Similar to the modern bar or fast-food joint, it was one of
the most popular places in the city. In fact it stood just a few meters from the crowded portico of the Forum. It was located in three rooms on the ground floor of an insula from the time of \b \cf4 \ATXht157 Hadrian\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . The three entrances
are still flanked by masonry benches on which regular customers could sit to watch passersby in the street, in the shade of the balconies of the apartment above. Inside there is still the counter for the pouring of wine, along with basins to wash the di