Welcome to Trident to drink

A Negroni, a Mojito and a martini cocktail. Although without vodka, shaken but not stirred (James Bond docet). Milan to drink? No, this time is to rediscover Rome, even on the side appetizers. One of the cliches about the center, particularly on the area of the Trident, is that there are places to spend a half hour between snacks and cocktails. Fashion certainly very "northerner", but that has flourished a little 'everywhere. In Rome, perhaps, more in the area around Piazza Navona and Campo de 'Fiori. But not only.

One exception is in the way of coaches, just around the corner from Piazza di Spagna. It's called "Dobar", and is a place hard to define, because it changes the "face" depending on time of day.

"We open early in the morning for those who want breakfast, lunch and then we become self-service. For those who want, in mid-afternoon snack is the first appetizer. And if you want to stay for dinner ...". It is the wide range of proposals Barigelli Rita (photo), owner of the premises with his two sons Dominic and Barbara (if someone had asked what it meant Dobar) and, incidentally, gentle wife dell'anfitrione the restaurant next door, right on ' corner of the street. "Yes, we are a family devoted to serving customers," laughs Mrs. Barigelli, reminiscent of the early experiments with a cocktail, more than 20 years ago. "Tartine with mayonnaise, that was then. Fortunately, today we can offer something more bread, with tomatoes or honey. And wine before dinner because this is primarily a wine bar."

The taste so much to offer also includes the pleasure of becoming a meeting point for several generations. And for the same people during the day. "In the morning the boys at the bar telling each other things, those who work at lunchtime, then again the boys in the afternoon and evening - continued Mrs. Barigelli - And then there are the special occasions: in the winter for example from a few years I offer dozens of types of tea, I order direct from a leading Italian importers, along with pastries and cakes in the lounge. An area that we hope to expand by next winter, as we are waiting for permission to adapt this Use the space next to the bar. And to think that the bartender was young I wanted to do, but my father stopped me from doing the course ...".

A "drug", the passion for good wine. As the desire to stay in contact with the public. "A few years ago I left the industry to open a boutique. Just to try something different. But then I do not have managed to stay away from the bar, and I restarted. Least because in this zone, where the 23 is already completely closed, we need this type of premises to attract young people. " And to say: welcome, Trident drink.