Restaurants in Tuscany

This is a list of suggested restaurants in the towns and villages in the central area of Tuscany.  The restaurants are rated on a three star scale:
* = Good
** = Very Good
*** = Excellent

Price ratings use the following scale:
$ = Moderate
$$ = Middle Range
$$$ = Expensive

Only those restaurants where the authors have eaten are rated.  Those on the list that are not rated were recommended by others.   There are hundreds of good restaurants from which to choose.  By necessity, this is only a partial list and does not imply that others are less acceptable.

Montespertoli

L’Artevino
Ristorante Bistrot                               ***      $$
Via S. Sonnino, 28
Montespertoli
0571-608488

La Terrazza                                         **        $
Viale G. Matteotti
Montespertoli
0571-608055

Ristorante Da Buzzanca
Via Lucciano
Loc. S. Quirico
Montespertoli
0571-670267

La Belle Epoque                                 *          $
Via S. Piero in Mercato
Gigliola
0571-609063

Il Parchetto                                         *          $
Via Strada Prov.
Fiano (Road to Ceraldo)
0571-669687

Certaldo

Osteria del Vicario                             ***      $$$
Via Rivellino
Certaldo-Alto
0571-668228

Il CastelloVia G. della Rena
Certaldo-Alto
0571-668250

San Casciano Area

Tenda Rossa                                       ***      $$$
Piazza Monumento
Cerbaia
055-826132

Caffe del Popolano                              **        $$
Via Machiavelli
San Casciano
055-8228405

Cantinetta del Nonno                           **         $
Via IV Novembre, 18
San Casciano
055-820570

Il Mezzo Marinaio
Via Volterrana Nord
Baccaiano
0571-671292

Il Focolare                                          *          $$
Via Volerrana Nord
Montagnana
0571-671132

Locanda Barbarossa
Via Sorripa
San Casciano
055-8290109

San Gimignano

Ristorante Dorando                            ***      $$$
Vicolo dell’Oro
San Gimignano
0577-941862

Osteria del Carcere                             **        $
Via del Castello
San Gimignano
0577-941905

Siena Area

Osteria Le Logge                                **        $$
Via del Porrione
Siena
0577-48013

Mugolone
Via del Pellegrini
Siena
0577-283235

La Taverna del Capitano
Via del Capitano
Siena
0577-288094

Bagno del Leone
Piazza del Moretto
0577-887300

La Taverna di Vagliagli                     *          $$
Via del Sergente
Vagliagli
0577-322532

Dievole                                               **        $$$
1-53010 Vagliagli
Vagliagli
0577-322632

Chianti Classico Area

La Torre                                              **        $$
Piazza del Comune
Castellina in Chanti
0577-740236

Ristorante Albergaccio                      **        $$$
   Di Castellina
Via Florentina
0577-741042

Il Pozzo
Monteriggioni
0577-304127

Osteria di Passignano                         ***      $$$
La Badia
Via Passignano
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
055-8071278

La Bottega (Mamma Gina)                **        $$
Piazza della Torre
Volpaia
0577-738001

Il Vescovino                                       **        $$
Ia Ciampolo da Panzano
Panzano in Chianti
055-852464

Florence

Trattoria Cibreo-Cibreino                  **        $$
Via Dei Macci
055-2341100

Ristorante Mamma Gina                    **        $$
Borgo S. Jacopo
055-2396009

Nerbone
Inside San Lorenzo Food Market
Lunch Only

Camillo
Borgo San Jacopo
055-212427

Cantina Barbagianni
Via Sant Egidio
055-2480508

Il Latini
Via dei Palchetti
055-210916

Trattoria Sostanza
Via del Porcellana©
055-21-26-91

Cocco Lezzone
Via del Parioncino©
055-28-71-78

Alla Vecchia Bettola
Via de AriostoC
055-22-41-58

Da Ruggero
Via Senese©
055-22-05-42

© See article on this blog entitled “A Winebuyer’s Guide to His Favorite Florentine Trattorias”

Other Towns and Villages

Cortona
La Bucaccia                                        **        $$
Via Ghibellina
0575-606039

La Grotta#                                          ***      $$
Piazzetta Baldelli
0575-630271

Volterra
Il Porcellino#                                      *          $
Volterra
0588-86393

Enoteca del Duca
Via Del Castello
0588-81510

Don Beta Risrorante Pizzeria
Via Matteotti
0588-86730

Lucca
Buca S. Antonio                                 **        $$
Via della Cervia
0583-55881

Vinci
Cantina Leonardo da Vinci                *          $
Via Provinciale Mercantale
0571-464448

South of Siena (Near Pienza)
La Porta                                              **        $
Via del Piano
Monticchiello
0578-755163