La Piedigrotta In Vercelli

08/07/2024: Interno3 is an innovative place (or perhaps we have returned to the dear old village habits) that combines an excellent restaurant with a take-away deli. This business formula was once (and still remains in some villages) common in small provincial towns where the trattoria was active in the evening on the weekend and during the day they worked for the inhabitants of the village selling meat, bread and ready meals. Here, Interno3 is like this, except that it is right in the center of Vercelli between Piazza Zumaglini and Corso Libertà! The restaurant presents itself on the outside with a nice terrace which perhaps has more seats than the indoor part of the restaurant all on the first floor (unfortunately not accessible to disabled people) because the ground floor is intended for gastronomy (in the sense of preparation activities of takeaway dishes). The welcome is very cordial, but is accompanied by serious and attentive service. The venue on the first floor reminds me, I don't know why, of the famous Le Cirque in New York. Certainly the very Italian restaurant overseas certainly has no reason to envy the frenzy: here in Vercelli all the time necessary is left to savor the dishes on the appropriately measured menu to which are added from time to time some courses resulting from the raw materials of season which is available at the moment and considered by chef Massara suitable for an off-the-card menu. It is the case of me and Watson that on an evening ruined by the defeat of Italy's football team, we were able to largely console ourselves with the Tajarin which for the occasion were made with porcini mushrooms, but not before an entrée of revisited Russian salad and a fassone tartare with capers and caramelized Tropea onion as an appetizer. We continued with some breaded and fried porcini mushrooms (but were they really?) and concluded with a dessert (a tarte tatin and a fruit sorbet) and a coffee. Everything was excellent and very light. We accompanied the dinner with mineral water and a bottle of Centinari vintage Franciacorta Ardea Pacifica rosé. The two of us spent €174 but considering €50 for Franciacorta, the prices are absolutely correct. To try.

08/06/2024: Buoni sia gli antipasti che i primi Menù vario ed interessante Buona carta dei vini Servizio all’altezza Bravi continuate così