{{Short description|Type of Italian eatery}} {{About|the type of eatery|the Japanese record company|Trattoria Records}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} [[Image:Al Borgat 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A characteristic trattoria in Tolmezzo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]]
A '''trattoria''' is an Italian eatery, generally less formal than a ''ristorante'' ({{literally|restaurant}}) but more formal than an ''osteria''.<ref name=treccani>{{cite encyclopedia |title=trattoria<sup>2</sup> |encyclopedia=Treccani |language=it | url=http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/trattoria2/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718152926/http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/trattoria2/ | archivedate=18 July 2019 | date= |year= |publisher= |location= |id= }}</ref>
==Background== A trattoria rooted in tradition, typically, is without a printed menu, with casual service, wine sold by the decanter rather than the bottle, low prices, and a menu of modest but plentiful offerings that follow regional and local recipes rather than ''haute cuisine''.<ref name="CapattiMontanari2003">{{cite book|last1=Capatti|first1=Alberto |last2=Montanari|first2=Massimo |title=Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5axRXlLOlAC|year=2003|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-50904-6|pages=230–232}}</ref> Sometimes, food is served family-style, at common tables. Optionally, a trattoria may offer takeaway. This tradition has waned in recent decades. Many trattorie have taken on some of the trappings of a ''ristorante'', providing relatively few concessions to the old rustic and familial style. The name trattoria has also been adopted by some high-level restaurants.<ref name=treccani/>
==Etymology== The word ''trattoria'' is cognate with the French term ''traiteur''<ref name=pianigiani>{{cite encyclopedia | last=Pianigiani | first=Pietro Ottorino |title=trattóre |encyclopedia=Vocabolario Etimologico di Pianigiani |year=1909 |publisher=[via Dizionario Etimologico Online] | language=it |url=http://www.etimo.it/?cmd=id&id=18684&md=059110df77cac39603a354dc4cf8fb25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718155323/http://www.etimo.it/?cmd=id&id=18684&md=059110df77cac39603a354dc4cf8fb25 | archivedate=18 July 2019 |id= }}</ref> (a caterer providing takeaway food). Derived in Italian from {{Lang|it|trarre}}, meaning 'to treat' (from the Latin {{Lang|la|tractare}}/{{Lang|la|trahere}}, 'to draw'),<ref>{{cite web |title=trattoria – Origin and meaning of trattoria |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/trattoria |website=www.etymonline.com |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719075334/https://www.etymonline.com/word/trattoria |archivedate=19 July 2019}}</ref> its etymology has also been linked to the Latin term {{Lang|la|littera tractoria}}, which referred to a letter ordering provision of food and drink for officials traveling on the business of the Holy Roman Empire.<ref name=pianigiani/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Colonna |first=Barbara |title=tràrre |encyclopedia=Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana |year=1997 |publisher=Newton & Compton |location=Genoa | language=it | page=387 | isbn=88-8129-796-5 }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Italy|Food}} * Bistro * Cabaret * Tavern
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