After spring break we realized we really needed
more direction for our project so we met with Chiara to clarify a few things.
Matt had kind of assumed we knew how the restaurant world worked in Italy but
we did not so we decided to reach out. Chiara informed us that we should be
getting more direction from Matt and helped us by reaching out to him. He then
contacted us and agreed to take us to a couple restaurants to get us started.
This ended up being very helpful as we were able to talk to him more about
expectations such as the expected profit and number of people.
We
decided to go to Trastevere and started by going to Ferrara. Once we got there,
the bartender called the manager and told us they would be able to talk to us
in about half an hour so we decided to stay for apertivo. The apertivo was
delicious although we did end up waiting for over an hour for the manager.
Classic italians! They finally showed us the space we would use which was
beautiful and they told us to email them with further information. We then went
to Antico Caffe del Moro which we didn't think we would use in the long run and
ended our night at Osteria Pucci. Osteria Pucci gave us a sample of a couple of
their foods which were delicious and it was a really cool space!
