Osteria

{{Short description|Wine and food establishment}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2014}} {{Expand Italian|topic=cult|Osteria|date=February 2024}} {{Italics title}} An '''''osteria''''' ({{IPA|it|osteˈriːa|lang}}){{efn|The first part of the word, ''oste'', means 'innkeeper, landlord' and is a cognate of English ''host'', both having been borrowed from the Old French ''oste'', 'innkeeper, landlord, host'.}} in Italy was originally a place serving wine and simple food. Lately, the emphasis has shifted to the food, but menus tend to be short, with the emphasis on local specialities such as pasta and grilled meat or fish, often served at shared tables. ''Osterie'' tend to be cheap, and they also focus on after work and evening refreshment. ''Osterie'' vary greatly in practice: some only serve drinks and clients are allowed to bring in their own food, others have retained a predominantly male clientele, while still others have reached out to students and young professionals. Some provide music and other entertainment. Similar to osterie are ''bottiglierie'', where customers can take a bottle or flask to be re-filled from a barrel, and ''enoteche'', which generally pride themselves on the range and quality of their wine. In Emilia-Romagna there are located three of the oldest Italian ''osterie'': "Osteria del Sole" and "Osteria del Cappello" in Bologna, and "Osteria al Brindisi" in Ferrara, established between the 14th and 15th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bolognawelcome.com/shopping/percorsi-in-citta/params/Percorso_17/Luoghi_748/ref/Osteria%20del%20Sole |title=Osteria del Sole |publisher=Bologna Welcome |language=it |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203230042/http://www.bolognawelcome.com/shopping/percorsi-in-citta/params/Percorso_17/Luoghi_748/ref/Osteria%20del%20Sole |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> Image:Castello Roganzuolo - Vecchia osteria di via Gardin.jpg|Garden of a typical ''osteria'' in Castello Roganzuolo, Veneto, Italy Image:Pergola vignata Giumaglio - Osteria dal Nito 2.JPEG|Garden of an ''osteria'' in Giumaglio, in the Italian-speaking Canton Ticino, Switzerland File:Carl Bloch - In a Roman Osteria - Google Art Project.jpg|Osteria in art: Carl Bloch's 1866 painting ''In a Roman Osteria'' from the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen File:Painting by Alexander Laureus called Roman Osteria, 1820.jpg|''Osteria'' in art: Aleksander Lauréus (1793–1823) oil painting from 1820, ''Roman Osteria'' from Pori Art Museum (Finnish: Porin taidemuseo, Swedish: Björneborgs konstmuseum). Pori Art Museum is a museum of contemporary and modern art museum in Pori (Swedish: Björneborg), Finland. </gallery>

==See also== {{Portal|Italy|Food}} * Trattoria

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{cite book |last=Riley |first=Gillian |date=2007 |title=The Oxford Companion to Italian Food |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000rile |url-access=registration |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=Oxford University Press |oclc=87771396 |isbn=9780198606178}}

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