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Table for one · Bologna, Italy
Bologna is the friendliest city in Italy to eat alone: shared tables, bring-your-own osterie, and counters selling mortadella by the slice.
At lunch, order a half portion (mezza porzione) of pasta. Many trattorias do it for solo diners, so you can try two.
Quadrilatero · Vicolo Ranocchi 1/d
Any free spot at the long wooden tables
Mid-afternoon or early evening; it closes around 9:30pm and on Sundays
Get: A glass of Pignoletto, with food you bring from the market next door
An osteria since 1465 that sells only wine. You bring your own food from the market stalls and sit with whoever's there.
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Quadrilatero · Via Drapperie 5/2a
A stool at the counter or a barrel outside
Aperitivo, about 6pm
Get: A tagliere of mortadella, Parma ham and Parmigiano with a glass of Lambrusco
A salumeria where they slice to order and one person can get a small board instead of a feast for four.
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Via Castiglione · Via Castiglione 5/b
A counter seat or the shared tables upstairs
Lunch at noon, before the line
Get: Tortellini in brodo or tagliatelle al ragù
A pasta shop that cooks what it rolls: quick, cheap and full of people eating alone at lunch.
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Quadrilatero · Via Clavature 12
A stool at one of the stall counters
Weekday lunch
Get: A piadina or crescentina with mortadella and squacquerone
A small covered food market where you can eat a little from three stalls in one sitting.
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Quadrilatero · Via Drapperie 1
The self-service bistro counter at the back
Lunch, 12 to 2:30
Get: Lasagne verde or the tortellini, then the cheese
A historic deli with a self-service lunch counter, so you can eat Bologna's classics alone in twenty minutes.
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