107: Italian Restaurant Etiquette: How to Order Like a Local

Learn how to order food in Italian and avoid the common mistakes most people make in Italian restaurants. You’ll be ordering like a local in no time!

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Today's Italian words:

Prendo il pollo = I’ll have the chicken (lit. ‘I take the chicken’)

Prendo questo = I’ll have this (lit. ‘I take this’)

Gli antipasti = The starters

I primi = The first course (lit. ‘the firsts’)

I secondi = The first course (lit. ‘the seconds’)

La mancia = The tip

Un digestivo = A liquor that Italians drink after dinner

Un amaro = An Italian herbal liquor