Street Food: the best restaurants in Catania
Citymap SiciliaFast, delicious, delicious: street food is a must also in Catania, where you can enjoy snacks from the morning ... at dawn the next day!
Street food is loved around the world.
Fast, delicious, delicious: street food is a must also in Catania, where you can enjoy snacks from the morning … at dawn the next day!
We have selected 5 places where you can taste excellent dishes, delicious dishes to take home, to share with those you love. From the arancino, to the burger to a very special rice salad. Discover them!
Al Portico
Piazza San Martino, 1 – Carruba-San Leonardello
If you are greedy for the diner, you should take a trip to this family-run establishment only to enjoy the divine multi-flavored arancini. And to fall in love with the genuine flavors of tradition in every culinary proposal.
Dish you suggest: Arancini and delicatessen that made us famous.
A dish with an unusual flavor: 70% dark chocolate biscuits and salt, filled with white chocolate ganache.
A drink to taste: The beers of Etna Brewery and Sicilian wines such as the Moscato di Pantelleria.
Average price:2 euros for croissant and coffee at breakfast, 3 euros for lunch or dinner, for example for an arancino and a drink.
Best time to come: Always! The weekend is more confusing, Friday night is a quieter day.
Fud
via Santa Filomena, 35 – Catania
A place that invites you to eat and drink just following your instincts. A Sicilian restaurant that overturns the world of food by offering burgers and hot dogs, potatoes, pizzas and salads reinterpreted in pure Sicilian style.
Dish you suggest: Bec Burgher, burgers with Sicilian beef and Nebrodi black pork crispy bacon.
A dish with an unusual flavor: Our Scec Burgher, prepared with Chiaramonte Gulfi donkey meat and sweet and sour Giarratana onion.
A drink to taste: Craft beers: blondes, reds and whites.
Average price: from 15 to 25 euros
Best time to come: Every day at lunch time.
So sushi
Viale Jonio, 25 – Catania
If you are looking for fusion food experiences with a metropolitan and traditional taste at the same time, this is the place for you. The freshness of the dishes served, taking care of the preparations from the selection of the raw material to the finished food, is the must of this corner of the East in the heart of Catania.
Dish you suggest:Undoubtedly the mixed carpaccio.
A dish with an unusual flavor:Have you ever tried our Japanese rice salad?
A drink to taste: Green tea and Japanese craft beer.
Average price: 14 euros.
Best time to come: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday for lunch.
Scirocco
piazza Alonzo Di Benedetto, 7 – Catania
At the entrance to the historical Catania market, the Pescheria, tastes the real “street” tile. The traditional paper straw bag that wraps fish, arancini and vegetables fritturine, prepared with fresh products from organic farming and fresh fish of the day.
Dish you suggest: the “cartoccio” with fried anchovies and the one with fried prawns, squid and cuttlefish.
A dish with an unusual flavor: Crispy fish balls, prepared with cod, shrimp and anchovies. An explosion of flavors.
A drink to taste: Typically Sicilian but organic drinks, such as spuma or chinotto.
Average price: 8 euros.
Best time to come: At lunchtime, to enjoy the fresh fish of the day.
Vuciata
via Gisira, 8 – Catania
A special kitchen on the market that comes from the recovery of two shops of the Pescheria di Catania. You will find refined proposals that enhance local food: Sicilian raw materials and food products from a traceable and controlled supply chain.
Dish you suggest:our sticks, meat or vegetable rolls covered with breadcrumbs seasoned with olive oil, Sicilian pepato cheese and parsley.
A dish with an unusual flavor: bread with ancient Sicilian grains enriched with fresh and tasty ingredients. We suggest the panzato with strips of black Nebrodi pork and mustard mayonnaise.
A drink to taste:The selection of handmade drinks and white and red wines of Etna.
Average price: 16 euros.
Best time to come: at dinner time to be charmed by the beauty of the historic center.
