The alchemy of the Divò

Imagine entering a place that takes your breath away, with golden proportions and considerable size. Imagine the solemnity of its historical vestiges cloaked in a modern and vibrant twist. You are at Divò, the former ancient Galleria Bruschi in Piazza San Francesco, in the heart of the city of Francesco Petrarca. History, cuisine and culture of ‘mixology’ here come together in an admirable laboratory of taste, combining tradition and creative flair, in a legendary journey of unusual emotions and sensations.

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Macelleria Fracassi, Excellence without Compromise

As his grandfather “Ghiaiolo’ and father Franco did, cured meats are treated only with traditional products such as garlic, pepper, salt. Adding nutmeg, chilli or even fennel, parsley and lemon depending on the different preparations such as ham, salami or the local ‘Culacciona’ … There are no other ‘antidotes’. With natural treatments, the meat is subject to weight loss with seasoning but it is only in this way that the real “belly satisfactions” arrive.

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