Here’s my secret tip: right across the street from the piazza, you can find the famous Cremeria Cavour - once known in the city as Cremeria Funivia, a branch of another ice cream parlor of the same name located much further away from the city - but being, nevertheless, legendary. Lucky for you, you don’t need to go too far away to try some really good artisanal gelato - just pop into Cremeria Cavour in the city center and enjoy some of the best ice cream in town! While there’s not much space inside and you certainly can’t sit there (eating inside gelaterias is not a thing in Italy and you’ll rarely find one that will have a few tables - even those, mostly outside), but fear not: cross the road and take up one of the numerous benches in the piazza, like many locals and tourists alike do all the time. If you look closely enough, you may even spot the statue of Lucio Dalla (a famous Italian musician who originated from Bologna), sitting on one of the benches you and me.