boulangerie san bartolomeo {rome}

I’ve already told you about the joys of parking in Rome in the summer. This allows us to easily drive into neighborhoods that seem far away during the year. So, on a hot Sunday at the end of July Domenico and I drove over to Parioli for breakfast. I was in the mood for a brioche and had heard that Boulangerie San Bartolomeo baked delicious ones.

I’d been meaning to get to San Bartolomeo for quite a while. I am a big fan of their eggs, chicken and rabbit – organic and free range – which are raised at their farm in Vetralla (near Viterbo) I usually buy their products in Testaccio, at the Farmer’s Market or else at the Bio Market. So I was very curious to see their Rome store.

The shop isn’t big, but that didn’t stop me from wanting to buy just about everything in it. Besides their own eggs and meat, they also had oranic Juices and yogurts, meats and sour cream (!). And a gorgeous selection of breads made with flour from Mulino Rosso. (The store is, in fact, called Boulangerie San Bartolomeo.)

But what blew me away was their prepared food section. Small, jewel like vegetable sformati: portion sized souffles. Meatballs, meatloaf and a rainbow of cooked vegetables. Had I planned things better, I would have pre-ordered one of their roasted chickens which were filling the shop with their mouthwatering perfume.

I stocked up on yogurt, juice, sour cream and bread and managed to buy enough of the sformati to see us through a few meals. And two brioches of course, which Domenico and I brought to the bar next door where we washed them down with two cappucini freddi. The perfect Sunday morning if you ask me.












Boulangerie San Bartolmeo
Via T.Salvini 31B 
06 807 8251