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OSTUNI: MARATEA: Zà Mariuccia €€ MELFI: Novecento €
Osteria del Tempo Perso €€ Seafood Regional Italian
Modern Italian Via Grotte 2, 85040 Contrada Incoronata, 85025
Via Gaetano Tanzarella Vitale 47, Tel 0973 87 61 63 Closed Mon; Tel 0972 23 74 70
72017 mid-Oct–Mar Authentic local cuisine served in
Tel 0831 30 48 19 Closed Mon; Book ahead to secure one of the a welcoming restaurant. Worth
15–20 Jan few terrace tables with splendid the trek outside town.
Set in an antique mill, the dishes sea views. Top-notch local seafood
are reinventions of classic recipes. with an excellent wine list. MELFI: La Grotta Azzurra €€
Regional Italian
OSTUNI: Porta Nova €€ MARATEA: Taverna Rovita €€€ Via Carmine 13, 85025
Seafood Regional Italian Tel 0972 23 81 34
Via Gaspare Petrarolo 38, 72017 Via Rovita 12, 85046 Bring a big appetite to this
Tel 0831 33 89 83 Tel 0973 87 65 88 excellent restaurant with hearty
A fine fish restaurant with lovely Serves tempting meat and fish Lucano specialities. Heavenly
views from its large terrace. dishes and home-made pasta desserts and a good wine list.
with seasonal ingredients.
OTRANTO: Peccato di Vino €€€ REGGIO DI CALABRIA:
Modern Italian MATERA: Alle Fornaci € L’Angolo dell’Antica Villa €
Via Rondachi 7, 73028 Seafood Seafood
Tel 0836 80 14 88 Closed Tue Piazza Cesare Firrao 5/7, 75100 Via Zaleuco 7, 89125
One of the finest restaurants in Tel 0835 33 50 37 Closed Mon Tel 0965 209 55 Closed Sun;
town, serving creative Pugliese Fresh fish from the Ionian and first wk Jan
cuisine in a jovial atmosphere. Tyrrhenian seas is brought in Sicilian cuisine, based mostly on
daily for the no-fuss dishes. fish, is on offer in this welcoming
SULMONA: Pensavo Peggio € restaurant with a good Calabrian
Regional Italian MATERA: Don Matteo €€ wine list.
Via Barbato 1, 67039 Modern Italian
Tel 347 995 43 89 Via San Potito 12, 75100 REGGIO DI CALABRIA:
Simple but wholesome food in Tel 0835 34 41 45 Closed lunch Bistrot 15 €€
a rustic setting. Don’t miss the Dine inside a sassi (characteristic Bistro
maltagliati alla crema di pistacchi stone dwelling). A modern take Via Nazionale Pellaro 15, 89134
(pasta with pistachio cream). on traditional local recipes. Tel 0965 35 03 41 Closed May–Sep;
Dec–Feb: Mon
TARANTO: Al Canale €€ DK Choice Innovative and artistic sea food
Seafood served in a modern setting.
Scesa Vasto, 74100 MELFI: La Villa € Worth the small journey out
Tel 099 476 42 01 Closed Sun Regional Italian of the centre.
dinner; 1–15 Nov Contrada Cavallerizza, 85025
Delicious fish dishes are served at Tel 0972 23 60 08 Closed Sun ROSSANO: Bella Napoli €
this cheeful restaurant by the sea. dinner, Fri; 2 wks mid-Jul Pizzeria
Set in the heart of the country- Via Capri 5, 87067
TARANTO: side, this rustic restaurant mills its Tel 0983 51 01 53
Trattoria al Gatto Rosso €€ own flour and grows its own Authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas
Regional Italian grapes. Every ingredient used are served in generous portions.
Via Cavour 2, 74123 is local, and the traditional Pasta and meat dishes are also on
Tel 099 452 98 75 Closed Sun recipes are executed with the menu.
lunch, Mon attention to detail. The family
Innovative contemporary cuisine who run the estate treat guests ROSSANO: Trattoria Amici di
based on local recipes. like family members. Bacco €
Regional Italian
TRANI: Torrente Antico €€€ Via Carducci 2, 87067
Fine dining Tel 0983 50 01 14
Via Edoardo Fusco 3, 70059 Simple and reliable trattoria that
Tel 0883 48 79 11 Closed Mon serves typical Rossanese dishes.
Light and modern versions of Ask for any fresh fish on offer.
Puglia’s traditional recipes at the
finest restaurant in the area. TROPEA: La Lamia €
Modern Italian
Largo Vulcano, 89861
Tel 0963 612 74
Basilicata and Both meat and fish dishes
Calabria feature heavily on the menu at
this characteristic and popular
neighbourhood osteria.
MARATEA:
Il Giardino di Epicuro € TROPEA: Al Pinturicchio €
Regional Italian Pizzeria
Contrada Massa Piano, 85046 Via Dardano, 89861
Tel 0973 87 01 30 Closed Jan, Tel 0963 60 34 52
Feb, Nov Come early to this popular
The owner’s mother creates The warmly lit entrance to seafood pizzeria, where tables spill out
heavenly traditional meals. restaurant Porta Nova in Ostuni onto the narrow street.
For more information on types of restaurants see pp578–9
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