History, Traditions, Culture
Osteria Toscanella opens in the heart of Florence, at Via Toscanella 36/R, just steps from Palazzo Pitti and Ponte Vecchio.
Here, within the walls of a 14th-century dining room, history meets flavor in an intimate and evocative atmosphere.
It's not just a restaurant, but a place that preserves a precious legacy: that of a neighborhood where art, culture, and daily life have intertwined for centuries.
The expertly restored architecture reflects the most authentic Florence, one that still today resonates with Renaissance beauty and popular spirit.
And then, it's said, Boccaccio and Christopher Columbus...
Chronicles tell us that Giovanni Boccaccio, the great author of the Decameron, was born in these very rooms in 1313.
The product of an illegitimate relationship between his father, the merchant Boccaccino di Chelino, and a woman of lower social standing, he was recognized and raised by his father in Florence.

But he is not the only person to have his life connected to the rooms of the Osteria Toscanella:
Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, scientist, mathematician, and astronomer, a friend of Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti, also worked here.
It is said that it was Toscanelli who drew the map used by Christopher Columbus to reach the Americas.
A story that intertwines science, discovery, and Florentine genius, making the Osteria Toscanella a unique place, where sitting at the table means breathing in centuries of culture.
Florence has always been a city of encounters, markets, and flavors born from simplicity.
Osteria Toscanella preserves this tradition and carries it forward with passion, reproducing typical dishes deeply rooted in popular Florentine cuisine.
Recipes like ribollita, cacio e pepe creamed in the cheese, or pappardelle with wild boar aren't just dishes, but fragments of a collective memory that has been with us for generations. Each dish is a bridge between past and present, a tribute to the history of Florence that lives on at our tables today.
