Can anyone recommend an out of the way restaurant in Rome...non-touristy....family-style....where the food just keeps coming? Preferably mostly Italian clientele.
Thanks!

Sorry, the only places like that cater to tourists. Italians don't go for the "food just keeps coming" idea except at pre-arranged family celebrations.

OK, then, just out of the way, and non-touristy. Thanks!

Dar Pallaro near Campo di Fiore isn't exactly "out of the way" and it has been discovered by tourists but many Italians eat there as well and the food does keep on coming. Many courses for around 20 euro per person including water and wine. Dino and Tony's Hosteria on Via IV Leone north of the Vatican Museums is somewhat out of the way. They too will bring on dish after dish, course after course, until you beg them to stop. A bit more expensive though. Lots of Romans eat there as well as tourists. How out of the way do you want? To some, anything outside Navona/Pantheon is out of the way. To others, anything outside the walls of Rome. To me, out of the way might be EUR or Frascati.

Osteria del Angelo in the Vatican area (Via G. Bettolo, 24, 372-9470). Many wrote about it but I was weary of such a big-time promotion of a restaurant so far away from everything. However, we were in Rome for 8 days (Sept. 21-29) and we decided try it out for dinner.

Wow. Really. And we know a thing or two about cooking and food.

Take the 25E dinner service and let the House decide on what you will eat. I received the gnocchi and the oxtail, while they decided my wife would have the tonnarelli cacio e pepe and (I forgot the actual name) veal scaloppine stuffed with pancetta and capocollo mixed with sage, onions and parmigiano.

Appetizers are also included (ours consisted of a saucisson, white beans in a tomato sauce as well as a pate made of tuna, potato, capers, garlic and oil which had to be spread on toasted and well oiled slices of bread.

No dessert. Instead, 1/4 litre of sweet wine with spiced "cookies".

For coffee, forget the macchiato as they don't have milk. Coffee is served "ordinare".

The staff hardly spoke english (good thing our Italian is pretty good) an they are not there to be your friends. They were not rude, just doing their job in an area where tourists seldom venture...

This place meets all of your criteria. and I can assure you that you will fully enjoy your evening.

This is a nice place to eat in Trastevere.

http://www.alfontanone.com/

You can also find a fairly large list of placesto eat here.
http://www.romanreference.com/rome.php

MartiB--We will be in Rome next month and added Ditirambo to our dining list. It received a nice review in Bon Appetit Magazine--either May or June issue. We thought Da Pallaro was a fun little family run place and it was not touristy. It was not real easy to find though. You need a good map.

Thanks everyone....we're taking this trip primarily to eat, so I'll try to go to as many of these places as I can. We're leaving on 11/1 and back on 11/12. I'll write a trip report as soon as I return!

I also recommend Der Pallaro. Lots of locals go there, although it's also been discovered by tourists. Great food and it just keep coming, and price is reasonable 20.00 euros per person inclusive of water, and wine.