Tour de Forks in Emilia Romagna!

Hello Foodies!

Tour de Forks is about to start its first tour to Emilia Romagna so there will be lots to report. Consider us your official source for Bologna! I arrived around lunchtime and tonight is the night before our tour's official beginning. I found a fabulous place for apperitivi. A wonderful custom where you order a drink and the bar serves wonderful food. It's similar to a happy hour in the U.S. but a thousand times better.

We are staying at the Hotel Corona d'Oro and as I wandered to find a place to get a bite to eat, I saw a fabulous bar just around the corner called Bar Bistro Cocoa on 14-A Via Altabila. I ordered a vino bianco from Sicily which was perfect. They served a yummy shaved fennel salad (divine), a baby arugula salad with large white beans, then all types of bread from piadina to toast covered with fennel, bean dips, and cheese & cured meat toppings. This place had a lot of style and the staff were welcoming and fun. If you're ever in Bologna, stop and have a glass of wine and a nibble, it's just what you do there!

Enjoy,

the Forks