Osteria

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small local restaurant in (usually rural) Italy.

    "And though the standard fare at the mountain osterias known as rifugios largely remains slabs of speck and strong local cheese, there are exceptions — most notably Col Alt, a rifugio above Corvara accessible only by ski lift, where meat dishes take the form of succulent venison or rabbit, and bottles of aged Barolo offer a noble complement to the soaring mountain vistas."

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"What's the difference between an osteria and a trattoria?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian osteria. Doublet of hostry.

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