Last updating: 30/01/2024
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Centuries and centuries of history are no small responsibility. The San Giors is a bit like those photographs that traverse time, locked in tin boxes, passed down from attic to grandchild, living more lives than they could ever have imagined. If these walls, and perhaps these old innkeepers (almost a millennium old), could speak, they would tell us stories; after all, the activities of San Giors date back to the 15th century, in another location, where Piazza IV Marzo did not yet exist. At that time, "San Giorgio" hosted illustrious personalities, from the noble Gonzaga family to envoys of the Holy Roman Empire, to ambassadors from the Italian courts of Milan and Venice. Later, in the late 1800s, after the construction of the current Piazza IV Marzo, the business moved to its current location, taking the place of the Locanda Ponte Dora, owned by Maria Salvetti, becoming the Albergo Ristorante San Giors, formerly Ponte Dora. From there on, over a hundred years of different managements until the most recent turning point in 2017, which has a name and a profession: Simona Vlaic, an architect. A strong woman in charge, capable of renovating the spaces of San Giors while preserving its history and soul, bringing it back to the ancient splendor of hospitality and cuisine. The 13 rooms, all different in furnishings and colors, host works of artists that contribute to making them unique; incubators of art and history in the midst of the cultural ferment of Porta Palazzo. In the end, San Giors has found its way, a bastion of tradition with the charm that only those who have eluded the passage of time can preserve, and the healthy desire to become a reference point for dining and hospitality in the city, just like in the time of the Gonzaga family, without, of course, forgetting all the nuances of an infinite and ever-evolving history.
THE COOK: In the kitchen, we find Giulio Carlo Ferrero, already a well-known name in Turin's culinary scene, the perfect man for San Giors' culinary mission: to bring history and tradition back to life, which have been breathed within these walls for centuries, while also bringing a breath of freshness. In short, a cuisine that respects the past but also knows how to amaze and intrigue; thus, you must definitely try dishes like vitello tonnato, agnolotti del plin with roast sauce, bagna caôda, braised beef in red wine, and bônet. Another timeless classic (offered by only a few these days) is the true Piemontese mixed boiled meat, with muscolo, testina, scaramella, lingua, brutto e buono, coda, cotechino, salame di turgia, and gallina, along with all the accompanying sauces, a true regional cornerstone.
TYPE OF CUISINE: Cuisine Km0 - Seasonal cuisine - Piedmont
TYPE: Restaurant
CHARACTERISTICS AND STYLE: In a historic dwelling - In the hotel - Design - Charme
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: FRENCH - ENGLISH
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