Osteria

Anosteria(Italian:[osteˈriːa];pl.:osterie)inItalywas originally a place serving wine and simple food. Lately, the emphasis has shifted to the food, but menus tend to be short, with the emphasis on local specialities such as pasta and grilled meat or fish, often served at shared tables.Osterietend to be cheap, and they also focus on after work and evening refreshment.Osterievary greatly in practice: some only serve drinks and clients are allowed to bring in their own food, others have retained a predominantly male clientele, while still others have reached out to students and young professionals. Some provide music and other entertainment. Similar to osterie arebottiglierie,where customers can take a bottle or flask to be re-filled from a barrel, andenoteche,which generally pride themselves on the range and quality of their wine. InEmilia-Romagnaare located three of the oldest Italianosterie:"Osteria del Sole" and "Osteria del Cappello"inBologna,and "Osteria al Brindisi" inFerrara,established between the 14th and 15th centuries.

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  Garden of a typicalosteriainCastello Roganzuolo,Veneto,Italy
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  Garden of anosteriainGiumaglio,in the Italian-speakingCanton Ticino,Switzerland
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  Osteria in art:Carl Bloch's 1866 paintingIn a Roman Osteriafrom theNational Gallery of Denmark,Copenhagen
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  Osteriain art:Aleksander Lauréus(1793–1823) oil painting from 1820,Roman OsteriafromPori Art Museum(Finnish:Porin taidemuseo,Swedish:Björneborgs konstmuseum). Pori Art Museum is a museum of contemporary and modern art museum inPori(Swedish: Björneborg), Finland.

See also

• Trattoria

External links

• Riley, Gillian (2007).The Oxford Companion to Italian Food.Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.ISBN9780198606178.OCLC87771396.