Civico Nove - PARMA

We were the only customers when we walked into the bar and we weren 't greeted when we passed him at the door. Our americano was shaken and we were told not to eat too much at the cheese/salami buffet offered even though the food is included in your drink price whether you eat or not. No plates were offered and a sign above the buffet reads 'si prega di non cenare '. The place smells like dirty cheese and is very unclean. We each paid 8.50 for a prosecco and a poor americano but did not eat the buffet and his response was 'for me its the same '. Se volete dare dei soldi ad un maleducato quello e ' il posto giusto. Di sicuro non torneremo e consigliamo altri posti in questa bella citta '.

My favorite snacks! The homemade fresh cocktails are worth the price alone, not including the amazing aperitivo and corky music.

Hubbie and I went there later than the usual italian aperitivo time and ordered a glass of Pinot Grigio for me and a beer for him. The mezedes (or tapas if you will were still on offer on the inside (a very small interior indeed and seemed nice. We had a few bites of good Parmigiano cheese (I guess it 's impossible to find bad parmigiano in Parma, right? and some salami. There were small pizza slices as well, but they seemed a bit worn out... I didn 't touch them. There were also grilled zucchini and eggplant little pieces that were tasteful, but not to die for either. I had a second Pinot Grigio as the first one was EXCELLENT. I liked the whole atmosphere: casual and easy going, nice looking people all around you. Reminded me of summer just a little before it arrived (it was the beginning of May and everyone was hanging outside the bar .