The beer festival

THE BEER FESTIVAL 

Each year the "beer festival" takes place in Pontedera.

This festival is usually held in summer and it lasts one week in June.

In this festival the inhabitants of Pontedera can volunteer to serve as waiters.

The food that the people eat is typically German, such as: sausages, sauerkraut, pork ribs and especially beer. The people who drink a lot.. . take a mug of beer after another.

This festival is cute, because not only the adults have fun... but also the children because there are some rides and a little stage where a German band sings a typical song from Bavaria.

Castero

My favourite restaurant, Castero, is situated in the center of Quattro Strade, a small village near Pontedera. It's quite expensive but the place and the food are fantastic. When you enter in Castero in front of you there is a counter where you can take a coffee, pay the bill and reserve a table.
On your right there is a dining room for small groups and on your left there is another dining room for big groups. In the garden of the restaurant there is a big space for children. The staff is very helpful and very nice. 
The best dish is the “tagliata di maiale” (grilled pork steak), it's really good and delicious, it is cooked by one of the best chefs in the whole Valdera. I recommend this restaurant because the food is very good and the service is fantastic. 

O' VESUVIO

O'VESUVIO

O'Vesuvio is a restaurant in Pontedera and you can find typical Neapolitan food.

The furnishings are confortable, elegant and you can find games and toys for the children.
The typical food is "Pizza Margherita" cooked  in a special way with natural ingredients. In the staff there are only nice and helpful neapolitan chef and waiters. Besides the Pizza you can eat the typical "mozzarella di bufala" from Naples, that is taken every morning directly from there.
It's my favourite restaurant for the quality of its food and for the place and it isn't expensive.
The dining room is very big and it's nice that you can see the chef while cooking.
I recommend this restaurant because it is the best that I have ever found in my area.  By Edoardo Giannini

Bulldog's Pub

This is a typical pub-restaurant, it is located in Pontedera and where you can eat meat, potatoes, pizza, hot dogs.
The food is very good. The most typical dish is New York, it is a pizza with wurstels and French fries.
It's a very cheap restaurant, the staff is very nice, kind and helpful, there are a lot of employees.
The room is very large and there are a lot of  tables. In the summer there are tables outside the restaurant, and it is a place where a lot of people meet.
 This would be a great place to take a first date, it is such a relaxed atmosphere!
If you don't want to spend much the Bulldog's Pub is the ideal place!
Samanta Recce
Some more reviews here.

"La Felicitá" chinese restaurant in Pontedera

This is a typical Chinese food restaurant where you can find the best Chinese dishes!
The staff is very nice, kind and helpful. The dining area is very big and it's decorated with paintings about China and also with pictures engraved in the wood. It's nicely laid out, with a lot of tables with Chinese tablecloths. The atmosphere is so relaxing. The food is very good and you can choose between a lot of types of food: vegetables, fish, meat, pasta and rice and so on.
But I don't have to tell you everything, in my opinion you should go and try it because the food is good and prices are cheap. I have recommended it to everybody and also to my friend Asia, in the picture below you can see her first Chinese dinner!
Anyway, try Chinese food and enjoy your meal :)

Giulia Cortopassi

Sete Sois Sete Luas

Sete Sois sete Luas is a cultural center, which tries to combine the different countries, traditions, frames of mind, different music and drinks.. In the center there are often exhibitions of different artists, and in the café they sell different drinks from their countries (especially wine);
There are also a special room where they have interesting things like different music CDs, catalogues of past exhibitions and an work of art from an artist from the period when he/she was there!
The center often organises meetings and concerts: like on 08/03 they organised a meeting to talk about the women's condition in the world.