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A wine bar on Borgo la Croce where a glass of house wine costs about three euro and arrives with crostini, and locals refill bottles from the vats.
- Area
- Sant'Ambrogio
- House wine
- From the vat, refillable by the bottle
- Food
- Crostini with the glass
- Checked
- August 2026
- Price
- €€
- Go for
- House wine at about three euro a glass, poured with crostini, in a wine bar where locals refill bottles straight from the vats.
- Skip if
- You want a list of labels. This is bulk wine done well, which is a different pleasure.
What everybody agrees on
Read across public reviews on Google and TripAdvisor in September 2026.
- Most
The price is the first thing anyone mentions. A glass costs a fraction of what it does across the river.
- Most
Crostini arrive with the wine rather than being ordered, which is the older Florentine way and is disappearing.
- Often
Locals come with empty bottles and fill them from the vats, which is worth watching even if you do not do it.
- Often
The room is small and the crowd is from the street rather than from a guidebook.
- Some
No wine list to speak of. You drink what is open.
What to order
House red, standing, with whatever crostini come with it. Bringing a bottle to fill is the thing to do if you are staying in an apartment nearby.
Before you go
- Getting there
- Borgo la Croce, ten minutes east of the Duomo towards Sant'Ambrogio.
- Best time
- Early evening.
- Paying
- Cash is easiest.
Tables inside and out on a street that never stops moving, and when both are full people drink sitting on the step. The list runs from bulk wine to bottles far above it. Coccoli with stracchino and prosciutto is what most tables order alongside. Students and neighbours rather than visitors, and crowded by nine.