A Little Bit of America in Florence

      In this land of two-hour (even three-hour) lunch breaks, what's a body to do when faced with a deadline?  Angela, Tara and myself were busy working on an upcoming issue of Vista, Florence & Tuscany, with no time to go out in a non-take-out culture.
What to do?

      I suddenly remembered that one of my favorite Florentine cafés, Café Deluxée had just started a take out establishment in a new separate location, offering some of Deluxée's most requested items:  bagel sandwiches, hamburgers and salads for both lunch and dinner.  We decided to try this avant-garde (for Florence) service, calling Il Panino Tondo at 055/535.85.85.  Owner Samuele answered, and I placed an order for two bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwiches and another bagel sandwich with smoked swordfish and shredded zucchini.

      Punctually, at 12:45 pm, a delivery woman arrived at our office on Borgo degli Albizi, bearing a thermal bag. 

     She took out a bag of still warm bagel sandwiches which tasted right out of the oven.

"The bagel is incredible," said Tara.  "I especially like the barbeque sauce.  Take-out food in America never tastes this good."

Looking at the flyer that I took the number from to call, we discovered that most of the orders are placed online.

The only thing that would be needed is an English translation.....