Comments on: Aperitivo in Italy: How to Eat for Free (Kind Of) http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html One Stop Travel Guide to Italy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: James http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-27754 James Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:10:47 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html#comment-27754 In the Lunigiana bars don't advertise anything has happy hour, but you can get a two euro prosecco and a whole table full of nibbly bits for free. And they bring them to you. "It’s like those waiters who don’t need to write down your order - it’s a mystery to me how they manage to keep it all straight!" The last three waiters that have done this to me haven't gotten it right at all. james Corner

In the Lunigiana bars don’t advertise anything has happy hour, but you can get a two euro prosecco and a whole table full of nibbly bits for free. And they bring them to you.

“It’s like those waiters who don’t need to write down your order – it’s a mystery to me how they manage to keep it all straight!”

The last three waiters that have done this to me haven’t gotten it right at all.

james

Corner ]]> By: Judith Klinger http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-27497 Judith Klinger Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:39:34 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html#comment-27497 Aperitivo is a national pastime in Italy. Virtually every bar in the country serves some sort of nibbles at aperitivo hour. Italians think it unwise and unhealthy not to be nibbling on something while they sip a drink. The "Appy Hour" designation is a recent thing, but apertivo has probably been happening since Etruscan times! Cin! Corner

Aperitivo is a national pastime in Italy. Virtually every bar in the country serves some sort of nibbles at aperitivo hour. Italians think it unwise and unhealthy not to be nibbling on something while they sip a drink.
The “Appy Hour” designation is a recent thing, but apertivo has probably been happening since Etruscan times! Cin!

Corner ]]> By: Jessica http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-17602 Jessica Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:14:44 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html#comment-17602 People often pay as they go, but otherwise I have no idea. It's like those waiters who don't need to write down your order - it's a mystery to me how they manage to keep it all straight! Corner

People often pay as they go, but otherwise I have no idea. It’s like those waiters who don’t need to write down your order – it’s a mystery to me how they manage to keep it all straight!

Corner ]]> By: Mary http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html/comment-page-1#comment-17588 Mary Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:26:13 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/aperitivo-in-italy-how-to-eat-for-free-kind-of.html#comment-17588 This is good! How difficult is it for the staff to keep track of how many drinks you've had, especially if it's busy? Corner

This is good! How difficult is it for the staff to keep track of how many drinks you’ve had, especially if it’s busy?

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