Rediscovered recipes
Nearly lost dishes recovered through memories, testimonies and Ravenna’s food culture.
Authentic Romagna cuisine · Ravenna historic centre
The Romagna you almost missed tasting.
Not a reinterpretation. Not the usual ‘typical’ menu. At the Zabariona you find nearly forgotten recipes, handmade pasta, Mora Romagnola and artisan wines — a few steps from the mosaics of San Vitale.
2 GamberiOsterie d’ItaliaSlow Food Alliance
Recognised by
Gambero Rosso2 Gamberi · 2026
Slow FoodOsterie d’Italia
Slow FoodAlliance of Chefs
FIVIIndependent growers
What makes us differentMangiari romagnoli
‘Typical’ is an easy word. Real tradition requires research.
Many menus describe Romagna through the same five dishes. Andrea Rondinelli chose the harder path: seeking recipes that survived only in the memories of azdore, reconstructing their gestures and ingredients, and bringing them back before they disappeared.
That is why unfamiliar names — Sucialesta, Curzul and Urciôn — sit beside hand-folded cappelletti, Adriatic fish and Mora Romagnola. Not folklore: precise flavours, identifiable ingredients and stories that continue.
Ingredients with an origin
Mora Romagnola, Squacquerone DOP, Po Delta rice, Cervia salt and Adriatic fish.
Wines that speak of place
More than one hundred labels from small independent growers, beginning in Romagna.
A taste of the Zabariona
Four dishes. Four stories worth saving.
The menu follows the seasons and what the territory truly offers. These are some of the flavours that best tell our story.
01Cappelletti with ragù
Cheese-filled pasta with Mora Romagnola ragù
02Sucialesta
Polenta gnocchi, local beans and Mora Romagnola
03Passatelli in broth
Breadcrumb pasta in pandora fish broth, from maritime Romagna
04Zabariona risotto
Po Delta IGP rice, saba and Squacquerone DOP
Your host · Andrea Rondinelli
Every dish is a story. Our work is to keep it from being forgotten.
The Zabariona begins with a simple question: which flavours would we lose if nobody kept cooking them? Andrea searches, meets producers, listens to the azdore and personally selects ingredients and bottles.
It is an osteria in the finest sense: welcoming, curious and generous. It is also a small living archive of the Romagna table.
Andrea
Encounters at the Zabariona
They have shared this table too.
Not trophies to display: photographs of real visits, preserved as part of the osteria’s story.
Discover our guests and their stories
The right stop in Ravenna
Leave the mosaics. Enter Romagna.
We are in the pedestrian historic centre, around 200 metres from the Basilica of San Vitale and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia: a place where a visit to Ravenna becomes a memory at the table too.
200 mfrom San Vitale
48121Ravenna centre
Via 19G. Argentario
Before you visit
Clear answers, without detours.
Where can I eat authentic Romagna food in Ravenna?
Osteria dalla Zabariona is in Via Giuliano Argentario 19, around 200 metres from San Vitale. It serves rediscovered recipes, handmade pasta, Mora Romagnola and produce from identifiable local makers.
Which traditional dishes can I try?
Signature dishes include cappelletti with Mora Romagnola ragù, Sucialesta, Curzul, passatelli, Zabariona risotto and latte brulè. Daily dishes change with the season.
Is the osteria close to Ravenna’s monuments?
Yes. It is in the pedestrian centre, a short walk from San Vitale and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia.
Should I book?
Booking is recommended, especially at weekends and during the main visitor season. The online form sends confirmation by email.
The table is the best way to understand
Real Romagna is not only a story. It is something you taste.
Book your table in the heart of Ravenna and receive confirmation online.