If you like offal and street food, BeC Birroteca Piemontese & Cucina Popolana is a fantastic place…read more The beer focus is exclusively on local breweries, while the different dishes are from all over Italy and beyond. Here you can find Sicilian "pani ca' meusa" (sandwich with spleen) alongside Tuscan lampredotto sandwiches, plus a variety of spezzatini/ stews with whatever meat is available that day, be it donkey, sheep, or something else. They also make their own porchetta.
The inside is very spartan, as this is not a restaurant but more properly a take-away delicatessen where, thanks to the presence of some tables, it is also possible to eat food and drink beers on site. Because they don't really have a restaurant license, the owner explained to me, they cannot have real glasses/plates. Beers are served in plastic cups, food in paper plates with plastic utensils.
The offer of the day is written on some blackboards and on paper placemats. Most dishes are decidedly meat-centric, and while I would not necessarily recommend BeC if you're vegetarian, there are several side dishes to chose from, all vegetarian (broccoli rabe, krauts, peas, zucchini, peppers, eggplant).
For pasta dishes you can do a mix-and-match where you pick the pasta (beef agnolotti, borage ravioli, plin, gnocchi, tajarin, rigatoni) and match it with the sauce (duck, nuts and gorgonzola, amatriciana, langarolo, and more).
On a recent visit I had the pleasure to try zighini', an Eritrean chicken and beef stew with spices that was rich and flavorful.
Come hungry, come often, and try as many dishes as possible.
