An easy-to-consult guide to Italian restaurants as befits an online guide, which can be consulted free of charge, which has been divided into price ranges in order to quickly help the reader choose a restaurant. This is the principle of the Guide of "The Best Italian Restaurants 2020" 50 Top Italy edited by Barbara Guerra, Albert Sapere, and the journalist Luciano Pignataro.
There is something for all tastes and wallets. In fact, there are four categories: restaurants over 120 euros in groceries; restaurants up to 120 euros, Trattoria/Osteria and Low Cost.
Two hundred in total - 50 per category - the addresses reviewed by 50 Top Italy: in addition to the four top ten, communicated during an evening at the Eliseo Theater in Rome, the positions from 50th to 11th were announced in the previous weeks on the 50topitaly website. it. To give the votes, in full respect of anonymity, autonomy and, obviously, paying the bill, the organizers underline, a jury composed of 130 inspectors who as a method of judgment, has given great importance. In addition to obviously the quality of the food, also the service and hospitality, fundamental elements of a restaurant that is attentive to its customers.
At the top of the top was the Osteria Francescana, in Modena, by chef Massimo Bottura; on the podium of restaurants "contained" within 120 euros L'Argine a Vencò, in Dolegna del Collio (GO), led by Antonia Klugmann; for the Trattoria/Osterie category, the prize went to Franco Cimini of the Antica Osteria del Mirasole, in San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO), while the low cost one was assigned to the Panificio Bonci, in Rome, by Gabriele Bonci.
Following, in second and third position, for the Over 120 euro category: Uliassi, in Senigallia (AN), by chef Mauro Uliassi, and the St. Hubertus restaurant, in San Cassiano (BZ), by Norbert Niederkofler; in the Up to 120 euro range: Lido 84, in Gardone Riviera (BS), by Riccardo Camanini, and 28 Posti, in Milan, by Marco Ambrosino; for the Trattoria/Osteria category: Trippa, in Milan, by Diego Rossi, and Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina, in Rome, by the brothers Alessandro and Pierluigi Roscioli; in Low Cost: Anikò, in Senigallia (AN), led by Moreno Cedroni, and Generi Alimentari Da Panino, in Modena, by Giuseppe Palmieri.
“What emerges – underline the three curators – is a valid and truthful cross-section of Italian catering. A sector which, despite various difficulties, appears to be in excellent health. We owe this first and foremost to the good fortune of living in a country where every single territory holds a unique and precious basket of excellent food. It is no coincidence that almost all Italian regions are represented by the guide, from the north to the south of the peninsula. The rest is done by the work, passion, skills and inspiration of the women and men of this sector. The division into categories of the guide also testifies to the desire to propose a project from the reader's side".
These are the top ten of the four categories of 50 Top Italy:
Top Ten “Over €120”
1 Osteria Francescana, Modena, Emilia Romagna
2 Uliassi, Senigallia (AN), Marche
3 St. Hubertus, San Cassiano (BZ), Trentino Alto Adige
4 Danì Maison, Ischia (NA), Campania
5 Piazza Duomo, Alba (CN), Piedmont
6 Cathedral, Ragusa, Sicily
7 La Pergola, Rome, Lazio
8 Estia Tavern, Brusciano (NA), Campania
9 Enrico Bartolini Mudec, Milan, Lombardy
10 Vun Andrea Aprea, Milan, Lombardy
Top Ten “Up to €120”
1 The Embankment at Vencò, Dolegna del Collio (GO), Friuli Venezia Giulia
2 Lido 84, Gardone Riviera (BS), Lombardy
3 28 seats, Milan, Lombardy
4 Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, Florence, Tuscany
5 Pascucci at the Porticciolo, Fiumicino (RM), Lazio
6 Antica Osteria Nonna Rosa, Vico Equense (NA), Campania
7 Material, Cernobbio (CO), Lombardy
8 Oasis Ancient Flavors, Vallesaccarda (AV), Campania
9 from Gorini, San Piero In Bagno (FC), Emilia Romagna
10 La Tana Gourmet, Asiago (VI), Veneto
Top Ten “Trattorias/Osterias”
1 Antica Osteria del Mirasole, San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO), Emilia Romagna
2 Tripe, Milan, Lombardy
3 Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina, Rome, Lazio
4 La Brinca, NE (GE), Liguria
5 Consortium restaurant, Turin, Piedmont
6 Back room, Rome, Lazio
7 Exit urban gastronomy, Milan, Lombardy
8 At the Convent, Cetara (SA), Campania
9 NU' Trattoria Italiana dal 1960 – Trattoria of peasant civilization and freedom, Acuto (FR), Lazio
10 Braceria Bifulco, Ottaviano (NA), Campania
Top Ten “Low Cost”
1 Bonci Bakery, Rome, Lazio
2 Anikò, Senigallia (AN), Marche
3 DA PANINO Groceries, Modena, Emilia Romagna
4 'Ino, Florence, Tuscany
5 Torment, Rome, Lazio
6 Masoni Butchery & Bistrot, Viareggio (LU), Tuscany
7 Nud and Crud, Rimini, Emilia Romagna
8 The Tradition, Vico Equense (NA), Campania
9 Fud Bottega Sicula Catania, Catania, Sicily
10 Trapizzino, Rome, Lazio
Finally, several Special Prizes were awarded to important personalities from the world of Italian and international food and wine. Among the most significant:
S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Chef of the Future Award 2020 assigned to Davide Guidara of the Sum Restaurant in Catania;
Valsugana Brewery Award Contemporary Hall 2020 given to Giuseppe Palmieri, maître and sommelier of the Osteria Francescana;
Mulino Caputo Contemporary Pastry Award 2020 at the Il Pagliaccio restaurant in Rome;
Pastificio Dei Campi Award First Course of the Year 2020 at the Tosca restaurant in Geneva (Switzerland), for Gnudi with ricotta and spinach, sage butter and tomato coulis.
Olitalia Model of Inspiration Award 2020 to chef Umberto Bombana, of 8 ½ Bombana, Hong Kong (China);
Olitalia Award for Italian Hospitality in the World 2020 to Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto (Canada);
Mandara Wine Culture Award in Italy 2020 at the Consortium Restaurant, Turin;
Olitalia Award Communicating Wine 2020 to Alessandro Scorsone;
Emme Award Typical Products Costanza nel Tempo in Italy 2020 at Oasis Sapori Antichi, Vallesaccarda (AV);
Pastificio Dei Campi Italian Family Award 2020, Tradition, Vico Equense (NA).
A plaque was also awarded in memory of Lella Granito, the late patron saint of the Osteria Nonna Rosa in Vico Equense (NA) and wife of chef Peppe Guida.
