The thermopolium, essentially an ancient fast-food restaurant, ... The theater at Ostia Antica is one of the best-preserved in Italy and seats up to 3,000 people.

Ostia Antica, just 30 minutes from the Colosseum, offers ancient thrills to rival Pompeii (which is 4 hours south of Rome). ... and an inn called the Insula of the Thermopolium.

You have to check out the Thermopolium, which was kind of like a snack shop (a feature Pompeii has in common with Ostia ...

Archaeologists studying the Roman city of Pompeii recently discovered a thermopolium—a kind of ancient fast food restaurant—and it is now open to the public. Visitors won’t be able to try ...

Ostia Antica, just 30 minutes from the Colosseum, offers ancient thrills to rival Pompeii (which is four hours south of Rome). ... and an inn called the Insula of the Thermopolium.

The Thermopolium of Regio V would have been a shop where hot food is sold, the equivalent of a modern-day street cart or fast-food establishment, officials said. It was partially excavated in 2019 ...

Ostia was Rome’s main port for over 600 years, ... In the tangle of streets between the decumanus and the museum, don’t miss the thermopolium – an ancient Roman bar, ...

Ostia Antica, a 45-minute Metro/commuter train ride away, ... and an inn called the Insula of the Thermopolium. Belly up to this tavern’s bar. You’ll see a small sink, ...

An image of the Regio V thermopolium, courtesy of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. Archaeologists have determined that the "fast food" joint served dishes like snails, duck, pig, goat and fish.

by Rick Steves, January 26, 2023. Sitting on the top row of the ancient arena, I scan the ruins of Ostia, letting my imagination take me back 2,000 years to the days when this was ancient Rome's ...