This is one of the local butchers in the area of Baldi Degli Ubaldi, just north west of the Vatican City in Rome.
And here is the butcher. I used this butcher's shop a lot since his own sausages are superb and the rest of his meat is excellent too.He told me that, having retired (I forget from what) he got bored and decided to open this butcher's shop. Good on him. He's obviously a quick learner too- because he has managed to set up a fine butcher's shop in just a few years.
What I like (food aside) about his shop is that eye catching painting hanging behind.
It's a copy of Paolo Ucello's "The Battle of San Romano"*, part of a series of three paintings, and this one hangs in The National Gallery, London. It is one of the most scintillating paintings in the gallery in my opinion, on a huge scale with some stupendously striking colouring and drama going on.www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-uccello-the-battle-of-san-romano
Anyway, for me it really adds to the joy of this particular shop- a touch of individuality and beauty in what can often be rather bland places and a far cry from the dreary supermarket meat counter at least.Needless to say, for a man with a superb eye for bloody battles, meat... he is also an ex-boxer. Look at him to see why. Good frame, possibly a heavy-weight, I would say, in his day. Career card: 117 fights...
...102 wins. An excellent record and all the more reason to slavishly praise his sausages next time you go in there. (Note the picture second from the top has a Muhammad Ali in the right corner.)
*Ok, so it looks as if the painting's the wrong way round. You tell him, then.
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