright or if you come in at 11:00pm and more 

people come in let's say. That is alright. We're here to eat and have fun regardless of what time it is that is 

why at breakfast? The Italians are sleeping!" 

The top 10 Karaoke Songs around the world...yet I guess at the Siena Restaurant they sing 

Italian songs and Italian style... in the summer outside Giuseppe said that he has "Karaoke 

almost every night." Check out his facebook videos to see if you rate up! 


I interviewed my first interview of Sienna 3 years now, Elena, who along with her husband, and the 3 cousines used to 

own a restaurant on the famous Piazza Square in Sienna. Now 15 months later and 15 months of "pure fun, relaxation that 

we own our own soley, and yes I love it" of owning their own place on the Piazza, Elena sat down to chat with me about life 

after the cousines. At the most famous Square of Horse Racing in the world...tradition that dates back 700 years... the 

Piazza il Campo 54. Siena Italy. 057 728 40 71 Maganelli Bar and Restaurant. 


"You know the first New Year's Eve here is 

2014/2015. I worked from 5pm to 5am in the 

morning behind the bar washing glasses and 

bartending and I stayed behind that bar 12 hrs. It 

was hard work, yes yet I loved it. Every minute of 

it. We had had the bar for 2 months. Our own. And 

I thought you know yes I am tired yet it is mine. My own. 

I loved it." says the beautiful woman from Ethiopia named 

Elena. She has become my friend since we first met 3 

years now. I love her gentleness and her honesty. 

And they have great solo desserts...Mat M would love 

these Strawberry Shortcakes! 

Sienna is fun and mysterious and wild at night. A certain 

danger to the city. After all it is a city steeped in the 

tradition of the Contrada. Centuries old traditions of 

loyalty and rivalry and in the middle ages perhaps not so 

friendly rivalry. "My husband is originally from Verona 

along with his cousines from Florence. We have been in 

Sienna a long time. I am the contrada of the Ram. My 

amichis(which I interviewed while tasting the pici) are of 

the Unicorn. Everybody is a friendly contrada now. But of 

course it didn't use to be the case." she says. Trust me I 

spent many normal days wandering the darkened alleys 

during the day. Yet if you are looking for paranormal 

activity come at night. Wander the streets of the city of 

Siena at night and feel the ghosts of the past. Come to the 

Paolio on August and meet the jockeys. Have a great time 

discovering the real Italy that you only read about in 

history books or movies. https://www.facebook.com/Bar- 


Manganelli-258035104370…/info/… 

While you wander the streets walk into a bar in 

the alley, a restaurant in the alley and meet the 

real people of the world. Have a 1/2 

Italian/English conversation with the locals and 

find the world! 

Here is my view from eating Pici and drinking a aperitivo. By the way at the restaurant it is famous for the 3.50Euros 

glasses of great wine and all you can eat buffet of Aperitivos. While eating lunch with Elena(her husband Nicoli cooking in 

the kitchen) 2 groups of American students came to eat lunch. One from Washington DC and one from North Carolina. 

Great kids and all excited that tonight they could come to eat Aperitivos here! From 6;30pm to 9:15pm. Yum. "My son 

came back from Savannah Georgia of 6 months of studying highschool. I am proud of him since he had the courage to 

come and he tried 3 plane rides. All himself. How wonderful of him! He is shy. Yet he came and smiled and had the best 

time. Now he wants to study in America his college years." she says. "When we came to the restaurant here my husband 

didn't sleep the one month before since there were 4 of us and everybody had different opinions. Yet the first night we 

came here my husband slept as if a baby. He was how do you say? Snoring! That to me made the decision that it is the 

right one. Now all that we do is for myself. When we want to add something to the menu we do. When we do something it 

is our decision nobody else's . That is important to me." Elena says happily. 



Paolo and Fiorella have owned the Pizzeria 

right under neath the magnificent Le Logge Di 

Papa Pio II for one year now. Le Logge del 

Papa sono una loggia de Siena, ove sorgono 

nell'omonima via, a fianco della chiesa di San 

Martino... 

http://www.osteriasottolelogge.it/ 

Edificate nel 1462 dall'architetto senese Antonio 

Federighi, furono commissionate da Papa Pio II (nato Enea 

Silvio Piccolomini di Corsignano nel 1405, attuale Pienza), 

che ne fece dono alla sua famiglia Piccolomini, dalla 

quale egli stesso proveniva e che aveva il palazzo attiguo. 

Fu il 210º Papa della Chiesa cattolica dal 1458 alla morte 

(1464). 

Le Logge deontate da una architrave recante la dedica in 

latino "PIUS II PONT MAX GENTILIBVS SVIS 

PICCOLOMINEIS" (Pio II Pontefice Massimo ai suoi parenti 

Inviaci 

un messaggio 


Piccolomini) e da un attico in laterizi. 

I Troverete Esperienza Nostri 

Menù Prodotti e Professionalitá di Qualitá 

Aperti 

12ore al Giorno 

Tourists from all around the world visit the 

famous monument and can choose to sit under 

the Historical Building while eating the 

famous pizza of Paolo's or inside in the elegance of 

the dining rooms. 


Every year at Siena is the Palio where the Contrada race their teams horses around maybe "the most 

famous square in the world." says the daughter of a famous family tradition...her mother's cousine is a 

Bastione, the name of the famous jockeys that won the race 6 times. She is a trainer of horses and her boyfriend is a 

trainer of horses. Her father runs in the race on foot alongside the horses when his Contrada wins! Twice in 10 years...you 

can see the huge famous dangerous pictures in his restaurant, Antica Trattoria L'Aquila at Casato di Sotto, 58, Siena, 

The famous Palio, "The tradition is from 1,000's of years before Christ, it is a tradition of the Contrada and they race 

around the ring with the colors of each of the member's club. They have the Giraffe which is my team, the Dragon, the 

Ram, the Onda, the Owl, all of the teams race. Mine won two times in the last 10 years, " says the proud owner of Antica 

Trattoria L'Aquila Pizzeria in Siena. VIA CASATO DI SOTTO, 58 53100 SIENA | TEL: +39 (0)577283061 | 

"Two times my team wins and I run out 

running with the winner, " says Sara's fnlher, 

Ciro. Only very important men can jump the 

http://www.trattorialaquila.com/ 


fence at the end of the race and run with the 

winners. It is a tradition that the fam ous di Medici's from 1 568 

started the races here at Siena. 

"Ever since a child my mother cooked famous Siena 

food for us at home. My mother taught me and my 

boyfriend loves my mother since she taught me 

how to cook rabbit, and pica-homemade, and 

of course the wild boar. The wild boar is really wild 

in Tuscany...in the forests...it is not on a boring farm. It 

is on a real wild forest that the hunters go and hunt 

and we bring to the table,"Sara says. 

The caverns inside the famous restaurant that the family has had the last 12 years. Before that§? "My father owns http://www.spadaforte.it/the last 

20 some years along with his partner. The restaurant here is only me, my father and my mother who is the 

Cucina. He says that he has more fun here. It is the family here. When I take a day off they work for the family. 

When they want to take a day off I work for the family. We love and care about the restaurant since it is the 

family's restaurant," Sara says. 



"It is a elegant wine bar,"says the young owner and his girlfriend, Alicia of the Restaurant Salefino in 

Siena. 0577 28 72 24 Claudio says that Alicia's father owned several properties in Siena and asked if 

they could come from Florence to work for him..."hmm let's see...work 8 years in Florence at the top 


estaurants for other people or come to Siena and make and own my own...difficult choice..." he jokes. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Salefino- 

VinoCucina/1547261445539547?sk=timeline 

Salefino - Vino e cucina 

Brass and wine. Elegance and Sophistication. 

"Wine and Kitchen," says Claudio..."that is the 

image here. The walls are all white. The tables 

redone and resanded...to seem old yet kept. The 

elegance of the Italian kitchen...no we don't serve 

ragu, no we don't serve pizza. We serve handmade 

Italian food and wine. That is it. People can come 

here and drink a glass of wine first before they 

decide their evening out. Or come and have wine 

and a little side dish of pasta. Or maybe come 

drink a glass of wine in it's intimate romantic 

setting and stay for dinner." 


"The floors are about the only original...they're red and

worn and have that cool look to em..." Alicia says. I say 

that I love the basic colors of red and white and 

that it reminds me of a New York Village wine bar. 

"Yes that is the idea. Elegance with great food. 

And a wonderful selection of wine that me and 

Claudio have chosen from years of experience of 

drinking it!" she says. 

This photo of Salefino Vino e Cucina is courtesy of TripAdvisor 


Caffe Alfieri Via Pantaneto,59 

https://www.facebook.com/caffe.alfieri?fref=ts 

Ilaria owns the lovely poet's cafe named 

after the famous Italian writer, Alfieri, 

who used to receive his inspiration in 

1777 in the natural gardens behind the 

cafe. "Yes and we have many tourists that 

come here...some ask a lot of questions and 

some just order food and espresso and sit in the 

gardens." Francesco, the bartender,says,"I like 

the ones that talk. Some come and go but I 


enjoy talking to the tourists. The Americans 

always ask questions and the French won't 

speak English they just point to what they want 

and take it and leave." he says laughing. When I 

ask how long the tradition of the Palio and the 

Contrada is they both say about 700years. 

"However many years ago they didn't 

race horses. They had the members that 

were brave in the middle of the square 

and they had bulls and they would try to 

prove their strength inside the ring. 

Personally I think they just tried not to 

be killed by the bulls." 

"I am from the Contrada of the Sea 

Shells" says Ilaria. When I ask if you can 

choose which contrada you are in she 

laughs."Um the contrada chooses. You don't 

choose. It depends on the family that you're 

born into and the region that you live at." 

While I am interviewing the two young people 

at the restaurant of course people come in for 

lunch and the guests and me talk about whether 

to buy the spinach and vegatables that 

Francesco makes fresh everyday or the 

fattening potatoes! "I like the potatoes." says 

the guest and off he goes. 

The beauty of the natural Siena where the residents 

liv e... 


Osteria Il Carroccio 

Mirko says, "I am happy and feel wonderful 

and love my freedom of owning the 

"For the last 25 years the Restaurant Il 

Carroccio has been famous around the 

world for its Tuscany cooking...my friend 

who is in the same Contrada as me, The 

Onda, which means wave, we said, let's 

open our own restaurant. It is our dream ." say s 

Giacom o the y oung 3 6 y ear old owner of the Carroccio on 

3 2 Casato di Sotto. Mirko, his partner is a y oung 40! y ear 

old who speaks Italian only . "IT is funny for 3 

days before the 10th of July! we worked 

with the old owners. We learned the 

team of the restaurant and all that it is 

to know about Carroccio. And on the 

10th we walked in and took over the 

restaurant. Now it is crazy. So m uch to do 

ev ery day . Ev ery m orning I go to the shopping for the 

food. Ev ery day . And MIrko is the one who takes peoples 

orders and associates with the guests. And the 

both of us have tons of fun going to 

the Tuscany vineyards and trying 

the wine to do at the Carroccio. I 

mean we try a lot of wine!" he 

laughs. "YES it is total fun. We're both so 

proud to own the restaurant with such a history steeped in 


estaurant...I can come here proud everyday 

and work to know it is mine. I love it. I love my 

freedom to come when I want." Below...Guests 

eating at the Carroccio in Siena. 

tradition and to add the little touches that m ake it m ine. 

The team is the sam e and the kitchen cucinas the sam e. It 

is just a y oung fun team now that try s to learn from 

ev ery body ." he say s. 

Via Casato Di Sotto, 32, 53100 Siena 

003 9 0577 41165 

0577 223502 http://www.ristorantelafinestra.it/ Piazza Mercato 13, 14, 15. Siena 


http://www.ristorantelafinestra.it//italiano/home.html 

As i wandered the darkened alley s of m y first night at 


Siena I noticed lights com ing from a big Square and 

stum bled upon a couple of open air restaurants...one 

named La Finestra which the father 

Fabio who was an architect when 

he met his wife, told me many times 

means, "Window. " The hilarious 

charming sun, Aoojano, is the way 

you pronounce his name would 

repeat, "Yes papa it means 

Window." That is the conv ersation and the 

experience that y ou will hav e at that huge fam ily 

restaurant that has been here for ov er 50 y ears. 

They were cordial enough to invite me to sit and 

chat about 1hr. late into the night and the next 

day I came to eat the famous "wild boar" that 

the restaurant serves..."It is a secret recipe but 

you can tell. Every cucina has a different way of 

serving the wild boar. Ours is the best." he says 

and when the next day I came at lunch to eat it 

I said alright it is the best. I asked if they 

hunted the wild boar themselves.?! "No no no, " 

said Aoojano, "The wild boar is in the forests 

and the hunter's hunt it. It is kept in a protected 

forest. They're dangerous. And do I personally 

go out each day and shoot wild boar?" he laughs, 

"Aaa no not personally." 

Come say hi to the funny owner of La 

Dolce Via in Siena, a little specialty store 

and recieve tons of history of the 

Contrada,"I am a member of the Owls and 


they won and that is why I have the picture 

on the wall...I don't care about the other 

winners...only my Contrada...the owls.." he 

says. He is funny. Montanini, 

17...0577.152.0439 

"I love truffles and I carry the truffles 

of the region, the food of the region 

and the wine of the region, It is all 

natural. That is all that I carry." he 

says. "I have another story...it is 

about my Russel Terrier. They're very 

brave dogs and mine is named from 

the 12th to 13th... century1260. A 

brave girl dressed up like a boy and fought 

many battles and she came back to Siena 

after capturing 36 Florence prisoners. She 

was very brave and I named my russel 

terrier after her." he says. 

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