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[[Image:Italian trattoria sign.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Trattoria sign in [[Tuscany]]]]
A traditional trattoria wouldrooted in tradition may generallytypically provide no printed menu, casual service, wine sold by the [[decanter]] rather than the bottle, and low prices, with an emphasis on a steady clientele rather than on [[haute cuisine]]. TheFood food tendedtends to be modest but plentiful (mostly following regional and local recipes),<ref name="CapattiMontanari2003">{{cite book|last1=Capatti|first1=Alberto |last2=Montanari|first2=Massimo |title=Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5axRXlLOlAC|year=2003|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-50904-6|pages=230–232}}</ref> sometimes even served family-style, at common tables. TrattoriasThis that are faithful to thishomely tradition have becomehas fewerwaned in recent decades. Many trattorias have adoptedtaken on some of the trappings of restaurantsa ristorante, withproviding just arelatively few concessions to the old rustic and familial style. The name 'trattoria' has also been adopted by some high-level restaurants.<ref name=treccani/>
 
Optionally, trattoria food could be bought in containers to be taken home. Etymologically, the word is [[cognate]] with the [[French language|French]] term [[Traiteur (culinary profession)|''traiteur'']]<ref name=pianigiani>{{cite encyclopedia |title=trattóre |encyclopedia=Vocabolario Etimologico di Pianigiani |year=1909 |publisher=[via Dizionario Etimologico Online] | language=it |url=http://www.etimo.it/?cmd=id&id=18684&md=059110df77cac39603a354dc4cf8fb25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718155323/http://www.etimo.it/?cmd=id&id=18684&md=059110df77cac39603a354dc4cf8fb25 | archivedate=18 July 2019 |id= }}</ref> (a caterer providing [[take-out|take-out food]]). Its etymology has also been linked to the Latin term, ''littera tractoria'', which referred to a letter ordering provision of food and drink for officials traveling on the business of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].<ref name=pianigiani/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Colonna |first=Barbara |title=tràrre |encyclopedia=Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana |year=1997 |publisher=Newton & Compton |location=Genoa | language=it | page=387 | isbn=88-8129-796-5 }}</ref>
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