A holy meal

Just a few steps from St Peter’s you’ll Among the entrées, specialties range from find Gregorio, a modern and functional Danish cut “sakura yoza” beef fillet with red space open all day and serving everywine reduction, or grilled calamari with zucthing from breakfast (including American-style) to dinner, including lunch, snack, and chini, courgette flowers and pecorino romano cheese. To end on a sweet note, the tra-aperitivo. Welcomed by the humorous sloditional tiramisù or mouthwatering caramel gan “Come in peace”, diners enter a spamou and mint cheesecake with chocolate cious and comfortable ambiance decorat- and brownies are exquisite musts. ed with wood and ceramics and painted in white and yellow ––a reference to the papal coat of arms. An image of Pope Gregory revisited in pop style dominates the space, and there’s also a pleasant outdoor garden. To start with, the menu offers mixed platters of cured meats and cheeses, salmon tartare, or crispy fried parmigiana, while the first courses include both Roman classics (carbonara, amatriciana, cacio e pepe) and more original dishes such as tortellone filled with seafood in a mint zucchini cream and lemon crumble; or paccheri with datterini tomatoes, basil and stracciatella cheese. A special mention goes to the pizza selection, which includes different types of pizzas, such as the interesting “pan pizza,” made with sourdough left to rest for twenty-four hours and subjected to double cooking in a pan before being seasoned and stuffed. There is also a pizza bianca split in two halves and filled with cured meats of your choice from the pork butchery. And finally, the classic Roman round pizza, made with a mature dough and prepared with stone-ground flour.

Via della Cava Aurelia, 169. Tel 0687756684. gregoriorestaurant.com