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Every Fri
Aperitivo
& Lingua
A weekly conversational dinner. Eight people, two bottles, one hour of slow Italian over snacks.
Italian for the trip you're already planning. Eight weeks in our Brooklyn studio — or a week with us in Ortigia. Either way, you'll order the wine yourself.
tra le vigne · ortigia '24
aperitivo, finally
↳ where lesson 4 happens
We started Tutto Bene because Duolingo will not, in fact, help you order a vongole at 11pm in Catania. Real Italian is a soft, fast, hand-flying thing — best taught by Italians, in small rooms, with wine on the table.
Our teachers are translators, novelists, two chefs, and one retired opera coach. Most of them moved to Brooklyn for love. All of them will tell you when you're being too formal. Sessions are eight weeks, eight students, one bottle of Etna Rosato per class.
Six recurring classes a week. Drop into a single Aperitivo Hour, or commit to eight weeks of Italian I. Either way — small rooms, real Italian, a glass of something on the table.
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Every Fri
A weekly conversational dinner. Eight people, two bottles, one hour of slow Italian over snacks.
Every Tue
From "ciao" to "vorrei un bicchiere di vino." Eight weeks, eight people, one teacher named Greta.
Every Wed
Past tense, future tense, the subjunctive — and the art of arguing politely about pasta shapes.
Every Thu
No textbook. No homework. Just Italian — for an hour, with Marco from Bologna and a French press.
Mthly · Sat
A pasta-making class in Italian. We shop the market, we cook, we eat. Beginner-friendly, in mostly Italian.
Mon · 4 wks
Four weeks of pure food vocabulary. Antipasti through digestivi. For people who love restaurants more than verbs.
Sun · 4 wks
A slow Sunday brunch class for grammar nerds. Espresso, pastries, the conditional tense, and very few rules.
Seven days in Ortigia with the whole school. Mornings in class, afternoons in the market, evenings on the water. You leave actually able to order, argue, and say goodnight in Italian.
I went to Tutto Bene for the wine. I left actually speaking Italian. Allora.Eleanor M. · Italian I + Sicilia '25