Ristorante Santa Lucia.  Location:Near the Pantheon.

Has a wonderful courtyard.  The restaurant had its 15 minutes of fame (again) when Julia Roberts of ‘Mystic Pizza’ fame frequented during the 2009 filming of best seller “Eat, Pray, Love”.  ( Not that these Hollywood types are evidence of good food but Santa Lucia has been a hit with such VIPs as Rupert Everett, Ridley Scott, Sofia Loren, Dante Ferretti, Bernardo Bertolucci and Harvey Keitel. Bill Clinton has been back many a time with his daughter Chelsea, while Kirstie Alley gave the paparazzi the international finger sign having been spotted leaving the restaurant.  During the never-ending filming of Gangs of New York at Cinecittà, Martin Scorsese and Leo di Caprio were a permanent fixture at the restaurant.

Roberts is quoted as saying her favorite location scenes were “when people were speaking Italian athousand miles a minute and there was plenty of pasta and wine”.  We agree.  Menu favorites include scialatielli and spaghetti.

2 Via di Tor Sanguigna ; info@santaluciaristorante.it ; Tel#:  +39 06.68802427

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 1345 and is filed under Food + Culture, Hollywood & Italy, Ristoranti, Roma.