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Top 4 Barbecue food in Fara San Martino, Province of Chieti, Italy
Find out what Barbecue restaurants to try in Fara San Martino including CheckMate, Ristorante Osteria Da Elisa, Old School Diner, Ristorante Casa dell'Orso
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1. CheckMate
Overall Ratings
5 based on 216 reviews
Reviewed By David B
If you like char-grilled steaks, you'll love it here as they're the house speciality. Massive (actually, *too* massive) antipasti selection. Good house wine. Friendly welcome. Exceptionally nice indoor surroundings. Comfortable. Tables not too close together. Massive carpark. But service can creak a bit when it's busy.
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2. Ristorante Osteria Da Elisa
Overall Ratings
4 based on 160 reviews
Reviewed By John H
This is a small delightful eatery run by a young couple. They are "vocational" in their dedication to traditional Abruzzese food, serving superb antipasti of meats cured by the owner/chef/waiter and allt i allo proprietor, prosciutto, salamis, etc., with the ubiquitous Abruzzo "cinghiale" or wild boar. I have eaten vast quantities of pasta in my life (mountains?), but I consider that the home made pasta produced by the lady of the house is the best that I have ever eaten. Within a few miles of this establishment, their are a number of serious (prestigious) restaurants, but none have the earthy "feel" for traditional Abruzzan food which this lovely couple have made their forte!Eat their food with reverence, it is served with care, love and attention. I asked the proprietor why he was not working in Rome (he would make a fortune there!); he looked at me as though I was slightly stupid, and replied that he loved the area because of his unfettered access to Abruzzan specialities.Good, simple Italian cookery at its best. This is the "cuccina povera" which has travelled the globe. If you want the more pretentious "cuccina baroniale", and have the funding, there are other restaurants in the vicinity.I have had many fine meals here, I am fond of the staff and totally prejudiced!!!
3. Old School Diner
Overall Ratings
4 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By Costumaker
The atmosphere in this restaurant is its attraction. It is quite convincingly done up in the style of a 50's diner, down to its plastic Elvis sitting in a chair in the corner with a guitar in his lap and a US license plate on the wall. The food is ok--if I were in America, I would never revisit it after my first visit. However, the lack of variety in menus in this area of Italy makes it a place that introduces a little variety. If you are picky about burgers, the food is not authentic. There is no mustard (very difficult to find in Italy) and the "pickles" are sweet--no dills (impossible to find in Italy). The American Apple Pie is Italian Apple Tort--pie crust is another difficult to find food in Italy. They have a Tex Mex menu, but the selections that we have had from it have been Italian rice and meats in what is a fairly authentic tortilla. Although the food is nothing to rave about, the decor is refreshing, the wait staff is extremely helpful, and if you go in for a change to the monotonous offerings of other restaurants, it's a pleasant change. One nice thing is that they open for dinner at 6 pm, which is more like American hours and is probably earlier than anything else opens within 200 miles of here.
4. Ristorante Casa dell'Orso
Overall Ratings
4 based on 126 reviews
Reviewed By PietroV746
It is located in what was a school back in the 1940's. On the walls in the dining areas are frescoes of St Anthony's life. I was told by someone who went to school here that these were the original works. Besides that fact, the wood fired pizzas we had were one of the best. These two facts combined is what
