Biscottificio Innocenti
Biscotti
Founded in 1920, and family owned entering generation number four, Biscottificio Innocenti occupies a quiet stretch of Via del Luce in Trastevere, an area now best known for its nightlife but one that certainly does not appear as such during daylight.
Now under the direction of Stefania Innocenti and her daughter Michela, their shop centered around a belted oven built in 1950, it is from down the street that one can begin to smell Butter and Sugar from 08h00 until 20h00 Monday through Saturday, though the best time to visit is rumored to be between 09h30 and 14h00 on Sunday.
Faded blue from the outside, windows displaying Innocenti’s bounty bathing an aged interior with light, it is immediately upon entry that guests will notice a wall of photos, many famous Italians who’ve enjoyed now-€18 per kilogram Cookies over the past century.
Defying the American idea that Biscotti are oblong and dry, that term instead used to describe a wide variety of shapes and consistencies, it was in broken Italian that two guests requested the elder Innocenti compose two boxes, some still-warm from the vintage orange oven.
The only shop of its kind in Rome, historic recipes and the oven’s 16-meter belt allowing for even baking-duration, it is besides the point to describe each of the family’s various Cookies at-length, just know that “Brutti ma Buoni” are requested by name for a reason while Macaroons, Sandwich Cookies and little mounds covered in Almonds are also exemplary.
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