Over these two years several publications have written about San Bernardo Restaurant in Calci: the story of three siblings, Eva, Nico and Juri Poli, who brought an abandoned estate on Monte Pisano back to life, and a cuisine rooted in Tuscan and family tradition.
Here we gather all the articles, most recent first, with links to the originals (in Italian). We will update this page with every new piece.
CiboToday, November 2026
“Three siblings, thirty hectares to restore and a restaurant: the rebirth of a mountain near Pisa”. In its Where to eat section, CiboToday tells the story of restoring the estate, closed for six years and scarred by the 2018 fires: the 600 olive trees, the orchard, the Hermitage of San Bernardo given back to the community, Juri's cooking and the bed & breakfast opening in summer 2027.
We have summarised it in CiboToday on San Bernardo. Read the article on CiboToday
Sapori News, November 2026
“San Bernardo Restaurant: Tuscan cooking reborn in the hills of Calci”. In its Places of taste section, Sapori News describes San Bernardo as a family project looking to the future, with everything made in-house, from ferments to olive oil, and four tasting menus.
Read the article on Sapori News
HorecaNews, November 2026
“San Bernardo Restaurant in Calci rediscovers the flavours of Tuscan tradition”. HorecaNews retraces the restoration of the 30 hectares, the growth of the restaurant and the team, chef Juri Poli's training and the autumn menu, with game, cooking over embers and local organic and biodynamic wines.
Read the article on HorecaNews
AgenFood, November 2026
“San Bernardo Restaurant opens in Calci: sensory menus that celebrate local flavours and ingredients”. The most detailed account of our cooking: dishes cooked to order, ferments, home-made sauces and oils, and the dishes of the Echoes of the past, Deep roots, Free essence and vegetarian tasting menus.
La Nazione, November 2024
“San Bernardo restaurant in Calci reborn thanks to three siblings”. The Pisa news pages of La Nazione cover the ribbon cutting, attended by the mayor of Calci, Massimiliano Ghimenti, and Confcommercio Pisa. The mayor called the reopening of the restaurant on Monte Serra “a good sign”.
Read the article on La Nazione
Two years in one story
From the 2024 ribbon cutting to today's tasting menus: we have put these two years together in two years of San Bernardo.
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