Nicola Cavallaro al San Cristoforo

A debonair alternative to most posts, this pleasantly fresh and spunky restaurant is an exclusive temple of sacred recipes, using prime ingredients. To be fair, it’s quite a distance out of the city, but committing to a bold prix-fixe menu that changes nightly pays off, as does sticking to the staples of the place: pumpkin ravioli or scarola and bean soup. Match it with one of the hundreds of wines and you’ve made a trip well worth it.