In the early twentieth century, the restaurant was a tavern where the workers from the nearby shipyard ate their lunch.
Even today, next to the entrance of the restaurant, you can see the gates of the famous Sestri Ponente shipyard, where the famous translatantic Rex was built.
Over the years the venue, from tavern, turned into a typical and well known restaurant, the flagship of the Genoese cuisine, who took the name of Toe Drue, which in local dialect means "Thick Tables", thick big tables with rounded legs still present in the restaurant. In the early nineties, after a long experience in great hotels and on cruise ships, Alessandro Zane, still today the owner, took over the restaurant, and with the help of his wife Rita and his son Andrea, began this long adventure, made of flavors, kindness and passion.
Even today this beautiful fairy tale continues, aided by a skilled staff and a young and talented Chef (Roberto Cupido). An experience built over the years, which has led the restaurant Toe Drue to be one of the most well known venues in Liguria.
The philosophy to offer not too elaborate dishes, but rather reinterpreted with a bit of imagination. Great importance is given to the raw materials, to homemade bread, pasta and desserts.
Excellent fresh fish, raw seafood, the famous capponmagro, pesto, and, for lovers of meat, succulent braised meat, lamb ribs and roasted pork shank.
A traditional Ligurian cuisine with some influence from the Friuli region, homeland of the owner Alessandro Zane.
