So I occasionally (sarcasm) enjoy a good meal.  I enjoy a good meal more with good company and a nice ambiance.  Osteria Santo Spirito could not help with the company on my first visit, but I won’t hold that against them.  On the second visit I broke my “no dining solo in Italy” rule, because I was feeling hungry and lazy.  And I was extremely glad that I did.

After being seated in the adorable main dining area you are greeted with a little short pour of Prosecco while you look over the menu,  Dynise likey beverages with bubbles.  I had tried pizza and pasta on the previous visit, but this time I was ravenous, this happens sometimes when you spend 11 hours at your computer without food.  When I am in this state consuming four courses is child’s play, so I hunkered down and got to work.

The salad with chicken, raisins, pinenuts and a pineapple vinaigrette  was good to start, but just a slight drizzle of balsamic made it perfect.   The white cheese pizza had that bubbly factor that tells you to, “wait, stop, slow down, don’t eat me yet, I am hot” that I am so bad at actually listening to.  The rabbit was perfection, slow roasted, perfect amount of juiciness, better than my mother’s was.  The chocolate cake was the topper, one of, if not the best I have eaten in Florence.  A small individual cake garnished with fresh berries and the plate swirled with both a raspberry sauce and a creme anglaise, food orgasm.  If you skip the chocolate cake for any other reason than you are deathly allergic to chocolate and will be in the throes of anaphalytic shock within moments of consumption I will personally have to admonish you.

The restaurant is located on the corner of the beautiful Piazza Santo Spirito, one of the prettiest in the entire city and has an ample outdoor area for summer dining in addition to the main dining room and a secondary dining room.  Service is unobtrusive but friendly and well timed.  I am a slow, snail paced diner and did not feel rushed at all.