FlyerTalk Forums - Restaurants in Rome

Awhile back I started a thread that nowhere:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/italy...testaccio.html

where I vaguely remembered a night out in Rome in 2003:

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk3 (Post 13334269)

...On one of my trips I was taken to a club, (the Latin Club?) in the Testaccio. Before the club we went to a place for dinner in the Aventine (called Tutti Frutti??). When I got back to my hotel (Westin Excelsior - THAT atleast I remember!) I chatted with one of the Front Desk agents. She seemed very impressed that I'd been out like a "real" Roman and that thrilled me. ;)...

Since that posting I've seen this restaurant "Tuttifrutti" mentioned as a favorite on SlowTravel and with the amazing internet found some more reviews and info that's jogged my memory. It WAS a really nice dining experience and I recommend it for great food and the non-touristy environment with a young lively crowd. (I didn't pay, I was with my date and 2 other couples, but it seemed extremely affordably priced).

This first site, Chowhound, describes it best (second paragraph) and offers additional restaurant recommendations:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/371089
You'll read here that it's a Food Club, and I remember now I had to fill out a registration card. I'm completely guessing here (and I mean no disrespect) but I bet this is set up like it is to avoid getting some kind of permit. ;) And this writeup reminded me that we started with the pizzelle also and it was yummy. Although I'm still unfortunately fuzzy about what else I had).

TripAdvisor's Tuttifrutti listing

This site, Stanitalia, gives a nice background to Testaccio, and includes Tuttifrutti in its several Testaccio restaurants reviews

This gives a listing of some other Testaccio places along with Tuttifrutti

Google map with location for Tuttifrutti

Edited to add another review which seems most current:
TimeOut Rome (Critics Choice) February 2010