A snack for Night Owls in Rome
There's no one time after a night spent out in Rome me and my company don't stop somewhere to eat something. A Cornetto with a Cappuccino, a sandwich or even a Carbonara Pasta and steak, here for you guys some of the best places of Rome where to eat until the first lights.
I start to talk about a category of sandwich-shops called "Zozzone", it literally means "the Dirty One", they are stalls or vans transformed for sale sandwiches and other take-away snacks.
Sausage, burger, frankfurter, chicken or Porchetta with a large variety of vegetables in oil, pickles and sauces. You make the sandwich with the ingredients you want: four, five, six layers of stuff in two slices of bread, now immagine when you are hungry after a long night what a sandwich you can do! Here's the origin of the name.
There are many Zozzoni around Rome open from evening till dawn, a couple of them really deserve a note:
Number one for the Romans by night is "Giorgione", he uses Danish beef and a lot of seasonings, the most filthy, inimitable, it's the best. It's in Via di Corso Francia, 15 minutes from San Peter church, direction Olimpic Stadium.
The other Zozzone is "Jhonny", it's a van always playing loud music it's very funny I like it, the guy here fills up your sandwich with shovelful of stuff, a little heavy but very nice taste! This is in the center of Rome, 3 minutes walking from Piazza del Popolo.
If you are looking for something more simple, less sophisticated then in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II,225 near Campo de Fiori there is "Dogout", in my opinion the best hot dog you can eat in Rome center.
Few steps from Collosseum there is a Restaurant open till 5 am, "the Base" in Via Cavour, 274 the only place in the City where you can enjoy a pizza, a steak with fried or pasta all night long and quality is not too bad,we can also meet some VIPs here, it's a very popular place.
How we say "dulcis in fundo" for a delicious hot cornetto (croissant) with cappuccino and other sweets "Bar Brasile", in Piazza Venezia 5/a with the breathtaking backgrond of "Altare della patria".
