{"id":2340,"date":"2019-02-20T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T13:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devourromefoodtours.com\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2022-09-28T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:29:28","slug":"best-restaurants-testaccio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/best-restaurants-testaccio\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite Rome Restaurants by Neighborhood: Testaccio"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
Located on the banks of the Tiber, Testaccio is one of Rome’s most popular neighborhoods right now, for its many restaurants, markets, and tranquil daytime atmosphere coupled with a whole section of nightclubs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It wasn’t always like this.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
From 1891 to 1970, Testaccio was Rome’s meatpacking neighborhood, with many of the residents working in the gigantic slaughterhouse<\/a>. The abattoir has since been converted into a museum<\/a>, and Testaccio from an industrial periphery into a quarter known throughout the city for food.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Down-and-dirty trattorie<\/em>, once the haunts of meatpackers, still serve traditional Roman cuisine, especially the beloved dishes that used the by-products of the slaughterhouse: sweetbreads, calf intestines, lamb lungs and liver. If that’s your idea of a good meal\u2014or even if you’re more into cacio\u00a0e\u00a0pepe<\/a><\/em>, pizza and Roman-style doughnuts\u2014here are the best restaurants in Testaccio.<\/p>\r\n\r\n