Incoming Canadian Tourist!

[jemmy]

I'm sad to see that the Italy board has such minimal posts!
Oh well, I'll venture to ask at the risk of receiving no response: where should a Canadian tourist eat in Rome and Vienna? I might possibly be in Italy and Austria for a week around the end of November / beginning of December and I was wondering what are some good eats? Thus far, I'm unsure of where I'll be staying and how I'll be travelling around, sorry if that makes it difficult for you guys...

I'm a fresh graduate and will be on a budget, so nothing too expensive and no tasting menus please. I eat pretty much anything and everything but I have a special spot for gelatos, pastries and cakes - recommendations for those would be great! Breakfast, lunch, dinner, all goes! Thanks everyone in advance, any help will be much appreciated =)

(PS. Anything else worth mentioning besides food - like sightseeing, galleries etc.?)

[mbfant]

I wouldn’t say these posts are minimal -- far from it. And we don't discriminate: Canadians get the same advice as anybody else. And, in cases like yours, the first advice everybody gets is to search the board first to see if the question has already been answered. You will definitely find useful advice in previous posts. Then you should come back for updates, details, additional opinions, etc.
You have to seek Vienna advice elsewhere, and Chowhound doesn’t do sightseeing, just chow. If a thread gets too far off the track, the moderators will squelch it.

[jen kalb]

hey jemmy there are hundreds of posts addressing your topic - you just need to search and find them - sadly our search feature is not much help. go up to the google box and search chowhound rome cheap (or budget, or low-cost) and you will get tons of suggestions, including some very good ones. do a search for chowhound rome gelato (or pastry shop) and you will get answers too.

and like Maureen says, if you get more specific about where you will be, it will be easier for us to help.

Volpetti Piu in Testaccio is a great cafeteria style place to taste a variety of fine food products, including from the Volpetti store next door. Giolitte and San Crispino are two common gelato recommendations in the center city - San Crispino has a branch close to the Trevi fountain if that is on your itinerary.
The classic rome breakfast is caffe latte.cappucino and a cornetto (crossant) in a standup bar. Its a great start, if breakfast is not included in your meal. We really liked our meals at Sora Margherita in the Ghetto - simple Roman food, reasonably priced. check out one of the Fornos in the Campo Fiori for pizza bianco or rosso (focaccio) to munch. If you cross the river to Trastevere, there are tons of somewhat cheap but also mostly fairly mediocre places to eat.On our recent trip we enjoyed particularly the products of a youngish baker,, Sr. Arnese who sells excellent bread and Roman sweets but also pizza taglio (by the slice) and individual pizzas and sandwiches all day - Forno La Renella, Via del Moro 15 .The Forno is open 7 days a week from early morning until 9 pm, I think.a safe and enjoyable stop.

[jemmy]

Right sorry guys I'm just so absolutely excited about going to Italy that I forgot my manners ;) I'll be sure to do a thorough search first... Thanks guys for taking the time to enlighten me!

mbfant: By minimal I meant in comparison to Toronto's since only one day will pass before the whole page is inundated by posts! I didn't mean to be offensive =)

jen kalb: Your recs sound fabulous, I hope I get to go to them all!

[jen kalb]

we are really lucky to have some locals posting on this board but its mostly tourist oriented - no comparison to Toronto (if it was, the discussion would be in Italian Id imagine!)