Restaurants in the province of Catania

Catania sits at the foot of Etna, and that explains nearly everything: volcanic soil, vegetables, a fish market that is a spectacle, and the island's most famous pastry.

What you eat here

• Pasta alla Norma — fried aubergine, tomato, basil and salted ricotta. Catanese, and named after Bellini's opera.
• Arancino — in Catania it is pointed and masculine; elsewhere on the island round and feminine.
• Pistacchio verde di Bronte DOP — grown on lava, harvested in alternate years.
• Fish from the Pescheria market: sardines, anchovies, tuna.
• Granita with a brioche col tuppo for breakfast: almond, mulberry, lemon, coffee.

The wine

Etna DOC changed how Sicilian wine is seen: Nerello Mascalese for red and Carricante for white, on lava terraces up to a thousand metres. It drinks like Burgundy, not like a southern wine.

Opening hours change. The ones on the listings come from public sources and may be out of date. Where a restaurant confirms tables with us, the availability you see is the real one.