trattoria

[trah-tuh-ree-uh]

noun

1. a usually inexpensive or informal restaurant or cafe specializing in Italian dishes.

trattoria

/ ˌtrætəˈrɪə /

noun

1. an Italian restaurant

Word History and Origins

Origin of trattoria¹

1825–35; < Italian: public eating place, restaurant, equivalent to trattor ( e ) restaurateur ( tratt ( are ) to treat + -ore -or ², as translation of French traiteur ) + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of trattoria¹

C19: from Italian, from trattore innkeeper, from French traiteur , from Old French tretier to _treat

Example Sentences

Back in New York, Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli, who have run the iconic Brooklyn trattoria Frankies 457 Spuntino since 2004, opened F&F Pizzeria nearby in 2019, serving slices and whole pies out of electric deck ovens.

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Locals highly recommended the Baker’s Table for bread, pastries, breakfast and lunch, and Brothers Restaurant at the Red Barn or Trattoria Grappolo for dinner.

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I wanted a cake that felt like eating fruit in the sun, like something you’d be served on the ivy-covered patio of a neighborhood trattoria, the air thick with early summer heat.

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One muggy evening over the summer, I headed up to Joanne Trattoria, a cozy Italian restaurant on New York City’s Upper West Side.

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I went to college in Westchester, so I'm partial to Mona Trattoria, of course.

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