ANECDOTES: Leonardo da Vinci and Boticelli opened a restaurant together!

When he arrived in Florence, Vinci worked as a waiter and then as a chef at the Tavern of the Three Snails. A food job of sorts. But he quickly got into the ga me and completely revolutionised the menu of the place before opening his own establishment with his good friend Sandro. Sandro Boticelli! However, imagination was lacking when it came to choosing the name of this premature sweet and savoury mecca: Les Trois Grenouilles. It's like déjà vu. The excessive avant-gardism of Léonard and Sandro's restaurant led them straight into the wall. The Three Frogs have gone under! The world's lovers of great painting send their thanks to the backward-looking Florentine gastronomes of the 15th century.