Trattoria Quattrocase In Magnacavallo

Clean place, good food, like the trattorias of the past

Restaurant like the old days where tradition and quality of food are the masters and a family welcome

Trattorias like these are like oases in the desert. You'll feel right at home, with traditional cuisine, good manners, and politeness.

Life brought us to Poggio Rusco for medical treatment, a town we would never have visited in our lives. Looking for a place to eat (there were three of us), a local in the health facility recommended the trattoria "Quattro Case" in the hamlet of the same name. A little place lost in the middle of nowhere. 😊 So we went to this trattoria, without any real purpose: the local dishes were good enough (I really appreciated their slightly sweet Lambrusco wine), but we left feeling a bit dissatisfied. The reason? I'd say the price we paid. We weren't brought menus, but the owner's son said, "I'm the living menu," which made us smile. We chose the following dishes: an appetizer of cured meats and cracklings, three first courses (the bigoli with tuna sauce had decidedly little sauce), a second course of pork with a side dish, two portions of sbrisolona (a kind of cake) with a generous helping of Pantelleria passito wine, three coffees, two half-liter bottles of water, and a half-liter of local wine. I haven't attempted to estimate a "fair" price for all this, but honestly, €70 seemed a bit too much. And what was most disappointing was that we weren't even able to check the bill in detail, and I'm not sure to what extent all this is fair. Too bad.