2000 year old “fast food joint” unearthed at Pompeii

[Duvel]

Nope, no fries with that ...

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pompeii-archaeologists-ancient-thermopolium-street-food-volcanic-eruption/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/city-fast-food-bar-unearthed-in-pompeii-after-2000-years

Edited December 26, 2020 by Duvel (log)

[gfweb]

2 minutes ago, Duvel said:

Nope, no fries with that ...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/city-fast-food-bar-unearthed-in-pompeii-after-2000-years

 

Not for another 1500 years or so...

[BetD]

In going down that rabbit hole, I found two more articles I enjoyed....

 

https://passtheflamingo.com/2018/01/16/ancient-recipe-snails-with-pepper-and-cumin-roman-ca-5th-century-ce/

 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dormouse-jars-glirarium-rome

 

Enjoy  🙃

[Katie Meadow]

The pix I saw showed that the food options were illustrated, just like any good halal cart! 

 

I did check out the dormouse entry above (sort of like a rabbit hole!) I hope the name of the fattening jar comes up in conversation some day soon, or at least in a crossword puzzle. Or show and tell. "What I learned during the pandemic."

[liuzhou]

It's not the first 'fast food joint' to be found at Pompeii, but is the only 'complete' one and by far the best preserved. There are others.

[weinoo]

It's really a fascinating place to visit and they are excavating new (old) things all the time...

 

Ancient Purebred Horse With Bronze-Plated Saddle Is Discovered in Pompeii

 

Also not to be missed in my opinion, is the unearthed city of Ostia Antica - a much closer trip if visiting Rome. Not as wonderfully preserved or unearthed, but much less visited - we found it similarly fascinating - lots of food shops.

[teonzo]

This just shows that the Romans of 2000 years ago were much more organized than the Italians of nowadays. Better to not think about how Pompei was managed in the past decades.

 

 

 

6 hours ago, weinoo said:

o not to be missed in my opinion, is the unearthed city of Ostia Antica

 

Since we are on eGullet, a visit to Ristorante Gellius is more than suggested: the only restaurant to be located in Roman ruins, with 1 michelin star too. It's about 40 km from Venice. In this area you can also visit Altinum, a totally overlooked archeological site, even by the locals.

 

 

 

Teo