See the Fall Colors of Northern Italy, & Eat Something Too

The fall in Italy offers countless local celebrations, there are sagras for wine, sagras for salami, even a sagra for bigoli pasta. But if something more refined is your cup of tea, then in the hills surrounding Treviso you’ll find a quiet little place up on a hill where even the traffic noise from the single solitary street dissappears into the hillside.

Ristorante al Roccolo is, for a lack of better terms, an agriturismo, which simply means that everything they prepare is grown on the property. The wine is produced there, the vegetables are grown there, and the meat is raised there. Perhaps the only thing that is not grown on site is the salami and cheese, but these too have the possibility.

When you arrive you have the choice (if the weather is accomodating) to sit on the terrace under the trees and enjoy a wonderful view from the top of the hill over the valley. Or, if you prefer duck inside to the dining room and enjoy the colorful and rustic rooms that always offer different things to look at and enjoy.

The menu is limited for the day as everything is prepared on site. Usually, there is one set menu with two or three options for first plate and main course and you can have your choice. Rest assured that there is something for everybody and whatever you choose, despite the limit on choices, you won’t be disappointed. During the fall months, after harvest time, you can even enjoy some home-made pumpkin risotto which happens to be one of my favorites.

My suggestion is to go and check the place out and if you want, you can book the place for that special event the next time. To check out a menu description and to see pictures, please visit the Ristorante al Roccolo website and surf around. There you can see photos of the veranda, the terrace, and main dining area as well as directions on how to get there. The website is in Italian so you’ll need to use a web translator and then interpret as best you can based on the translation you get.

Open: Thursday – Sunday
Phone: +39 0438 989-448