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🇮🇹 Palermo
7 places across Parts Unknown & No Reservations
Every Place Bourdain Visited in Palermo
7 placesTrattoria Piccolo Napoli
Vicolo Cusimano
Tony met with food writer Mary Taylor Simeti, food writer, for lunch. They had panelli (fritter made from chickpeas), caponata (sweet and sour eggplant), spaghetti al nero di seppia (spaghetti in cuttlefish ink), casarecce al pescespada (pasta with swordfish, eggplant, and tomatoes)
Antica Focacceria San Francesco
Via Alessandro Paternostro
One of Italy's oldest restaurants. Pizza, sandwiches, bread.
Frittola
Via Casa Professa
Fried meat fritters
Fontana Pretoria
"Fountain of shame"
Chiesa del Gesù
Piazza Casa Professa
Huge baroque church
Ballaro Market
Via Formaggi Rua
Open air food market
Corso Calatafimi, 922
Ss186
Cuci Lampo - tailor
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