Living in Medellín or just visiting? This page is in English. Versión en español aquí.
Where the Italians in Medellín Eat
Pane e Pomodoro is a family-run trattoria in Laureles, open since 2017. Chef Giancarlo Mazzarrino grew up in southern Italy, on his grandparents’ farm, and trained at Scuola Alma before bringing those recipes to Medellín.
Everything starts from scratch here: pasta rolled by hand every morning, long-fermented pizza dough, burrata and stracciatella pulled fresh in our own kitchen, and prosciutto, guanciale and salsiccia cured in our own facility with locally raised Sampedreño pork. What Colombia does not produce, we import from Italy.
If you have been disappointed by Italian food in Medellín before, this is the place people send you next. 4.5 stars from more than 1,500 Google reviews. See the full menu in English.
What We Are Known For
Roman-Style Pizza
Thin and crisp, not the puffy Neapolitan crust — 30 cm, cut into six slices, long-fermented dough. Our Pizza Master won the 2025 competition with house-cured guanciale and burrata stracciatella.
Fresh Pasta, Made by Hand
Rolled and cut every morning. The carbonara is made with egg, guanciale and pecorino — no cream, ever. The ragù cooks five hours before it reaches your tagliatelle.
Charcuterie We Cure Ourselves
Prosciutto, guanciale, coppa, salsiccia and culatello, all cured in house with Cerdo San Pedreño, the Antioquian heritage breed recognised by Slow Food. Order the board to taste them, and take home whatever you like by weight.
Southern Italian Classics
Ossobuco braised in red wine, polpette alla pizzaiola, parmigiana. The food people actually eat in Italy, not the tourist version.
The Charcuterie: We Cure It Ourselves
This is the part almost no other Italian restaurant in Medellín can claim. We run our own curing workshop. Guanciale, salsiccia, coppa, prosciutto, bresaola and mortadella \u2014 all cured by us, none of it bought in.
We use Cerdo San Pedreño, the only Colombian pig breed recognised as a Slow Food International Presidium. The animals are raised free-range for eight to ten months in Antioquia. It costs more and takes longer than buying commodity pork, and it is the single biggest reason the food tastes different here.
The guanciale in your carbonara is not bacon from a supplier. It is pork jowl we cure for thirty days. If you have eaten carbonara in Rome and found the version here disappointing, that gap is usually where it comes from.
Order the charcuterie board to taste the range. Anything you like, you can take home by weight \u2014 just ask your server. We also sell our cured meats and imported Italian products through GastronomiaM, our own delicatessen, which is useful if you live in Medellín and want to cook Italian at home.
For Expats and Visitors in Medellín
Most restaurant guides to Medellín send you to El Poblado. Laureles is where people who live here eat, and prices reflect that — you will pay noticeably less than for comparable food in Provenza.
Coming from El Poblado? About 15 minutes by taxi or app. Ask for Cra. 73 with Circular 5, near Segundo Parque de Laureles.
Staying in Laureles or Estadio? You can walk. We are a few blocks from Estadio metro station and close to El Teatrico.
Prices are in Colombian pesos. Most main courses run 45,000 to 68,000 COP. We take cards.
Tipping. A 10% service charge is customary in Colombia and is usually offered, not imposed. You can decline it.
The menu is available in English. Staff speak Spanish, so a translation app helps for anything beyond ordering.
Reservations are worth making Friday and Saturday nights.
Pet friendly, with outdoor seating.
If you work remotely from Laureles, our weekday set lunch starts at 18,000 COP and is served from noon.
Where to Find Us
Address: Cra. 73 #5-6, Laureles – Estadio, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Phone: (604) 322 9679
WhatsApp: +57 311 891 8317
Opening Hours
Sunday to Thursday: 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday and Saturday: 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
We open at noon every day, so lunch is always an option. The kitchen gets busy between 7:00 and 9:00 pm on weekends — come earlier or book a table.
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Delivery Across Medellín
We deliver citywide, including El Poblado, Envigado and Belén. Ordering direct gets you the full menu, including dishes the delivery apps do not list. See delivery options.
You can also browse the menu in English, the menu in Spanish, or read the story behind the restaurant.