Trattoria del Fagioli

A traditional Santa Croce trattoria since 1966, serving Florentine classics — ribollita, trippa alla fiorentina — in a no-nonsense setting that has kept its rhythm for nearly sixty years. Order the ribollita and, for the adventurous, the trippa; this is honest cooking done right. Reserve for lunch, and note that it closes weekends, keeping a workers'-trattoria schedule. It is the real Florence experience: no concessions to fashion, no tourist menu, just the dishes the city has always eaten, made the way they have been made here since the 1960s. The closed weekends tell you exactly who it is for.