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La Torricella Restores Dessert Cart, Offers Medieval Tart

4/23/2026

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Owner Augusto reinstated the cloth-covered dessert trolley at La Torricella in Testaccio after Covid restrictions forced it into storage.
The Instituto Superiore di Sanità had classified mobile dessert carts as potential virus carriers, which led most venues to keep them stored.
La Torricella now offers a medieval almond-lemon treacle tart made with golden syrup or honey, a sweet first refined by Abram Lyle in 1881.

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Owner Augusto reinstated the cloth-covered dessert trolley at La Torricella in Testaccio after Covid restrictions forced it into storage.
The Instituto Superiore di Sanità had classified mobile dessert carts as potential virus carriers, which led most venues to keep them stored.
La Torricella now offers a medieval almond-lemon treacle tart made with golden syrup or honey, a sweet first refined by Abram Lyle in 1881.