Acqua E Farina - Lugano

You must come here. It is hard to find as it is off a hallway inside a building off the main shopping street just one block parallel from the lakefront. Well located, really. As you can see from the pics, it’s a medium-sized homey restaurant good for families, group of friends, couples solo diners (like myself). It is fairly priced (being Switzerland, that is). The copper pizza over is the centerpiece of this casual eatery. In addition to dining in, from the boxes stacked by the pizzaiolo, they must do a robust take-away business. I asked for a glass of a local chilled white and was served a delicious Chardonnay (less sweet than American Chardonnays). Loved it. Asked for a glass of sparking water was served an entire bottle. I came for a pizza had a pizza; loved it. Kept it simple: Margherita with fresh mashed tomates, very light seasoning, basil leaves the just amount of mozzarella. Do not expect an over-cheesed American pizza. This one is just like the ones you enjoy when visiting Italy.

Delicious Neapolitan style pizza and friendly service. And it’s a real restaurant with seating! Highly recommended I got the marinara pizza with mozzarella on it; the margherIta was also terrific.

We ate here because local reviews said it was celiac safe. They have four different crust options for their pizza, gluten free being one of them. I got a pizza and paid the extra 5 CF for the Gluten Free crust. Within an hour I had a headache and nausea, and we all know things get worse from there. Being rather sensitive to cross contamination I wouldn't risk going here in the future.

We ate here because local reviews said it was safe. They have four different crust options for their pizza, gluten-free is one of them. I got a pizza and paid the extra 5 CF for the gluten Free crust. Within an hour I had headaches and nausea, and we all know that things get worse from there. As sensitive to cross-contamination, I wouldn't risk going here in the future.

It was our second visit. Despite going on Tuesday evening, there were a lot of people and we had to wait a little, but the staff quickly guided us to our seats. I felt that the staff's service was better than a few years ago and the taste of pizza dough was always delicious!