Ellen, YES the food!!!! We’ve been to Verona and they have great food. We stayed at the Romeo Julietta hotel and tried to get a table at a Michelin rated restaurant next door, couldn’t get in, but the chef followed us to the street and said his former chef just opened a nice restaurant 2 blocks off the main area, it was a great dinner! I have their card somewhere if you’d like the name, it’s in a trip report somewhere also. In Manarola we had a great dinner after hiking from Monterosso…name escapes me right now. We’ll be around the Cinque Sept 5-8…..ENJOY!!!!!