Food
The 7 Suppli Spots Worth Arguing About
Our most-read food post to date sparked 200+ comments and a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood debate. We visited 14 spots over three weeks and ranked them without pulling punches.
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Our most-read food post to date sparked 200+ comments and a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood debate. We visited 14 spots over three weeks and ranked them without pulling punches.
A long-form piece on gentrification in one of Rome's most creative neighbourhoods. It was picked up by two Italian media outlets and shared by local residents who felt finally heard.
A first-person guide covering visas, apartments, bureaucracy, and culture shock. It now ranks on Google's first page and brings 2,000 new readers to the blog every month.
Apples-club started in 2018 as a small group chat between friends debating the best suppli in Rome. It grew into a full editorial blog because we kept finding things worth writing about — and readers who were hungry for honest, local content. Today our team of 12 regular contributors and dozens of guest writers covers the city with the curiosity of newcomers and the intimacy of locals.
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