What to Eat in Palermo

Discover local dishes to try in Palermo. Start from the dish before choosing where to eat.

Lunch & Dinner

Pasta con le Sarde Must Try Bucatini with fresh sardines, wild fennel, pine nuts, raisins, saffron, and breadcrumbs. Palermo › Pasta c’Anciova e Muddica Worth the Adventure Pasta with anchovies melted into olive oil and garlic, topped with toasted breadcrumbs. Palermo › Involtini alla Palermitana Worth the Adventure Thin beef rolls stuffed with breadcrumbs, raisins, pine nuts, and caciocavallo, then grilled on skewers. Palermo ›

Street Food & Quick Bites

Arancina Must Try A large fried rice ball stuffed with ragù, mozzarella, and peas. Golden and crispy outside, soft inside. Palermo › Pani ca Meusa Eat Like a Local Soft sesame bread stuffed with sliced veal spleen and lung, fried in lard. Served schietta or maritata with cheese. Palermo › Stigghiole Eat Like a Local Lamb or goat intestines wrapped around a skewer with spring onion, then grilled over charcoal. Palermo › Sfincione Must Try Thick, spongy pizza topped with tomato, onion, anchovies, breadcrumbs, and caciocavallo cheese. Palermo › Pane, Panelle e Crocchè Must Try Soft bread stuffed with chickpea fritters and potato croquettes. Palermo ›

Dessert

Cannolo Must Try A crispy fried pastry tube filled with sweet ricotta cream, often with chocolate chips or pistachios. Palermo › Granita Must Try A semi-frozen dessert made with sugar, water, and fresh fruit or almonds. Often served with brioche. Palermo ›