Scarpelli Cafe In Cosenza

18/05/2025: Great sandwiches, excellent service Exquisite local bitters

13/05/2025: I celebrated my birthday here and it was my first time at Tavernacolo, a place that is hidden in a small side street of Corso Mazzini like a pearl in a shell. The experience here was excellent from every point of view, beyond all expectations although already high. An elegant location with a modern and expertly casual style, reserved and truly enjoyable, cared for in the smallest details and truly capable of creating the right mix between intimacy and modern style. Excellent staff starting from the owner Marco (a polite, honest and professional person beyond words) and the other collaborators who were able to discreetly be present in every crucial phase of the evening and show education, professionalism and cordiality. Excellent food: good cold cuts and cheeses, tasty and well-made rustici, excellent pickled vegetables and bruschetta, very good eggplant parmigiana, exceptional and light pinsa but, above all, delicious meatballs (both meat and eggplant) that earn first place overall among the meatballs tasted so far around the world. Very crunchy breading (a sign of excellent frying) and an extraordinary flavor. So much admiration for the product offered, truly unmissable. A note of merit for having immediately proposed an alternative cutting board for a vegetarian guest that I had forgotten to communicate, therefore maximum performance even with zero notice. Well done. The wine recommended to me, of which the restaurant offers a vast selection, turned out to be very good and excellent in accompanying all the dishes mentioned above. A place that by measure enters among my absolute favorites. I will definitely return.