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Where to Eat and Drink

Friggitoria Chiluzzo € Price Guide
Palermo Street Food Map E3 Prices are based on a three-course meal
Piazza Kalsa, 90133 for one (or equivalent) including beverage
(excluding wine), tax and service.
DK Choice Palermitani argue about who € under €20
makes the best pane e panelle
Antica Focacceria (chickpea pancakes in a bun) in the €€ €20 to 40
San Francesco € city; this tiny kiosk is always a con- €€€ over €40
Street Food/Gourmet Map D3 tender. Order your sandwich and a
Via A. Paternostro 58, 90133 beer, and join the crowd sheltering Eat at streetside tables in
Tel 091-320 264 from the sun under a large canopy. summer, or inside in winter;
A bustling, exuberant either way you can feast on a
Palermitano institution, with a Risto Cibus € seafood menu including mussel
glorious tiled interior, this eatery Deli Map C1 soup, pasta with mussels and
has been serving the best in Via E. Amari 79, 90139 clams, and mixed fried or
rustic Italian food since 1834. Tel 091-612 26 51 grilled fish.
Traditional street snacks, such as A gourmet grocery store close to
focaccia schietta (focaccia with the port, with a great deli counter Al Cancelletto Verde €€
offal and caciocavallo cheese) and a wood-fired oven. Delicious Trattoria Map C1
and sfincione (pizza with onion, pizzas and other hot and cold Via Riccardo Wagner 14, 90100
tomato, caciocavallo and dishes to eat in or take away. Tel 091-320 537
breadcrumbs), are served Tourists will receive a warm
downstairs. Full meals are Rosciglione € welcome, typical of Sicilian
served upstairs, with several Street Food Map B5 culture, at this quaint restaurant.
good-value set menus. Via Gian Luca Barbieri 5, 90134 The mixed grill fish is a must-try,
Tel 091-651 29 59 Closed Sun alongside other authentic
This is the most famous cannolo specialities. The walls are covered
Caffé al Riso € bakery in Palermo, and patrons with photos of celebrities that
Café Map C4 can watch the crisp shells being have dined here.
Via Vittorio Emanuele 365, 90134 made as they eat one filled with
Tel 091-588 515 cool, sweet ricotta. Ai Cascinari €€
This minimalist bar with a shady Trattoria Map A4
courtyard belonging to Palermo’s Spinnato € Via d’Ossuna 43–45, 90138
contemporary art museum Café Map B1 Tel 091-651 98 04 Closed Mon;
serves hazelnut- and chocolate- Via Principe di Belmonte 107–115, Tue & Sun lunch
flavoured coffees, light lunches 90121 One brother serves tables and
and aperitivos. Free WiFi. Tel 091-583 231 the other cooks, using produce
With its terrace on a pedestrianized from the nearby Capo market.
DK Choice street famed for its shopping Lovely mixed antipasti including
outlets, this is a perfect place
red mullet fried in breadcrumbs
I Cuochini € for breakfast, afternoon tea or and pane e panelle (see p73), and
Street Food Map B1 an aperitivo served with roast a huge variety of inventive
Via Ruggero Settimo 68, 90121 almonds and pistachios. Palermo-style pasta dishes.
Tel 091-581 158 Closed Sun
Founded in 1826, microscopic, Trattoria TorreMuzza € Il Mirto e la Rosa €€
sparklingly tiled I Cuochini sells Seafood Map E3 Seafood Map C1
deep-fried Palermitani street Via Torrenuzza 17, 90133 Via Principe di Granitello 30, 90139
food, such as panzerotti Tel 091-252 55 32 Tel 091-324 353 Closed Sun
(savoury stuffed pastries), Fish is grilled on an outside A great option for vegetarians
arancini (small, stuffed fried brazier at this no-frills trattoria. as well as seafood lovers, with
balls of golden risotto rice), lots of choices including
pasticcino (pastry with a sweet caponata with pistachio-spiked
filling of custard or candied couscous, home-made tagliolini
fruit) and besciamelle fritte with an intense tomato sauce
(breadcrumbed and deep-fried and grilled aubergine and cheese
bechamel) – all at less than a from the Nebrodi mountains.
euro, and all crisp and light as Leave room for the voluptuous
a cloud. home-made desserts and their
cinnamon liqueur.
Freschette BioBistrot + Market € Obicá €€
Vegetarian Map C2 Café Map C3
Piazzetta Monteleone 5, 90133 4th floor, Rinascente department
Tel 393-243 04 40 Closed Mon store, Via Roma 289, 90133
This interesting bistro offers Tel 091-601 78 61
organic vegetarian food made This is the Palermo branch of an
with fresh ingredients sourced exclusive chain that specializes in
from local farms, some of which meticulously sourced mozzarella di
can also be bought. The menu bufala, which appears in exquisitely
changes weekly, and vegan food Antica Focacceria San Francesco serving presented salads and light dishes.
is available on request. Palermian street food and gourmet meals Perfect for lunch or an aperitif.
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