Bar Botticelli

I had the Eggplant Parmesan and wine. It was excellent. Very well priced and comfort food at its best. We got there at 3pm and most Restaurants were closed so we stumbled into this one because it was open. It was a pleasant find. The device was a bit slow, but u wasn’t in a hurry.

Every Silver Lining has a Cloud, and the Bar Botticelli is the blot on the Citta Alta’s landscape, to mix a metaphor or two.
Just a note to warn visitors to walk on by. It’s right outside the Funicular exit, so has a prime position, and you could easily be tempted by its pavement tables and bright lights. You will pay handsomely for its services. After an early evening stroll we thought a glass of prosecco would be appropriate. On ordering, we were told it was ‘Happy Hour’ and there was a self-​service food table inside for drinkers. We were booked into the ‘Tre Torri’ that evening, so although the nibbles looked good we said no, thanks. Then the bill for the prosecco was put on the table: 25 euros for a very ordinary bottle, found at half the price elsewhere. Ah well, let’s get some value said someone, and he fetched a plate or two of morsels from the Happy Hour Table. The waitress pounced; the bill was amended to 30 euros. Apparently you pay a cover charge for the Happy Hour food. What’s happy about that, when you’re already paying premium rates for the drinks?
The place is run by a Chinese gentleman and African lady. No slur on these people is intended when I say that I don’t think they have quite got the hang of the Italian way of life.