An old saying about eating in Rome holds that 75 percent of the restaurants in the city are good, and the rest are fantastic. Like most hyperbole, there are exceptions--contrary to myth, it is possible to have a bad meal here. Sitting down at a sidewalk cafe on any major street and ordering from the tourist menu is, for example, courting disappointment.

Yet in most cases one can take a few steps in any direction in the city center, and find someplace terrific. Instead of a comprehensive list, therefore, I offer here merely my five favorite Roman eateries. For ...

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