Paoli Restaurant - Florence, Italy - Located just blocks from Piazza Repubblica, between the Duomo and Piazza della Signoria, Paoli offers you true Tuscan dining in a lively, and at times, crowded atmosphere.

Housed in part of a 13th century palace with domed ceilings and Fresco painted walls Paoli is casual and offers large servings of salads prepared at your table, pastas and meat entrées.

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Be sure to try their "pappa al pomodoro", a traditional Tuscan soup made with a mixture of stale/left-over (day old) bread and farm fresh tomatoes. Poorer Tuscans used pappa al pomodoro to make the food they had last longer. To our delight, Paoli serves it now, not as a way to make their food last longer but as a way for us to experience true Tuscan cuisine. I tried pappa al pomodoro at a few different places but by far Paoli's was the best.

Presentation and service is more like you'd expect at home (well, maybe a crowded Italian home) than at a 5 star restaurant, but that just adds to the charm of the experience.

As with most of the more popular restaurants in Florence, it is best to make reservations.

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