Definitely Bay Cities for the Godmother / deli in general, Tacos Por Favor for hard shell tacos, Huckleberry for breakfast - homemade donut, fried egg sandwich or green eggs and ham - and Sweet Rose for the salted caramel small batch ice cream.

I know! That's the first thing I thought when I looked up the menu online. Do they say it with a straight face? It's like that old Saturday Night Live skit with Stuart Smalley...!

And someone just recommended Cafe Gratitude on Rose to me, from another thread here. BTW.

Venice - try to get a res at Gjelina if you can. Also the Venice Farmers Market on Sunday mornings is great fun and great food.

Yes, I live within walking distance and eat there often. More veggie take out than actual dishes served in the rest., btw. And a great market - good wine selection - and Rancho Gordo beans, my favorite.

TLT looks amazing, thanks!

Do you have something you particularly love at either place? Been hearing about Gratitude...

La Bruschetta is great.

Scarpetta, because you can get Patriglione - top of the line Puglian wine there - along with amazing food. Pizza Mozza better than Osteria Mozza...!

Only the pizza is truly great at Villetta. The rest is okay. But yes, open. I eat lunch there often.

I had the same thought. The food was out so quickly, the meal ended up taking less than an hour, all in.

BTW: To other V. Hounds out there - Bay Cities - veggie sub - like the godmother without the meat. Unbelievable!

Had a good dinner at Gjelina last night, big group, my teen daughter and I were the only Vegans. Some kind of broiled cauliflower, grilled radicchio, some sort of broccoli rabe, pomodoro pizza, bean stew. It was all completely amazing.

The meal made me realize I need to look for some new West LA vegan friendly eats. I don't often eat at strictly v. places, because only 2/5 of the family eats that way. We can do Blue Plate, Real Food Daily, most sushi places, some Sawtelle curry/soon tofu places. Falafel. Ramen is usually too porky. Mexican food is usually too meaty/cheesy, aside from the beans. Swingers works. Veggie Grill works, but I'm not a big fan of fake meats.

Anyone else out there who likes to eat at "regular" restaurants have any ideas? Thanks!

Thanks, Elizabeth. Also guys -- I forgot Antico Arco -- best meal of the trip, and a lovely if spooky walk up from Trastevere. The ceci soup was glorious - and the cacio i pepe with zuccini blossom and lasagna also amazing. But it was another rainy night and the soup was the thing.

Thanks for all the help, guys! Our "nice" dinner took us to Spirito di Vino on a very rainy night - as guests of some expat friends - which was lovely and very vegetarian friendly - and as a plus had an amazing Puglian wine list. Had my first bottle of Graticciaia, something I have never found outside of Salento.

More casually, we loved Gigetto - more fun than Nonna Betta, though I loved the carciofi at both - and grabbed pizza at La Renella and Bir i Fud.

Some quick lunches at Da Augusto (my friend's old go-to place when she lived in Trastevere) one great and one not so great, but discovered puntarelle, which I had somehow never encountered before, and am now growing in my garden as a result!

And the writing was very productive, best of all! Thanks!

Thanks, Elizabeth! I always see La Gensola on this board but never go as I don't eat fish. The other writer I am with does, though - are there enough things to cobble by as the fishless friend?

Is Gigetto better than Nonna Betta? And what is the deal with Antica Pesa, only because it's literally about five doors down from where I stay every time I come...?

Thanks for the help, guys! Margaret

HA - that's funny, as I am the one on deadline :) Food and wine is how I survive - those little pacts I make with myself keep me going throughout the day - if I can only finish X pages I get to eat -- !!!

Headed for a week in Trastevere - leaving in a few days - with a writer friend to finish a book. So we will be two women eating for a week around there, and though food is not meant to be the main agenda of the trip, knowing me I will obsess...

Coincidentally spent last week in the same area for the Rome Cinemafest, enjoying meals at Roscioli, Nonna Betta, and someplace in Testaccio that I forget but was great.

Didn't get to try Paris and Antico Arco, where I had reserved, but ate too much at lunch for dinner those nights.

Have stayed on and off in the area for ten years, only a few days at a time. I had a nice Easter dinner at Sabatini once, and many pizzas at bir i fud. Have walked by Antica Pesa ten times but never had the nerve to go in, it seemed so quiet.

So what should I be reserving for Sunday through Friday, blowing out lunch or dinner but probably not both...? Should I return to Nonna Betta or try another carciofi fry place? Is it finally time for Antico Arco and Glass? Should I try Antica Pesa finally?

Am I missing the point? Give me your top six in Trastevere, knowing that I have read every Trastevere thread on the board. My friend eats meat, I don't, but I can make do usually anywhere.

Thanks, guys!