How to tell if a restaurant is open for lunch

You're walking along an alley way, starting to think about needing to eat. It's past 3 PM, you haven't eaten since 9:30 AM. It's Christmas day and you begin to despair of finding any place open.

Suddenly there is a table with a menu on it...you can't miss it. Yum!

We had a great lunch. It was too late to get pizza (or early? the server did not speak any English), but we had gnocchi and penne pasta dishes and were stuffed wtih good food and wine.

We headed off again, fully recharged and warmed by the repast. We had found Conte Verde. Web site: www.conte_verde.it Didn't work for me right now, maybe the server is down.

The restaurant is located in the Piazza Palazzo di Città. During Roman times, this was the forum of Turin. The piazza today, however, is the work of architect Benedetto Alfieri who restructured the space in the 18th Century. In the center of the piazza stands the monument to the Count Verde di Pelagio Pelagi. Palazzo Municipale (1663) is still the center of municipal administration. On the other side of Palazzo Municipale you’ll find the small and delightful piazza Carpus Domini. Very near via Garibaldi. I found some great photos at http://digilander.libero.it/fotogian/palazzocitta.html

Other fabulous photos of the Torino city and area, http://digilander.libero.it/fotogian/torino.home.html