What does a local breakfast look like in Rome?

A Roman breakfast is brief, standing, and sweet: an espresso and a cornetto at the bar counter, finished in under five minutes. The cornetto is softer and less buttery than a French croissant, typically filled with apricot jam, custard cream, or Nutella, and costs around €1–1.50 alongside the coffee. Locals do not linger, do not eat savory food, and do not drink cappuccino after roughly 10:30 a.m. — that's a rule enforced by social judgment rather than law. Bar San Calisto in Trastevere and any number of neighborhood bars in Prati or Testaccio will give you exactly this experience for under €3 total. Sit-down breakfast exists, but it's largely for tourists willing to pay three times more for the same cornetto on a plate. If you want to eat the way Romans actually eat in the morning, stand at the counter, say what you want, drink fast, and leave.

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