The Bar dell’Orso is renowned for its cured meats, cheeses and preserves in oil. Not to mention its quick service of pasta dishes and traditional Tuscan main courses.
Particularly famous for its historical giant snacks consisting of the finest local cured meats and cheeses, among other ingredients, Bar dell’Orso is a typical country trattoria serving up typical Tuscan style and dishes: simple, genuine, plentiful. The menu features soups and pasta dishes, with all the pasta handmade on the premises, such as the famous “pappardelle” and polenta with wild boar ragout, ravioli with truffle, “tagliatelle”, “pici” and “ribollita” soup. Main courses of game, mixed meat grill, ossobuco and the finest quality meat complete the menu, along with desserts and specialities. Later in the day diners can listen to live performances by local music groups, for free evening entertainment.
Menù
The dishes of Bar dell’Orso
The menu of Bar dell’Orso: from cured meats to cheeses, from rice and pasta dishes to main courses, but also desserts and the dishes of the day. All washed down with excellent wines. The dishes of antique Tuscan tradition, served in a natural style and characterised by the use of high quality ingredients, the finest meat and handmade pasta. You will be greeted by tempting and appetising chopping boards laden with typical local products, all accompanied by excellent wines made in the area.
The chopping board
A wide variety of typical cured meats: ham, salami and sausages made with Cinta Senese pork, regal porchetta, tasty mortadella, finocchiona, soppressata, traditional buristo, and Easter filza.
These dishes are made using only fresh pasta handmade on the premises, in compliance with tradition: “pappardelle” with wild boar ragout, “pici” with cheese and pepper, ravioli with truffles, “ribollita” soup, “tagliatelle” with Senese ragout.
Florentine T-bone steak, game, mixed meat grills and ossobuco, specialities of poor Tuscan cuisine which will delight those with a passion for food.
The events
The events of Bar dell’Orso
Good music, excellent food, endless amounts of wine and lots of fun! The perfect ingredients, served attentively at the Bar dell’Orso for moments of extreme enjoyment. Recommended by the Italian Association of Culinary Pleasure. Evenings of live music at the Bar dell’Orso, whether in summer or winter, have no boundaries: Rock, Beat, Jazz, Italian and Foreign Classics from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. No Eurovision Song-Contest style stuff, promise!
Location
The Bar dell’Orso is at the Colonna di Monteriggioni below the beautiful Monteriggioni Castle. A fortified hamlet with walls dating back to the 13th century.