08/10/2025: For some time, despite good intentions, the opportunity to return to the historic Cervere osteria had been elusive. It was one of the first innovative osterias, maintaining the classic style of wooden tables and the menu read by voice or on a blackboard, while also taking the wine list to a new level: labels, producers, and cru vintages. These knowledgeable young people, full of enthusiasm, eager to grow and share experiences, firmly uphold the tradition, quality local ingredients, recipes, and seasonality.
After so many springs, the restaurant has retained its history, quality, tradition, the pleasure of surprise, and market cuisine.
In a few days, the leek festival will arrive, which has found its ideal home in Cervere, and tonight the chef had a preview on the menu with a delicate flan based on the delicious local vegetable. The menu also included snails and frogs as per tradition, but nature, which has provided a fantastic harvest of prized porcini mushrooms in the nearby mountains of our valleys, could not fail to find a place on the menu, to the delight of enthusiasts. And here the precious and rare uniqueness of true osterias emerges. The kind lady who welcomed us with a smile pointed out the sign offering the seasonal delicacy of mushrooms that some enthusiastic and lucky hunter had procured for the chef. A salad of raw porcini mushrooms, raw meat with grated porcini mushrooms, tagliatelle with mushrooms, and fried porcini mushrooms. It was impossible to resist, and all our first choices (gnocchi with Castelmagno cheese, snails Parisian-style) were immediately abandoned in favor of the flavorful porcini mushrooms from our mountains.
Sipping a fantastic Nebbiolo Valmaggiore from our friend Grimaldi with friends from Carignano Sesia, we shared chopped raw meat with porcini mushrooms, tajarin with porcini mushrooms, fried porcini mushrooms, and snails Parisian-style, followed by stuffed peaches with ice cream and, for those with a sweet tooth, a fantastic plate of quality cheeses with cugna' and honey. A good coffee and a house liqueur capped off a wonderful experience at this authentic and historic osteria. I was delighted to find the atmosphere and quality of the cuisine intact. The welcome was genuine, friendly, professional, and always smiling, even though we arrived at 9:00 PM. The price wasn't cheap (€55 per person), but it was fair for the quality of the ingredients, the balanced and flavorful dishes, the ambiance and service, and the perfect wine list featuring the best local labels and more. Highly recommended. We'll be back soon to enjoy leek dishes and snails.
05/10/2025: Very good meat, bread and atmosphere that reminds me of home, excellent
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