The new spring 2023 edition of Week-End Gastronomici (Gastronomic Weekends) in the province of Pesaro and Urbino features fixed-price local menus from April to June.
Discovering local foods and wines in charming little towns
The new publication promotes the cuisine of charming hinterland towns and villages in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, featuring 46 local restaurants. The guide, now in its 40th edition, was presented this week at the ENIT headquarters in Rome.
Every year the guide has a spring and an autumn edition
Dishes that are never banal, expressions of the culinary excellence of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, are featured in exciting menus in 46 different restaurants at promotional prices, which is the gastronomic format devised by Confcomercio Marche Nord.
"The secret of the success of these weekends, which this year run from Saturday 15 April to Sunday 11 June, is clarity and respect for the consumer. The new guide lists the menu, the type of drinks and the price excluding any service charge for each of restaurants on the weekends planned from April to June. Then we have the autumn edition with more restaurants in the hinterland," said Amerigo Varotti, president and director of Confcommercio Pesaro and Urbino-Marche Nord.
“A way to shift tourist flows away from mass circuits”
"Each restaurateur has the opportunity to make himself known to a clientele other than his regular customers, and visitors get a chance to try excellent menus based on local specialities at lower prices than those normally charged,” added Varotti. "This congruous and intelligent way of discovering Italy’s gastronomic wonders also helps to shift tourist flows towards lesser-known areas, away from mass circuits. It is a great way to allow visitors, and also Italians, to discover all about Italy’s gastronomic excellences," commented ENIT’s managing director Ivana Jelinic.
Local delicacies like prosciutto, cheese and wines
The Gastronomic Weekends are also a vehicle for promoting the PDO products of the province such as Carpegna prosciutto, Cartoceto olive oil and Urbino’s casciotta cheese, as well as wines like Sangiovese Colli Pesaresi, Bianchello del Metauro and Pergola Rosso DOP, among others.
