The few square blocks on the backside of the Colosseum are overrun with some of Rome's more unfortunate excuses for Italian food, however there is one spot that shines out. A little farther back, along the road that leads to Villa Celimontana, is Taverna 40, a very simple trattoria that serves good pastas and pizzas. Their pizza is typical Roman, very thin crust cooked in a hot wood oven for a minute or two. I had the a very nice strozzaprete (literally, strangled priests) pasta with gorgonzola and zucchini. The house red, a Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, comes in liter bottles that are served chilled, perfect for a steamy summer evening, and for 11 euros is quite good.
Dinner for two came to 34 euros with a fiori di zucca to start, a pizza for Melissa, my pasta, a bottle of wine and a bottle of water.
Via Claudia, 24
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