Restaurant
The restaurant "Al Pozzo" is situated in the oldest part of Monterosso al Mare, a medieval village that was already mentioned in 1057, i.e. in the same era when people started the huge work of the terraces along the stretch of coast that had been known as “Cinque Terre” long before and that includes the villages of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore.

Kitchen
From the cultivation of the terraces comes thus a precious wine to be quoted in Boccaccio’s novels, to be served at the tables of Popes and Kings and that harmonizes very well with the products of both earth and the Ligurian Sea, which taste better the simpler and poorer they are.

Gino Barilari, chef and owner of the restaurant, has collected the knowledge of centuries that had allowed the creation of pesto, salted anchovies, pansotti with a sauce of walnuts and mushrooms wrapped in leaves. With his ability and creativeness and without forgetting the traditions that raise the authenticity of flavours, he now has added to his menu spaghettini with lobster and refined Japanese dishes with fresh raw prawns and shrimps.

Wine bar "u Pussu"
A very important part of the restaurant is the Vineria, locatged in the oldest part of the village, in Via XX Settembre and which has always been called "capanna" (i.e. hut) by the inhabitants of Monterosso.

A former wine cellar has been transformed into an "enoteca"/wine bar where you will find all the best wines of the Cinque Terre, from the table wine D.O.C. up to the "sciacchetrà", the renowned dessert wine.

You will also find other wines like Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino and the best vintages of the Gaia factory, and even other excellent products that make you feel staying in the cellar of an old castle, in the middle of wine barrels and bottles that are only waiting to be opened and tasted.

Restaurant Al Pozzo
Wine Bar "u pussu"