RESTAURANT BUON PADRE - BAROLO

Today al “Buon Padre” continues to encapsulate the welcoming spirit and goodwill that have distinguished it for nearly a century. A restaurant with just a few covers and a modest, homely atmosphere which has always been dedicated to providing quality.

Antonio Giuseppe Viberti, Knight Of The Order of Vittorio Veneto purchased the “Buon Padre” inn which also served as the village bar and tobacconist in 1923. the name “ Good Father”! Bright to mind the hospitality that used to be enjoy in days gone by in the cosy osterias that where a meeting place for both young and old.

A place where locals and travellers would stop off for a chat and a bite to eat and drink, where vine growers and dealers carried out their business, where artists like Tarditi from Novello used to love spending whole afternoons clutching a glass of wine as day practised the art of good living.

Today al “Buon Padre” continues to encapsulate the welcoming spirit and goodwill that have distinguished it for nearly a century. A restaurant with just a few covers and a modest, homely atmosphere which has always been dedicated to providing quality.

Now almost 100 years later, Giovanni Viberti is assisted by his son Claudio, the third generation to be involved in the family business and his wife Maria, the real moving spirit behind the restaurant. She is who for 40 years now has been preparing the dishes of the finest local culinary tradition. A seasonal cuisine has she her self likes to underline in which the menu is drawn up on the basis of the availability of fresh ingredients.

Without a shadow of doubt the osterias unmistakable speciality and signature dish is tajarin: home made tagliatelle pasta cut with knife so the thickness is never the same.

As in the old days, the family's Viberti Giovanni estate wines make up an exclusive wine list with a wide selection of vintages ranging from the 60s and 70s through to the most recent: an exciting opportunity for connoisseurs to experience the history of a winery in a glass..

Today the Buon Padre has become a point of reference in the Barolo area. A place where the past lives on in symbiosis with a constant desire for grown and the reaching of new goals.

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