Getting back (ahem) to the theme of this thread...I nominate

BUCA LAPI.

This is one of the oldest restaurants in Florence, Italy, and if anyone goes there do not miss out on this place. Its been there for hundreds of years. It is in a basement with vaulted ceilings, and you enter through the kitchen, which consists in alrge part of a huge woodburning grill. Their specialty is Bistecca Fiorentine (Florentine Steak) which ranks up there with anything in New York , and is better than anything served in our rub joints in Vegas.

A true Bistecca Fiorentina comes from a specific breed of cattle which live outside of Florence. They are fed a special diet, and there is nothing like it.

The cut is Porterhouse.

Google it !


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"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."

"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."