Tagliatelle al ragù
Sheet rolled with a wooden pin, ragù that cooks for three hours.
€13
Monte San Pietro · Bologna hills
The pasta is still rolled by hand.
A family trattoria since 1961: tortellini folded one at a time, ragù that cooks for three hours, the long table at the back of the room.
Since 1961
Three generations, one rolling pin.
Iole opened the trattoria in 1961, in a farmhouse above Bologna. She rolled the pasta every morning at six, and her granddaughter Marta still does it — on the same wooden board, worn hollow in the middle.
We have never owned a pasta machine. It is not nostalgia: a sheet rolled with a wooden pin is porous and holds the sauce, and you can taste that in the first mouthful.
- 1961
- Opened by Iole
- 6 am
- The pasta, every morning
- 18
- Seats at the long table
Dish of the day
Every day has its own first course.
The week has looked like this for sixty years. Everything else on the menu is there every day anyway.
Sunday
Tortellini in brodo
€14
Monday
Closed
Tuesday — Today
Passatelli in brodo
€12
Wednesday
Gramigna con la salsiccia
€12
Thursday
Tortelloni burro e salvia
€13
Friday
Lasagne verdi alla bolognese
€13
Saturday
Cotoletta alla bolognese
€18
The kitchen
What people drive up the hill for.
Eggs, flour and time. The ragù goes on at nine and is not touched until noon.
Tortellini in brodo
Folded by hand one at a time, in capon broth. The Sunday dish.
€14
Lasagne verdi alla bolognese
Spinach sheets, ragù and béchamel. The corner piece has to be asked for.
€13
Cotoletta alla bolognese
Breaded veal, prosciutto crudo and parmigiano melted in the oven.
€18
Zuppa inglese
Custard, chocolate and sponge fingers soaked in alchermes.
€6
With children
Children are allowed to make noise here.
We are a family trattoria, and families have been our regulars for sixty years. Nobody will give you a look because a child gets up from the table.
Half portions
Half of any first course at half the price. High chairs, bibs, and a plain plate of tagliatelle if that is what is needed.
The long table
Eighteen seats at the back of the room for christenings, birthdays and crowded Sundays. No extra charge to book it.
The yard
Behind the house there is a yard with a mulberry tree and two benches: in summer the children end up there while the grown-ups have coffee.
Finding us
Twenty minutes from Bologna, all of it uphill.
Via di Monte San Pietro 1440050 Monte San Pietro (BO)
+39 051 000 0000Get directions
Opening hours
- Tuesday – Sunday
- Lunch 12:00 – 14:30
- Thursday – Saturday
- Dinner 19:30 – 22:30
- Monday
- Closed
- By car
- Turn off the Via Emilia and climb towards Monte San Pietro: twenty minutes from Bologna, parking in the yard.
- On Sundays
- The room is full at lunch — it is best to book by Friday.
- The room
- 70 covers, all on the ground floor, accessible toilet.
Before you come
The questions we are asked most.
How do I book?
From this site: fill in the request and WhatsApp opens with the message ready to send. We reply the same day. For Sunday, book by Friday if you can.
Can we book the long table?
Yes — eighteen seats, no extra charge. Mention it in the request: for christenings and birthdays we agree the menu over the phone.
Do you cook gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan?
Vegetarian yes, and you can filter the menu for it. Gluten-free we can do for the main courses and sides, but the pasta is soft wheat and we will not pretend otherwise. Every dish lists its allergens.
Are dogs welcome?
Yes, in the dining room and in the yard. The water bowl is on us.
What does lunch cost?
A first course is €12–14, a main €14–18, house wine €3 a glass. With a starter, a first course and a quarter of wine you are at about €28 a head.