🍽️ Where to Eat in Florence

Markets, street food and local institutions — with a map link for each.

Our pick of 4 places to eat and drink in Florence — from buzzing food markets to long-standing local favourites.

Mercato Centrale

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Food hallTuscan / Market📍 San Lorenzo

A 19th-century iron-and-glass market with a lively first-floor food hall.

🍴 Try: Tuscan produce & upstairs food hall

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Sandwich shopPanini📍 Santa Croce

Florence's famous panini window — enormous stuffed schiacciata sandwiches, hence the queues.

🍴 Try: Schiacciata panini

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TrattoriaTuscan📍 San Lorenzo

A lunch-only, shared-table trattoria beloved for its Florentine steak and hearty Tuscan cooking.

🍴 Try: Bistecca, ribollita

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Food marketTuscan / Market📍 Sant'Ambrogio

A more local market than Centrale, ringed by no-nonsense trattorias.

🍴 Try: Local produce & trattorie

Places and opening hours change — always double-check on the map before you go.