Palermo Restaurant Tips by lichinga

Specialities: Panelle Specialities Review

"Panelle" is the word defining a squared piece of chick-pea dough that is deep fried and eaten with bread. "Pane e panelle" (literally "bread and panelle") is a very common popular food.

Comparison: least expensive

Directions: Street markets...Ballarò, Capo, Vucciria

Rating: 4

Theme: Local

Sicilian cuisine is so great! Specialities Review

Sicilian cuisine is so great, I feel embarassed oi try to resume my feelings. That will take a bit of time and some more effort. In the meantime, I'd like to report about a few restaurants I consider my favourite in Palermo:

CAPRICCI di SICILIA - in piazza Sturzo, that is 100 metres from Politeama Theatre (central stop of the buses coming from thge Airport). Only Sicilian cuisine (but that was unuseful to mention, I wouldn't even think of giving you any advice with different peculiarities), good wines, kitchen is open until 11.30 pm, no music, no noise, clean and well decoarted. A pleasant place, with an unforgettable cuisine.

If you are in Monreale: LA BOTTE - a scenic restaurant a few kilometres uphill from Monreale, good Sicilian cuisine, pleasant and peaceful place with a wonderful sightseeing over Palermo and Monreale and what used to be the 'Conca d'Oro', i.e. the 'golden cup', in the times when the orange trees filled the plain.

Comparison: less expensive than average

Other Contact: CAPRICCI - 091 327777 LA BOTTE -

Price: US$21-30

Rating: 5

Theme: Local

Altri tempi: Typical traditional Sicilian cuisine

Old Sicilian recipes, maybe heavy and greasy, but not all of them. Definitely a very interesting place to discover, where you should go taking your time and ready to experience some dishes it will be more and more difficult to find anywhere else.

Address: Via Sammartino 65-67

Comparison: less expensive than average

Directions: Not far from Piazza Politeama

Other Contact: Closed 15-8 to 15-9

Phone: +39 091 323480

Price: US$21-30

Rating: 4

Theme: Italian

Specialities: Pane e milza Specialities Review

Bread and spleen ("panino con la milza")is also a common traditional food you may easily find in the street markets or at some small stalls along the roads. The spleen is prepared during hours of cooking with onions, tomato and salt; sometimes raped cheese is also put within the the two pieces of bread that are commonly use to serve it.

Comparison: least expensive

Rating: 4

Theme: Local