Quello che c'è, te magni!
Roman dinner in Monte Porzio Catone
Il Tinello is an osteria inside the old walls of Monte Porzio Catone, in the Castelli Romani hills a short drive from Rome. We make pasta by hand and cook meat on the grill, with wine from the hills around us.
- Fridaydinner
- Saturdaydinner
- Sundaylunch
Home cooking from the Castelli Romani
Fettuccine and gnocchi made by hand, ragù cooked for hours, polenta when it gets cold and the grill always on. We cook what the season brings, so the menu changes.
Monte Porzio Catone, worth discovering
Popes' villas, a Latin city on the hill, the calendar we still use today. Stories of the town we live in, checked against the sources.
Villa Mondragone and the Gregorian calendar
Villa Mondragone in Monte Porzio Catone, near Rome, where Pope Gregory XIII issued the calendar reform in 1582. Its story, the Borghese, Galileo and Marconi.
Read the articleCicero at Tusculum: the villa of the Tusculan Disputations
Cicero at Tusculum, above Monte Porzio Catone: the villa where he wrote the Tusculan Disputations in 45 BC, his Academy, his neighbours and where it stood.
Frascati wine in Monte Porzio Catone: a short guide
The wine of Monte Porzio Catone is Frascati: a DOC since 1966, volcanic soils, Malvasia grapes, and the Superiore and sweet Cannellino, both DOCG since 2011.
How to get to Monte Porzio Catone from Rome
How to get to Monte Porzio Catone from Rome: by car on the A1 to the Monteporzio Catone exit, or by regional train to Frascati and the bus to Piazza Borghese.
Tusculum: the Latin city above Monte Porzio Catone
The ruins of Tusculum above Monte Porzio Catone, near Rome: the Latin city of Cicero and the Counts of Tusculum, destroyed in 1191. Theatre, forum, acropolis.
Find us
Via IV Novembre 900078 Monte Porzio Catone (RM)
In the old town, inside the walls. Public parking nearby.
338 745 1138WhatsApp or phone. Friday and Saturday dinner, Sunday lunch. Please book ahead.