The Bar Ristoro Lucarelli
a local institution since 1890
In the valley below Le Ripe, strung along the Strada Provinciale 2bis, lies the village of Lucarelli. The focal point of the village for decades has been the Bar Ristoro which has an interesting history. It is worth a visit just to have a coffee and see, above the counter, the old photograph of the current owner's great grandfather who founded the inn in 1890.
a local institution since 1890
In the valley below Le Ripe, strung along the Strada Provinciale 2bis, lies the village of Lucarelli. The focal point of the village for decades has been the Bar Ristoro which has an interesting history. It is worth a visit just to have a coffee and see, above the counter, the old photograph of the current owner's great grandfather who founded the inn in 1890.
Amerigo Dainelli |
So Amerigo and Laura set off once again, but this time there were three of them because in the meantime the first of their seven children had been born. Once back in Italy a friend helped them because their savings were not enough for their project: to build an inn and stables for the horses that were needed to face the steep climb towards Florence where in those days the bulk of agricultural products travelled: wood, charcoal, oil and the famous Chianti wine.
1936 |
1995 |
Nowadays the Bar Ristoro Lucarelli offers pleasant, comfortable and reasonable guest rooms as well as a trattoria with good, simple fare and their historic bar, populated just as much by locals as by tourists and passersby
To find out more about the Bar Ristoro, look here.
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A perfect post for this area. Well illustrated while giving a sense of Italian spirit and tradition. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteFascinating! Thank you! Also, I was not aware of this story of Italian migration woven into local lives.
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