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Tommy Agnoli and Sabrina Vezzolla passionately  reopened this historic restaurant in 2022. The setting is elegant and refined, with well-spaced tables and artwork on the walls. In the kitchen,  chef Davide Verdirosa offers dishes made with the freshest fish and local produce, respecting the seasons. There are two tasting menus: a 6-course land menu (€65) and a 6-course sea menu (€70).  The dishes change every 40-50 days. Starters include tempura artichokes stuffed with potatoes, provola cheese and sage with sweet and sour sauce, and roasted octopus on a spicy lentil and sour cream velouté (€18). Try the chocolate agnolotti stuffed with venison with parmesan foam and black cabbage powder (€18) and the tagliolini with 40 egg yolks with truffle butter and
black truffle from Millesimo (€20). Main courses include Fassona beef cheek with Nebbiolo wine (€22) and Ligurian sea prawns on sweet potato cream and candied lemon zest (€24). Creative desserts include Cornucopia, a Sicilian cannolo with blood orange marmalade, or Sacher with caramel namelaka and dehydrated apricot (€10). Attentive service, with Tommy and Sabrina also guiding guests in their choice of wines from a cellar rich in Ligurian and Piedmontese labels.

Alessandro the young and talented chef gave his name to the restaurant opened in 2022 in the center of the nightlife of the city, the old dock. After several experiences in this field, he started his own business with his wife Fernanda and his daughter, who manage the room with attention and courtesy. The indoor room is small, the atmosphere is elegant and refined, and on sunny days you can eat in the dehors overlooking the marina in a relaxing holiday mood. The menu is obviously influenced by the fresh local fish, proposed in a creative and captivating way and by the seasonal vegetables. Among the appetizers for example the octopus chunks on salad or cream of celery soup, black garlic, passion fruit, hazelnut and crispy sunchoke (from 14 to 17 €). Among the first courses vegetable charcoal tortelli with gorgonzola filling, potato dumpling with calamari ink, cauliflower, smoked bacon and almonds, (from 15 to 22 €). Among the second courses (from 17 to 24 €) the crunchy and light mixed fried and fried calamari, the cuttlefish burrida with potatoes, or the rack of Lamb spiced with the typical Ligurian aromatic herbs. Try the delicious tuna steak. The desserts prepared by the chef are also excellent, as the small pastries. Good wine list, with attention to the local labels, and many sparkling wines both Italian and international as well.

A genuine cuisine and a welcome for a place that derives its name from Msè, grandfather in Piedmontese, and Tutta, which was the nickname of the great-grandfather of the owner Sandro Nari, who now runs the tavern with his wife Maria Grazia and son Eugenio. By intertwining the traditions of the Ligurian and Piedmontese borders, it creates an interesting gastronomic proposal. The simple, no-frills setting offers the feeling of stepping into an old friend’s house with an even warmer vibe from the wood furnishings and vaulted ceilings. The tasting menu at a cost of €40 includes traditional starters such as Russian salad, Calizzano’s rice and pumpkin cake and saffron and spinach tartrà, followed by quail, hazelnuts and potato cream, cod carpaccio with artichokes and aioli, the cream of ravacò (the typical cabbage of the area) with bread and porcini mushrooms, small ravioli with marjoram, pork belly glazed with honey, and concluding with two house desserts, chocolate with ricotta cheese, coffee, chestnuts and maracuja and gobeletti (short pastry sweets filled) with chinotto. A fascinating taste itinerary through the cuisine of the Ligurian-Piedmont hinterland, recalling the flavours of the past with the products of the territory. Good choice of local wines, also served in carafe.

Ideal place to taste the authentic seafood flavor, near the historic center and the railway station. Elegant and welcoming rooms, fully open kitchen and a large terrace. The chef, Federico Scardina, with previous experience in Italy and abroad, offers fresh fish dishes with local vegetables. Flowers are not only a mere embellishment, but are also used to give more taste and flavor to the dish. Bread and focaccia are home-grown as are fresh pastas, which are a strong point of the venue. Two tasting menus are offered: at € 39 with 5 dishes and one at € 49, with 7 dishes. Delicious stuffed anchovies accompanied by organic lemon gel and the reworking of zimino with local cuttlefish, beet cream from the garden, presciunsêua cheese and fried panissa. Always in the menu the brandacujun with Castelbianco potatoes, in season courgette flowers stuffed with prescinsêua cheese, in tempura on a beefsteak cream and Sichuan pepper. Among the pastas to try the Ravioli stuffed with fish combined with a delicate beefsteak tomato sauce and pansoti di magro. Among the second course fish of the day grilled, baked or fried. Even the desserts and mini pastries offered at the end of the meal with coffee are cooked in the pastry lab by the chef in person. Prices: appetizers and first courses on average around 15 euros, second courses from 17 to 25 euros. Wines with a wide choice of local labels.

Although located in the municipality of Finale Ligure, Osteria La Briga is surrounded by the greenery of the Manie plateau, in a rural landscape where in summer you can enjoy the coolness, away from the beaches and the noises of the coast. Outside the tavern, under the trees, among the household artifacts made of wrought iron and straw, the wooden tables and the benches, illuminated by small lights, make the environment extremely pleasant and relaxing. The menu offers simple and genuine typical dishes, with excellent quality ingredients, mainly oriented on meat, but also on vegetables dishes. In the mixed appetizer we find the classic veal with tuna sauce, vegetable pies, Russian salad, etc. (14 euros). The homemade pastas, such as gnocchi with pesto, ravioli with sauce flavourings or with rabbit ragout are all mouthwatering (prices from 9 to 12 euros). Among the first courses delicious soups and Ligurian minestrone are also served (8 euros). Various types of grilled meat accompanied by roasted vegetables (rabbit, chanterelle, lamb, etc.) prevail from 17 to 21 euros. Excellent homemade desserts. Good choice of local wines, and a wide choice of craft beers. Ideal stop also for snacks and aperitifs, and for quick lunches. You can taste seasonal truffles and mushrooms as well. Young and competent staff, both in the kitchen and in the dining room, make your break comfortable with their sympathy and kindness.