⛔Restaurant and Bar - The Ultimate "Don't Do" List in Italy 🚫

 ⛔Restaurant and Bar - The Ultimate "Don't Do" List  in Italy  🚫

🔵Bar and Restaurant

✅Never ask for a Latte! Latte means milk in Italy, and that's what you will get... a glass of milk!

✅No cappuccino in the afternoon or evening. Yes, Italian cappuccino is addictive and the best! But Italians only drink it in the morning. If you order it after 12 p.m., they will think you're just a typical tourist. Oh, and after meals, it's espresso only—never cappuccino.

✅ Don't ask for butter on your bread at a restaurant. You get wonderfully fresh Italian bread, but Italians think that adding butter or dipping it is ruining it.

🔵Pasta & Pizza

✅ NEVER ask for pineapple on your pizza. It is so wrong on so many levels and will likely make your waiter feel ill. Just the thought of it is a shocking blow to an Italian's constitution.

✅ Don't complain your pasta is too hard. It is supposed to be like that; it's called al dente.

✅ Parmesan on seafood pasta? Never; it mustn't happen. This is a worse crime than pineapple on pizza. 

✅ Spaghetti Bolognese? It doesn't exist in Italy—except in really touristy restaurants (the ones with a tourist menu) and such restaurants you should avoid at all costs. 

✅ Pasta Alfredo and spaghetti & meatballs—these two are also only to be found in restaurants with "tourist menus." Spaghetti Alfredo is not italian plus  we just don't mix them with spaghetti.

✅ What about Chicken Parmigiana? Not Italian at all—Italian American... yes... but never to be found in Italy... unless you are at the most touristy restaurant in Venice maybe. If you see it on the menu, leave immediately.

🔵Spaghetti Specific

✅Tinned spaghetti CANNOT be bought in Italian supermarkets, so if you really love your spaghetti in a tin, then you will just have to bring a few tins in with you from your home country.

✅Never break spaghetti before cooking: This is in the category of pineapple on pizza, and it is truly painful for an Italian to have to witness this terrible crime against spaghetti. So, don't do it!

Always eat spaghetti with just a fork. 

✅Don't Cut It! Grab a knife and you’ll break an Italian heart. Spaghetti is meant to be twirled, not chopped into little worms. It’s not hard—just practice your forchetta (fork) skills and avoid the scissors!

✅No Ketchup Allowed! Ketchup on spaghetti? No please . Stick to proper sauces—pomodoro, carbonara, or bolognese. Ketchup belongs with fries, not pasta.

✅ Don’t Drown It in Sauce: Pasta should never swim. Italians believe in balance, with just enough sauce to coat each strand. If you’re pouring half a bottle on your spaghetti, you’re doing it wrong.

✅No Spoon Twirling: Tourists  seem to love this one, but in Italy? It’s a rookie move. Italians twirl their spaghetti against the plate—no spoon required. It’s elegant and avoids looking like you’re eating cereal.

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