Sicily Restaurants

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  • 1. A Cucchiara

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    A light nautical theme permeates this stone-walled restaurant, where the open kitchen provides theater and owner Peppe Giamboi takes the stage as a gustatory storyteller, roaming from table to table. The menu is constantly changing, but you'll find excellent work with vegetables (a rarity in Sicily) and really lovely preparations of local cod. In addition to a sublime rendition of stocco in ghiotto (cod in a Messinese sauce of tomatoes, olives, capers, and celery), it also might show up prepared under tender sheets of lardo in a light orange-lemon sauce with fried leeks. 

    Strada San Giacomo 19, Messina, Sicily, 98122, Italy
    090-711023

    Known For

    • Elegant food in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere
    • Locally, sustainably sourced seafood
    • Robust wine program

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun.
  • 2. Accursio Ristorante

    $$$$

    This intimate Michelin-starred restaurant is a fantastic option if you are staying in Modica overnight. Forget the usual starchy tablecloths and formal service, this place is all about the food, with the chef cooking his own personal takes on classic Sicilian dishes, including options like trucioli pasta with cheese fondue, lemon, capers, and coffee; grilled lettuce with pork cheek, caviar, and walnuts; and cannoli with ricotta cheese and cotton candy for dessert. The €120 tasting menu comes very highly recommended, but for something more affordable, stop in for lunch to have a similar experience for €50, or consider Accursio Radici (which means Accursio Roots, the cheaper sister restaurant) a few doors down.

    Via Grimaldi 41, Modica, Sicily, 97015, Italy
    0932-941689

    Known For

    • Michelin-starred food at reasonable prices
    • Equally extensive and more affordable lunch menu
    • Relaxed atmosphere

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon. No dinner Sun.
  • 3. Al Fogher

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    This culinary beacon in Sicily's interior features ambitious—and successful—dishes with the creative flair of chef Angelo Treno, whose unforgettable pastas topped with truffles or caviar, for example, offer a decidedly different expression of traditional regional ingredients. The unassuming and elegant dining room is inside an old railway house and is the perfect place to enjoy a bottle from the 500-label wine list; in cold weather, you can cozy up to a fireplace, but the terrace is the place to be in summer.

    Contrada Bellia, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, 94015, Italy
    0935-684123

    Known For

    • Sophisticated preparations
    • Local ingredients
    • Well-thought-out wine list

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No dinner Sun. No lunch Mon.
  • 4. Capitolo Primo

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    Simply one of the finest restaurants in Sicily, Capitolo Primo offers an utterly unique dining experience in the graceful winter garden of Relais Briuccia's Art Nouveau town house. Chef-owner Damiano Ferraro is an endlessly creative chef, spinning his magic daily with the freshest of local Sicilian produce. Ferraro is a local who dreamed big and worked all over the world (including at the Dorchester in London and with the Roux Brothers at La Gavroche) then returned home and created this gastronomic paradise in the shabby little town of Montallegro. There are both tasting- and à la carte menus.

    Via Trieste 1, Agrigento, Sicily, 92010, Italy
    0922-847755

    Known For

    • Sophisticated cuisine by a master chef
    • Intimate Art Nouveau town house
    • Impressive tasting menus at great prices

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon. No lunch
  • 5. Castellana

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    This local pizza and BBQ grill offers the usual selection of local cuisine, but with an interesting location in the old grain stores of the Castello di Caccamo. The extensive menu includes antipasti, pasta, mains, and desserts all with a focus on the preparation of local meats and grills.

    Piazza dei Caduti 4, Caccamo, Sicily, 90012, Italy
    091-8148667

    Known For

    • Cool historic location
    • Local craft beers
    • Lots of character and charm

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon.
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  • 6. Cave Ox

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    This casual osteria is frequented by local winemakers who come for pizza dinners and rustic daily lunch specials, but most visitors are smitten with the small but amazing cellar focused on Etna natural wines. Everything's fresh, simple, and delicious—and made to pair with one of the delightful wines suggested by owner and wine enthusiast Sandro. He'll take you back to his cellar for a look, gently guiding you toward a unique bottle you'll never find back home.

    Via Nazionale Solicchiata 159, Sicily, 95012, Italy
    0942-986171

    Known For

    • Superlative selection of natural wines from Etna
    • Filling lunches and pizza dinners
    • Local winemaker crowd

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Tues.
  • 7. Comparucci

    $ | Libertà

    One of Palermo's best modern pizzerias serves delicious Neapolitan pies from a big oven in the open kitchen—the genius is in the crust, which is seared in a matter of seconds. The owners make their money on a quick turnover (so don't expect a long, leisurely meal), but the pizza is delicious and the place often serves until midnight—later than almost any other restaurant in the neighborhood.

    Via Messina 36e, Palermo, Sicily, 90141, Italy
    091-6090467

    Known For

    • Pizza, pizza, and more pizza
    • Outdoor seating in summer
    • Late-night dining

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No lunch, Take-away available
  • 8. Da Alfredo

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    Starting in 1968, the mini-empire of owner Alfredo Olivieri was built one granita and one pane cunzato at a time, and no summer on Salina is complete without a stop at his little shop off the Marina Garibaldi piazza in Lingua. You'll find all the classic granita flavors (almond, coffee, lemon, pistachio), but it's the seasonal fruits that shine here: mulberry, fig, wild blackberries, watermelon, and cantaloupe. For something more savory, the overladen open sandwiches known as pane cunzato (one recent August they served 1,500 in a single day) pile on the signature flavors of the region. Look for the "Eoliana" full of capers, olives, anchovies, peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Olivieri also has a full-service trattoria and a bakery, both steps from the original panineria.

    Via Marina Garibaldi, Sicily, 98050, Italy
    090-9843980

    Known For

    • Charismatic owner
    • Seasonally focused granita
    • Joyous atmosphere

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Nov.–Easter
  • 9. Da Concetta

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    Feisty Concetta serves a set menu for lunch and dinner from her long terrace, located near the Chiesa San Bartolo. You can expect a large selection of antipasti (such as wild fennel, sautéed shrimp, and roasted eggplant), a pasta course, and some variety of roasted fish. It's true island home-cooking, done in abundance and served with incredible hospitality. 

    Alicudi, Sicily, 98050, Italy
    380-1775818

    Known For

    • Incredibly intimate hospitality
    • Truly unique dining experience
    • Spectacular views

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Reservations essential
  • 10. Da Vittorio

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    Located right on the beach at Porto Palo, Da Vittorio is something of a local legend, highly regarded and much loved by everyone from wine and olive oil makers to celebrating families. The focus is on fresh fish and seafood, with pasta for the first course, and grilled fish for a second, all enhanced with traditional Sicilian flavors such as capers, almonds, and wild fennel. The spot dates back to the 1960s when Vittorio, a young cook from Bergamo, fell in love with a Sicilian girl and opened a small restaurant in a beach shack. These days, there’s a smart glass conservatory and cream damask table linens, along with a terrace for alfresco dining, and—a real mark of Vittorio’s success—a local following strong enough to keep the restaurant open all year, a real rarity in these parts.

    Via Friuli Venezia Giulia 9, Marinella Selinunte, Sicily, 92013, Italy
    0925-78381

    Known For

    • Creative seafood on the beach
    • Neighborhood institution since the 1960s
    • Open all year long

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed mid-Dec.–mid-Jan.
  • 11. Don Camillo

    $$ | Ortigia

    A gracious series of delicately arched rooms at this beloved local eatery are lined with wine bottles and sepia-tone images of the old town. À la carte preparations bring together fresh seafood and inspired creativity: sample, for instance, the sublime spaghetti delle Sirene (with sea urchin and shrimp in butter) or cod with saffron from the Ibleian hills with a courgette puree. If you want, you can put yourself in the hands of the chef and opt for one of the exquisite tasting menus, which start at €75 excluding wine. The wine list is, in a word, extraordinary, and allows you to choose from the best wines in Italy and beyond.

    Via Maestranza 96, Siracusa, Sicily, 96100, Italy
    0931-67133

    Known For

    • Fish, meat, and vegetarian tasting menus
    • Helpful service
    • Fantastic wine list

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun., 2 wks in Jan., and 2 wks in July
  • 12. Forno Biancuccia

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    Lawyer-turned-baker Valeria Messina has singlehandedly revived the use of heirloom grains in Catania. At her welcoming little corner bakery, she uses tumminia, perciasacchi, maiorca, and timilia flours to create crusty sourdough loaves, focaccia, buttery biscotti, and traditional pizza marinara. Don't miss her schiacciata (a sort of filled pizza) stuffed with the ingredients of the season, from broccoli or chicory to roasted peppers with mint or anchovies and capers.

    Via Mario Sangiorgi 12, Catania, Sicily, 95129, Italy
    095-6681018

    Known For

    • From-the-oven tastes of ancient Sicily
    • Schiacciata stuffed with seasonal ingredients
    • Rye from the slopes of Etna

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon.
  • 13. Francesco Arena

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    You'll smell this panificio and focacceria before you arrive, as the scent of baking bread wafts down the street. The 45-year-old Francesco Arena works with ancient grains (like tumminia, perciasacchi, and rusello) and a hearty mother yeast to produce tender focaccia topped with everything from sun-sweetened tomatoes to escarole, crusty loaves, ham-and-cheese filled pidone, and the flakiest croissants. Arena has bread baking in his bones; his nonna opened the first family bakery in 1939, and his father followed suit with his own in 1970.

    Via T. Cannizzaro 137, Messina, Sicily, 98122, Italy
    090-9218792

    Known For

    • Official master baker
    • Detour-worthy focaccia
    • Barchette, a pizza "boat" loaded with toppings

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun.
  • 14. Fratelli Burgio

    $ | Ortygia

    This small bar and deli is another must-visit spot on the fringes of Ortigia's historic market. You can choose from a generously stuffed panini, a plate of the local antipasti, or a small plate of whatever is in season from the sea. Be sure to visit the deli before you leave to stock on food-based souvenirs to take home.

    Piazza Cesare Battisti 4, Siracusa, Sicily, 91600, Italy
    0931-60069

    Known For

    • Generously sized dishes using local produce
    • Great location next to local market
    • Shop for wine and food-based souvenirs

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No dinner
  • 15. Frumento

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    Pizza is something Sicilians eat at least weekly, and Frumento has been the area standard-bearer of excellence since it opened in 2015. Choose from five different dough options (from a classic Neapolitan-style to rye to ancient Sicilian grains) as your base, and then pick one of the 65 different topping combos. Ingredients range from the classics (tomato, buffalo mozzarella, salami) to things like capers from Salina, bottarga, 'nduja, and wild fennel pesto. The young owner is especially passionate about natural wine, and the list reflects that. They also have a second location in Catania (Via Raffineria; 095/8037564).

    Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, Acireale, Sicily, 95024, Italy
    095-601496

    Known For

    • Excellent antipasti such as arancini and fried stuffed squash blossoms
    • Locally made products for sale in the restaurant
    • Good natural wine selection
  • 16. Gelateria Le Cuspidi

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    Agrigento's finest ice-cream parlor creates memorable versions of key Sicilian favorites such as pistachio, almond, and cassata, along with a superb "pecorino" made with fresh sheep's milk ricotta. The pastries are excellent, too.

    Piazza Cavour 19, Agrigento, Sicily, 92100, Italy
    0922-39101

    Known For

    • Ice cream made from riccotta
    • The hub of life in Agrigento on summer evenings
    • Tasty breakfast pastries

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Tues.
  • 17. Giovane Hostaria San Marco

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    This eatery has minimalist decor and young owners who are committed to local produce—right down to listing all producers on their website—without being scared to experiment. The wine list is really interesting, focusing mainly on small Sicilian bottles, and there is also a good selection of artisan beer.

    Via Roma 353, Enna, Sicily, 94100, Italy
    0935-1960029

    Known For

    • Cool atmosphere
    • Inventive food
    • Excellent wine list

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Tues.
  • 18. Gran Cafè Solaire

    $ | Coffee

    Even on rainy days (which admittedly there aren't many of), the sun seems to shine bright here. They serve arguably the best granita in the Catania area; the pistachio is so creamy you'll swear they added dairy. The blood orange highlights the robust flavor of the local citrus while the lemon is refreshingly bright, sweet, and tart and the chocolate is dark and rich. Area residents pop in to have granita with warm brioche for breakfast, lunch, or as an afternoon snack (yes, granita counts as lunch).

    Via Provinciale 81, Aci Trezza, Sicily, 95021, Italy
    345-1656822

    Known For

    • Shaded location off the port
    • Sublime granita
    • Relatively fast service
  • 19. Gran Caffè Urna dal 1885

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    What Americans know as Sicilian pizza quite frankly doesn't exist in Sicily, but at this historic café and pizzeria that's been around since the 1800s, you'll find the real pizza siciliana. Though you can find the dish throughout the area, especially in Viagrande and Zaefferana, Urna is said to be its inventor: they stuff tender calzone pastry with Tuma cheese, anchovies, and black peppercorns, and then deep fry the half-moon delicacy. The result is a gooey, savory, flaky delight. Eat it in the outside garden or get it to go.

    Piazza Urna 36, Sicily, 95029, Italy
    095-7894579

    Known For

    • Authentic pizza siciliana
    • Casual, historic ambience
    • Spacious outside courtyard
  • 20. Grani da Re

    $

    Top-quality local ingredients are used in this modern, brightly lit pizzeria, where a vast range of pizzas are served, including seasonal, gourmet, and gluten-free varieties. The eclectic menu also takes in delicious antipasti, meat and seafood burgers, pastas, and seafood dishes. Order from a range of bottled or draught artisan beers (including American pale ales) to accompany your meal. Service is rapid and the patient staff answers all queries.

    Via Giacomo Medici 30, Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, 91014, Italy
    0924-511016

    Known For

    • Fantastic range of pizzas
    • Good beer menu
    • Modern setting

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Tues. No lunch Mon.–Sat.

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