We were shocked--in a good way--to discover Mercato Centrale Roma. We had seen notice of its "Trastevere" night in the newspaper, but our expectations were low (and we never did figure out what the evening had to do with Trastevere). We thought we might find some folks selling home-made jewelry and stands marketing healthy "bio" products.
Instead we found an enormous multi-story food and entertainment complex, set inside the already spectacular, high-ceiling architecture of the postwar Stazione Termini. The designers somehow succeeded in keeping the spectacle of the curved brick ceiling while creating a comfortable, sheltered, human-size space below, like Eataly on a smaller scale.
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| The American Bar |
A great place for dinner (we had a savory cacio e pepe and a raw-artichoke salad), a sandwich, drinks (at American Bar"": a Ribolla Gialla for E5), or just hanging out while waiting for a train.
Our guess is that most of the thousands of people going through the station don't even know the 'mercato' is there, because it's so far from the front of the station (about three short blocks) and only on one side (the south/west side). Mercato Centrale Roma is best accessed front the sidewalk along via Giolitti. Bill
And if you are looking for 15 things to do within 200 meters of Termini, try these 2 posts: http://romethesecondtime.blogspot.it/2010/07/10-things-to-do-within-200-meters-of.html
and http://romethesecondtime.blogspot.it/2010/08/5-more-things-to-do-within-200-meters.html.
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| Music on an upper floor |
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