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( 090 984 39 68;
www.alcappero.it
; Pollara; meals €21-25; lunch Easter-May, lunch & dinner
Jun-mid-Sep)
This family-run place in Pollara with a sprawling outdoor terrace specialises
in old-fashioned Sicilian home-cooking, including several vegetarian options. It also sells
home-grown capers and rents out simple rooms down the street (€20 to €35 per person).
A Cannata
( 090 984 31 61; Via Umberto I 13, Lingua; meals €32; 12.30-2.30pm & 7.30-10pm)
Delectable
home-cooked seafood meals, accompanied by local vegetables, are served in a sun-filled
seafront pavilion at this unassuming but exceptional restaurant, run by the same family for
nearly four decades. Start with the house speciality,
maccheroni
with eggplant, pine nuts,
mozzarella and ricotta, before moving onto a second course of
calamaretti
(baby squid)
cooked with Salina's showpiece Malvasia wine.
SICILIAN
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Ristorante Villa Carla
( 090 980 90 13; Via S Lucia, Leni; meals €30-35; 7-10pm Jun-Aug, by arrangement rest of year)
At their home in the hills above Rinella, Carla Rando and Carmelo Princiotta serve unfor-
gettable meals featuring specialties such as homemade tagliatelle with pistachio and or-
anges, or fresh-caught fish grilled in a crust of parsley, basil, mint and citrus zest. Two
outdoor terraces framed by roses and cactus offer pretty views across the water to the sur-
rounding islands. Reservations required.
SICILIAN
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'nni Lausta
( 090 984 34 86;
www.isolasalina.com
; Via Risorgimento, Santa Marina Salina; meals €25-40;
noon-11pm Easter-Oct)
This stylish modern eatery with its cute lobster logo serves superb
food based on fresh local ingredients, with 80% of the produce originating in the prop-
erty's own garden. The downstairs bar is popular for
aperitivi
and late-night drinking. At
lunchtime there's a fixed-price three-course menu including a glass of wine for €25, and
takeaway gourmet sandwiches for €5.
MODERN SICILIAN
€€
Information
Banco di Sicilia
(Via Risorgimento)
ATM on Santa Marina's main pedestrian street.
Getting There & Around
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