Forno di Campo de’ Fiori
Price guide: Budget
Campo de’ Fiori 22, Rome, 00186
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Expert review of Forno di Campo de’ Fiori
Great takeaway pizza in a great centro storico location.
In the corner of busy, photogenic Campo de’ Fiori, this bakery and takeaway pizza emporium, which occupies two shops on either side of the entrance to Via dei Cappellari, has been around for decades, catering to hungry locals, students and tourists. I’ll sometimes wander in even if I’m not planning to buy: the aroma of freshly baked pizza bianca is just irresistible.
Food and drink:
They do all the standard Roman bakery specialities: various types of bread; breakfast cornettos (sweet croissants); festive Easter colombas and Christmas panettones. But the main reason people crowd in here is for the pizza al taglio (literally ‘cut pizza’ – ie the takeaway variety), which is baked on long wooden paddles. This ranges from simple, and delicious, pizza bianca (what the Genoese would call focaccia), sprinkled with salt and drizzled with olive oil, to versions topped with courgettes and tomatoes or (my favourite) mozzarella and courgette flowers.
Ambience:
A simple, bustling Roman wood-lined bakery. The two shops are fairly similar: both sell bread and pizza, but the Vicolo del Gallo branch, which stays open in the afternoon when the mothership is closed, also does a good line in pizza ripiena (pizza bianca sliced in half down the middle and filled with salami, cheese, etc).
Service:
It’s a bakery, not a café – so you queue, order, pay at the till, and consume your purchase somewhere in the square outside. Service is brisk and efficient.
Location:
The bakery is in the south-western corner of Rome’s centro storico market piazza, Campo de’ Fiori. It consists of two shops, divided by the entrance to the cobbled lane of Via dei Cappellari.
Price advice:
For takeaway pizza, you pay by weight. A 3 euro slab should be enough for most people.
More information on Forno di Campo de’ Fiori:
- Price guide:
- Type:
- Pizzeria
- Food:
- Pizza, Snacks
- Address:
- Campo de’ Fiori 22, Rome, 00186
- Telephone:
- 06 6880 6662
- Website:
- http://www.fornocampodefiori.com
- Opening times:
- Mon-Sat 7.30am-8pm. Closed Sundays.
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Reservations:
- Not possible
- Free tags / Keywords:
- Cheap eats, Quick bites, Takeaway
