Angelo Feroci Butcher Shop
Via della Maddalena
Rome Italy
2016

A charming cobblestone street with many restaurants, small shops, coffee bars and ice-cream parlors. It is a nice place to take a break and have a lunch or coffee. There is a lovely Baroque church at the end of the street named after Saint Mary Magdalene.

There are famous butcher shops in Rome but none are as beautiful as Macelleria Angelo Feroci.

Is it weird to call a butcher shop beautiful? Probably. But you will understand as soon as you walk by the tall windows.

The shop first opened in 1923 and it has an enviable location between the Pantheon and the Italian Senate building. The butcher is in an exclusive neighborhood, but it holds its own among the expensive boutiques thanks to its gorgeous window display and long Carrera marble counters.

Angelo Feroci is stil family run after 100 years and is a city institution. However, it is worth noting that the meat is usually not local (the shop prefers the quality-price ratio of imported Danish meat, for the most part), and the dishes do not always abide to the seasons. The origins might not be super local but the shop keeps up Italian traditions despite its global food system connections.