Epic Bologna Food Tour – Local Italian Dishes & Best Restaurants for Bologna Italy.
This Bologna Food Guide will take you on an amazing trip through the culinary scene in town.
Bologna really is foodie heaven.
The locations mentioned in this video:
Grassilli Restaurant
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TvT7NyUrC9eBQpHN8
Cremeria La Vecchia Stalla
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FHaYoJgkitbMjvkY6
Aroma Specialty Coffee
https://maps.app.goo.gl/y1gNidcAjTLM5MsA6
Mercato delle Erbe (foodmarket)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qXTBHtVyrgxUNfxi6
Mercato di Mezzo (foodmarket)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7inzxpRwSru2cBxe6
Sfoglia Rina Restaurant
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UwpFhAyGheifi6CQ7
Gelateria Oggi (licorice ice cream)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/p97nk7EqrTh7khU8A
Bakery:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNiy51jDhbu1pKENA
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welcome to Bologna Italy foodie Heaven I promiseย you and in this video we’re going to show you whatย ย to eat and where to eat in this amazing smallย intimate beautiful Food City let’s go 5 minutes into arriving we already saw thatย this city is so much about food all theseย ย
Narrow streets like this one behind me with foodย shops with restaurants so many restaurants soย ย much good food and we already tasted someย today we’re going to show you all in thisย ย video so subscribe right now because we stuff ourย faces all around the world that’s where the nameย ย
STUFR comes from and right now it’s Bolognaย Italy so let’s just eat. so bologna isย ย famous for a few things that originate fromย this city and Mortadella is one of them weย ย are having lunch at cili a really nice littleย restaurant and I’m having mortadella as a starterย ย
A little bit sad just a little bunch of sausageย on a plate but we separated the cheese from theย ย sausage because I don’t like cheese or Timย is having the cheese that comes with it thisย ย is the sausage mortadella and Nala smells theย sausage as well so this is the mortadella thatย ย
Comes from bologna and normally you could get itย on a sandwich and you’llย ย have it thinly sliced but this is cubed for aย little starter just to get a little bologna flavor o oh this is really nice I like it theyย call it the salami of Bologna it’s more like aย ย
Boiled sausage it’s not grilled it’s not notย smoked it’s not but it’s more like a boiledย ย thing I really like this type of sausagesย it’s totally different from salami or anyย ย other sausage that you’ll eat those someย more thick and cured and and chewy butย ย
This is really smooth and I like it very muchย so I’m having my very first risotto in Italy inย ย bologna and this is a really special one it’sย not on the regular menu it’s only a menu ofย ย
The day and it’s a risotto with melon never hadย that before looks awesome oh really big chunksย ย of melon in there m oh my gosh okay I’ve neverย had risotto like this is really sweet because ofย ย the melon and it can still really taste theย cheese that’s a really awesome combinationย ย
Of savory and sweets wow absolutely stunningย if they have it on the menu when you are hereย ย you have to order this definitely so anotherย specialty from bologna is tortellini and youย ย know them those are those little rolled up doughย balls of pasta balls filled with anything in myย ย
Case there’s meat inside but this is tortelini imย brodo which is in broth in a soup form so superย ย local super traditional and it’s my first timeย ever having tortelini in a soup so I’m actually very
Excited oh that’s really nice the broth alone isย really nice and and flavorful it is just like aย ย really nice layer dish or something when it comesย into your mouth you first have that salty brothย ย
That comes in then the pasta because there’s not aย lot of other things in it it’s just the broth andย ย the pasta and then the meat comes through when youย bite open the tortellini but of course you can alsoย ย
Get a regular tortellini with a Ragu or a bolognese sauce because of course bologa in Bologna checkย ย that out as well but this is actually really niceย and I think it’s a really nice lunch dish actually coffee lovers pay attention because inย Bologna they have a shop called Aroma specialtyย ย
Coffees I’m not a coffee drinker but this soundedย so amazing that I wanted to try it because it’sย ย zabaione the the white wine Whipped Cream Egg nuttyย kind of dessert that they mix in with an espressoย ย
Look at this beautiful fancy coffee and there’s aย lot of cream and only a little bit of coffee so Iย ย think I’ll be fine I’m just going to try ooh it’sย really thick cream I love that M oh my God oh myย ย
God I love coffee flavor in ice cream or in coffeeย beans such chocolate beans and this is just thatย ย there’s not too much coffee in it and it hasย that white wine Cream custardy Egg noggy kindย ย
Of vibe I’m Blown Away honestly I hope you canย tell by my reaction but do I have it on my chin yeah my God had so many different flavors itย really took me a long time to make a choice andย ย
I still don’t know if I made the right choiceย but I got three flavors I got biscoto de nonnaย which sounds amazing because we love torta della nonna butย this time it’s with cookies and chocolate andย ย
I got salted pistachio pesto as ice cream soย we at Cremeria La Vecchia Strala in bologna and havingย ย my first gelato and it looks amazing let meย see I think this is the biscota really niceย ย
And creamy crunchy cookies in size which I alsoย like sometimes M very nice and now maybe the mostย ย special one the pistachio pesto ice creamย oh this is crazy you’re having gelato butย ย there’s no nothing nothing sweet about it it’sย really completely salty but it’s really it’sย ย
Still quite nice actually wow I’ve never hadย such salty ice cream before it’s really like aย ย almost like a mind [ย __ย ] or something but it’sย really very nice I can definitely recommend toย ย try the salty pistachio because pistachio isย one of the most classic flavors and everybodyย ย
Gets it but this time it’s only salty notย sweet so it’s really something differentย ย and if you like pistacho in real life then whyย not go for this I would I would eat it again
So bologna has two Food Markets Mercato di Mezzoย Mercato delle Erbe, we are at Mercato delle Erbe actually thisย ย is the one that we prefer it has a nicer Vibe andย it’s larger and it has more food stalls to chooseย ย
From but the other one Mercato di Mezzo also looked reallyย good and had some really good food there so youย ย can go to either one for a nice lunch and pickย your favorite and have some amazing food thereย ย
Are so many little restaurants and little shops inย this Mercato delle Erba and we found Sfarina which is a piadinaย ย which is those really flat bread almost like aย pita bread or even flatter I think they go throughย ย
Like one of those Wranglers and they stretchย it out the dough to make it really flat thenย ย they bake the bread really short on a grillย and then they add the filling you can have itย ย with all the fillings the classical fillingsย and stuff but we’ve went for a uh vegetarianย ย
Option and this is a eggplant parmesan nowย so I’m really curious the red looks really fresh this is such a nice lunch I think theseย Food Markets are a perfect place to get someย ย lunch you can get like different little snacksย everywhere I love this flavor really good Iย ย
Would definitely try one of the other flavorsย here as well but I bet Tim all of this becauseย ย he’s vegetarian so second stop at Mercato delle Erbaย we at Super Forna Pizza now so we’re having some amazingย ย Pizza they have a lot of different optionsย they even have ones with potatoes and theyย ย
Also have classic ones like Margarita and theyย also have those like Gourmet ones and this isย ย of course vegetarian and this with uh ricottaย and mozzarella and zucchini and eggplants soย ย um yeah let’s go nice and crunchy bottom layerย but the rest is really nice and fluffy taste isย ย
Also really good M really nice with the ricottaย really creamy I think I’ve never had ricottaย ย on a pizza before works works quite well andย the good thing is you can shoot as much as youย ย
Want so this is only like a few bites becauseย we want to try different things and this isย ย only like โฌ3 so you can just choose how muchย you want and it’s not that expensive perfect
So next stop in Bologna we are at Simoni whichย is a restaurant where they sell a lot of ham andย ย cheese and something really special I’m openingย it up now which is a Tigilini and a Tigilini areย ย
Little sandwiches they are served warm you canย get them anywhere here in Bologna but they haveย ย these little marks on it stamps and that’s theย stamp of the shop that sells it and we orderedย ย
A tagliere which is a plate filled with ham and cheeseย I have to admit it looks like there’s a littleย ย bit more ham on it than cheese poor Tim butย he will get more bread and at least there’sย ย
Quite some uh cheese on it I’m going to stuff myย first tigilini with some Mortadella like I saidย ย earlier in the video Mortadella is the ham fromย bologna so and this one is not cubed it’s slicedย ย
So that’s also nice to try and I’m going to tryย it in one of those little breads that are veryย ย very local so you’d have to get these breadย with the stems it looks really cute as well
Right m I like the bread because the stamp itย gives it a bit of a crunch on the outside itย ย reminds me a little bit of like um like aย grilled cheese kind of texture it’s reallyย ย nice the texture outside gives it a realย distinct eating experience the flavor isย ย
Bread but it the it’s the experience of theย Crunch and the Mortadella inside is amazingย ย I just love Mortadella but I also have someย cured hem some raw hem here which would beย ย amazing in one of these little breads so Iย can’t wait to be trying all of this but Iย ย
Won’t film it for you because that’s boringย you just have to come here and taste it for yourself we love having breakfast from a localย bakery when we are traveling and so of courseย ย
The same in Italy first we are starting off withย a very typical dish it’s a torta de Riso so riceย ย cake it’s quite big and you get a spoon withย it it’s quite thick the texture is also really
Dense there’s a lot lot of texture going onย it’s like super you can really taste the riceย ย there’s really a lot in there it’s it’s veryย super dense like the whole texture it’s quiteย ย nice it’s nice and sweet but not too sweet I likeย it I have another Regional biged good it’s calledย ย
An Ofella and this one is with apple and creamย I think the form looks really interesting itย ย almost looks like a hat or something a top hat Iย will bite on this side because then have all theย ย
Layers M it’s a gooier than I thought like theย top the bottom layer is really gooey and this isย ย more like puff pastry almost but the filling withย the apple is really really nice all right I couldย ย
Eat this more often it’s really nice I finallyย found licorice ice cream we had that once inย ย Rome and it was so good and I’ve been lookingย forward to tasting it but this the first Shopย ย
I actually see it gelateria Oggi in Bologna I’mย so happy this is so perfect I took two scoopsย ย of the same flavor because I was dying to tryย this oh if you ever get your hands on licoriceย ย
Ice cream please try it it is so good it is soย special so intense this is so good so closingย ย off our food tour in Bologna of course I hadย to try the bolognese sauce because that’s whatย ย
This place is famous for Bolognese sauce it’s actuallyย called Ragu so if you are in Italy it’s calledย ย Ragu but for tourists they put bolognese sauceย here on the menu I’m having a lasagna a lasagnaย ย alab bologa so with the bolog Ragu Sauce Sim isย actually having tortelini which is also Regionalย ย
Local with sage and butter it looks reallyย nice as well and we at a restaurant calledย ย Sfoglia Rina which is a really nice local andย also quite trendy restaurant it looks reallyย ย nice from the interior I’m going to enjoyย my first lasagna actually on this
Trip oh wow really nice they used green uh pastaย sheets which gives it a really nice look actuallyย ย I’m really happy with my choice and and I’mย happy that I’m closing off this bologna foodย ย tour with this amazing lasagna or is there moreย you never know if I’m going to order with soreย ย
So stay tuned for that but I’m going to enjoyย this this is really nice the ragua sauce withย ย the minced meat the tomato sauce this is whatย you you know right it’s not something that Iย ย can say like it’s mind-blowingly new but theย flavors are really nice yes this is a properย ย
Way to close off a food tour video because weย went back to Mercato di Mezzo which is the otherย ย food market here in bologna and we saw thisย earlier that they have a really spectacularย ย
Looking tiramisu with a lot of cream on topย and this is at the restaurant or at one of theย ย restaurants called s relli and I’m just goingย to enjoy a final terisu of our road trip in
Italy oh the cream on top is really nice andย dense gream the coffee flavor is there theย ย alcohol is there it’s really nicely balancedย I have to say this is one of the better chamusย ย
I’ve had on this trip I’ve had around four orย five chamus what I love is that the cookie isย ย there as well it’s not too moist I’ve had tusย before where the cookie is so moist that youย ย
Don’t even taste the texture anymore but here youย can still taste the texture even though it’s veryย ย moist oh this is definitely a good one so ifย you’re craving a terisu go to Mercato di Mezzo thankย ย
You so much for watching our bologna food tourย I hope you enjoyed this video and that we gaveย ย you some nice inspiration for when you visitย but this city is so amazing there is so muchย ย
Food we already discussed it we might go backย here just for the food if you want to chooseย ย between going to Florence OR bologna then forย us bologna is definitely the pick it feels soย ย much more local it has beautiful historicalย buildings but it has amazing restaurantsย ย
And they’re so much more to discover thanย we did in this video but at least we gaveย ย you some highlights and some inspiration soย subscribe if you haven’t already because weย ย stuff our faces all around the world that’sย what the name stufr comes from we had theย ย
Best time here only two days in Bologna butย our stomachs are full thanks for watching bye everybody wow really good turn with this one

4 Comments
Hello Tim, Dennis, and Nala! It's wonderful to see your visit to Bologna, and all the great food! Tim's melon ricotta looks so interesting, and delicious! I'm also so happy that Dennis found licorice gelato. How wonderful! We had a small ice cream shop near us when I was a child. It had licorice ice cream. It was fantastic! I got it all the time. I miss it. It also makes me happy to see Nala with you, even at the restaurants. Have a great weekend! Thanks for your video.
Good evening guys from SG! Im truly enjoying your Italian series. One of my best memories was having tripe stew in Brunate โค
Bologna food looks wonderful though i must say that tortellini in soup at the start doesnt look like much ๐ฎ I esp love seeing the two mercado ๐๐
Thank you for taking us along!
Bologna is a city of beauty, from its medieval architecture to its delicious food