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DK Choice serves local meats, wild greens author of a famous book on
Sicilian cuisine, the restaurant was
and herbs, and home-grown
LICATA: La Madia €€€ vegetables and pulses. Tagliatelle awarded a Michelin star in 2012.
Gourmet Road Map B5 with borage, wild fennel and Using fresh, local ingredients (their
Corso Re Capriata 22, 92027 fagioli badda (a violet and white organic vegetables are grown on-
Tel 0922-771 443 Closed Tue; bean unique to the area) and site) the chefs create reinterpre-
Jul–Aug: Sun lunch; Sep–Jun: roast suckling pig are typical. tations of classic dishes..
Sun dinner
Many consider this SCIACCA: Il Grappolo €€ CHIARAMONTE GULFI:
unassuming-looking restaurant Osteria Road Map B3 Majore €€
to be the best in Sicily. La Madia Via Conzo 9A, 92019 Traditional Sicilian Road Map E4/5
has a passionate following, Tel 0925-852 94 Closed Tue Via Martiri Ungheresi, 12, 97012
thanks to the virtuoso wit and This simple, rather spartan osteria Tel 0932-928 019 Closed Mon
ceaseless inventions of chef serves locally caught fish with Founded in 1896, this venerable
Pino Cuttaia, who wreaks twists, home-grown vegetables. Try fresh restaurant is dedicated to pork,
turns and somersaults with pasta with a sauce of red mullet which appears as salami and
meticulously sourced Sicilian and bottarga (cured fish roe), or ham, in pasta sauce or in risotto,
produce. The restaurant’s name spaghetti with squid ink, then as well as rolled, roasted and
(“the cupboard”) is intended to follow with the fish of the day. stuffed with sausage, cheese and
suggest the packed store of Fish couscous is available on whole hard-boiled eggs as a
delicacies that it is. Wednesdays. A gluten free menu falsomagro – a Sicilan speciality.
may be requested. Reservations
are advisable for a better table. MARINA DI RAGUSA:
PANTELLERIA: Da Serafino €€
Il Principe e il Pirata €€€ Seafood Road Map E5
Osteria Road Map A5 Lungomare Doria, 97010
Punta Karace, 91017 Southern Sicily Tel 0932-239 522 Closed Oct–Easter
Tel 0923-691 108 Dining at this elegant beach
Enjoy lunch or dinner at this CALTAGIRONE: Il Locandiere €€ restaurant – owned by Don
charming place that offers Seafood Road Map D4 Serafino in Ragusa – is a summer
incredible sea views from the Via Luigi Sturgo 55, 95041 tradition in Marina. It has its own
large terrace. Try the home-made Tel 0933-582 92 private beach facilities. Come for
ravioli with ricotta and the This place serves excellent simple but expertly prepared
signature dessert, baci panteschi. fish, with lots of little twists on fresh fish.
traditional Sicilian dishes. The
PETRALIA SOTTANA: menu is largely dependent on MODICA: Caffè Dell’Arte €
Petrae Lejum €€ that day’s catch, but regular Café Road Map E5
Trattoria Road Map D3 favourites include fresh Corso Umberto 1 114, 97015
Corso Paolo Agliata 113, 90027 snapper baked with pistachio Tel 0932-943 257 Closed Tue
Tel 0921-641 908 Closed Thu in Aug; and the fabulously tasty Look no further for the best pastries
Tue–Thu dinner in winter “swordfish sausage”. in Modica (including fabulous
At this family-run trattoria local impanata, with minced meat,
produce is used in traditional CALTAGIRONE: Coria €€€ spices and cinnamon), along with
mountain dishes such as gnocchi Gourmet Road Map D4 their own chocolate, served in a
with wild boar sauce, or handmade Via Infermeria 24, 95041 little café on the Corso with seats
tagliatelle with parsley, garlic, peco- Tel 0933-265 96 Closed Mon; Sun inside and out. Children can have
rino and pistachios from Bronte. in Jul–Sep; Sun dinner in Oct–Jun miniature cups of hot chocolate,
Roasted or grilled meat follow. Expect excellent Sicilian gourmet sprinkled with cinnamon.
fare from the hands of two
PIAZZA ARMERINA: talented young chefs. Named MODICA: La Locanda del
Al Fogher €€€ after Colonel Giuseppe Coria, Colonello €€
Trattoria Road Map D4 Trattoria Road Map E5
Contrada Bellia, SS 117 (towards Vico Biscari 6, 97015
Aidone), 94015 Tel 0932-752 423 Closed Wed
Tel 0935-684 123 Closed Sun dinner, This simple but slick little place
Mon is run by the Palazzo Failla hotel.
Al Fogher defines rustic elegance The mixed antipasto is a good
and fine cooking. Try bavette of way of sampling local specialities
farro flour with a ragù of goat kid such as a crisp scacce (savoury
and wild chard sprinkled with pastry), while legumes dominate
primosale cheese, or boned quail the primi in dishes such as maccu,
stuffed with dandelion greens a traditional broad bean soup,
and sun-dried tomatoes. There and pasta with chickpeas.
is also a particularly interesting
wine list. MODICA: Osteria dei
Sapori Perduti €€
POLIZZI GENEROSA: Giardino Trattoria Road Map E5
Donna Lavia €€ Corso Umberto 1 228–30, 97015
Trattoria Road Map D3 Tel 0932-944 247 Closed Tue
Contrada Donna Laura, 90028 in winter
Tel 0921-551 104 Discover traditional home
This restaurant in a former Jesuit An elegant setting for fine dining at cooking, with a strong emphasis
monastery (that also has rooms) La Gazza Ladra in Modica (see p215) on beans and pulses, and lots of
Key to Price Guide see page 210
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