Ristorante Emilia (Da Marisa)
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A beachside trattoria on the Conero coast, in the cove of Portonovo: the Slow Food Alliance anchor for moscioli, the wild Adriatic mussels harvested off this exact stretch of shore.
Portonovo is a small beach in a national park south of Ancona, hemmed in by white-cliff headlands and pine forest. Handed down mother to daughter, from Emilia to her daughter Marisa: feeding people at Portonovo since 1929 and on the beach itself since 1950. It is a Slow Food Chefs' Alliance restaurant championing three Presidia, among them moscioli, the wild rope-grown mussels native to this rocky coast (prized for a sweet, briny flavour you don't get from farmed Adriatic mussels). Order them done "alla portonovese" (with tomato, white wine, garlic, parsley, breadcrumbs) and a chilled Verdicchio. Lunch with your feet near the water. Open spring through autumn.
- Neighborhood — Spring–autumn
- Price — €€€
- Order — moscioli alla portonovese
- book ahead
- outdoor seating
- Portonovo · Baia di Portonovo
- Slow Food Alliance
From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.
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