Nerbone
Florence, Italy
The read// why locals go
Inside Florence's Mercato Centrale, Nerbone has sold market food since 1872 — tripe sandwiches, boiled meats and stock-soaked bread, eaten standing. It is a counter rather than a restaurant, working to the market's rhythm: order, pay, carry your plate to a bench or eat where you stand. The lampredotto that made Florence's street-food reputation is why most people queue, but the wider menu is the same plain, sustaining food that fed the traders of the Mercato Centrale for a century and a half, with vegetable dishes and sides for anyone eating meat-free. A full plate costs around €10, which in central Florence is close to unbeatable. Cash, patience and an appetite are all it asks.
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Mercato Centrale, Via dell'Ariento, 50123 — Florence
The read// why locals go
Inside Florence's Mercato Centrale, Nerbone has sold market food since 1872 — tripe sandwiches, boiled meats and stock-soaked bread, eaten standing. It is a counter rather than a restaurant, working to the market's rhythm: order, pay, carry your plate to a bench or eat where you stand. The lampredotto that made Florence's street-food reputation is why most people queue, but the wider menu is the same plain, sustaining food that fed the traders of the Mercato Centrale for a century and a half, with vegetable dishes and sides for anyone eating meat-free. A full plate costs around €10, which in central Florence is close to unbeatable. Cash, patience and an appetite are all it asks.