Il botteghino

About Il botteghino

Il botteghino is an Italian delicatessen at Rathausgasse 7 in Baden, run by Alessio and Alan. The shop window says "Feine Kost aus Italien" (fine food from Italy), and that is exactly what it is about: according to their own website, the two see themselves only secondarily as a classic delicatessen and want to convey Italian cuisine and food culture the way they grew up with it themselves, with ingredients from small, family-run producers rather than mass distribution.

Fresh counter: cold cuts and cheese

The counter holds the classics that are familiar in Austria too: Prosciutto di Parma, Grana Padano, Pecorino Romano, Guanciale, Mortadella, Salsiccia, salami (spicy, with truffle or mild) and Burrata. There are also specialities from various regions of Italy, such as Pecorino with pistachios, Taleggio, Scamorza, smoked ricotta, Caciocavallo, Culatello, Bresaola and Finocchiona.

Pasta

According to the shop, the most popular items are the handmade tortelloni from a producer in Vicenza. The fillings change every week, for example porcini, pumpkin with salsiccia, burrata with cherry tomatoes or wild boar ragù. There is also pasta made from Venetian wheat and pressed through bronze dies, pasta from Gragnano, egg noodles, tortellini and gnocchi.

Sauces, antipasti and sweets

• Sughi: pasta sauces from small producers, from Amatriciana to porcini to wild boar
• Pesti and truffle sauces
• Antipasti: artichokes, olives, cherry tomatoes and aubergines
• Flour for pasta and pizza, plus grissini and taralli
• Dolci: handmade cantuccini, panettone, colomba and biscuits; one focus is pistachio cream and sweets with pistachio or lemon filling

Oil, coffee and wine

Olive oil comes from just two producers who, according to the shop, use only olives from their own fields. For coffee there is a single brand from a small roastery near Verona, in several blends. The wines come from almost every region of Italy. The shop is particularly proud of its own house Prosecco, and there is also handmade limoncello, grappa and Italian gin.

Cultura italiana: language courses

Under the name "cultura italiana", Il botteghino holds courses and evenings all about Italy in its own premises near the shop. It starts with Italian courses with teachers who, according to the website, are certified, in small groups of two to six people. There is a course for beginners, a conversation course for advanced learners and a relaxed course with hardly any grammar. Dates and prices are on the website, where you book online.

Opening hours and contact

According to the website, the shop is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 18:30 and Saturday from 9:30 to 17 h, and closed on Sundays and public holidays. You can reach it by e-mail at info@ilbotteghino.at. News is posted on Instagram and Facebook under ilbotteghinobaden.

Automatically translated from German.

Compiled by our editorial team.