L'incontro - SANT'ELPIDIO A MARE

Ok this is a Fast Food place, but hey... Not so fast! It looks and feels a lot like a wooden surfers ' den, and it 's placed right by a gas station along the road, but what you get to eat here is deeply rooted into the italian tradition, specifically the Marche tradition. Top pick here is the panino con porchetta , a sandwich generously stuffed with aromatized pork meat. If you have never tried porchetta before, this is a good place to start! Then everything else, down to salads, is very genuine as well, made with local ingredients, mostly grown/bred by Mr Otello, the owner of the place. As for drinks, try the vino cotto a specially priduced wine (literally cooked wine that you will only be able to taste in this part of Italy. So if you happen to spend a day shopping at the nearby Il Castagno Outlet, treat yourself for your lunch break, take the car for a very brief trip to this place, rather than queing up at the inside bar. It will be a quick lunch, but with a very special taste.