La fraschetta in Ariccia is a typical restaurant, a place of popular flavors and ancient traditions, mixed with a friendly and cozy atmosphere, perfect for spending a fantastic evening with friends to delight both the eyes and the palate.
The name derives from the past times when it was displayed outside the restaurant or adorned the tavern with what was later called "fraschette", that is bushes of frasche.
Porchetta di ariccia (roast suckling pig) with wine and romanella is a typical local product of the roman castles. This happened when the new wine was just made and it was used to indicate that one could enter and start tasting the nectar of the gods.
In ancient times, as opposed to taverns, fraschette did not have a kitchen: the main element was wine, pride of every worker of the land, which could be accompanied by home made bread and, at the most, boiled eggs, which prepared the palate to the tasting of wine.
Appreciated by young families with small children, by groups of friends more or less young, the fraschetta represents the meeting place to laugh, tasting ancient tastes, sometimes accompanied by popular music.