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Alle due Corti
( 0832 24 22 23;
www.alleduecorti.com
; Via Prato 42; mains €12; lunch & dinner daily, closed winter)
For a
taste of sunny Salento, check out this no-frills, fiercely traditional restaurant. The seasonal
menu is classic Puglian, written in a dialect that even some Italians struggle with. Go for
the real deal with a dish of
ciceri e tria
(crisply fried pasta with chickpeas).
PUGLIAN
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Drinking
Via Imperatore Augusto is full of bars, and on a summer's night it feels like one long
party. Wander along to find somewhere to settle.
All'Ombra del Barocco
(
www.allombradelbarocco.it
;
Corte dei Cicala 9; 8am-1am)
This cool restaurant/cafe/wine bar next
door to the Liberrima bookshop has a range of teas, cocktails and
aperitivi.
It's open for
breakfast and also hosts musical events; the modern cooking is well worth a try. Tables fill
the little square outside, an ideal place from which to watch the
passeggiata
(evening
stroll).
WINE BAR
Caffè Alvino
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CAFE
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(Piazza Sant'Oronzo; Wed-Mon)
Treat yourself to great coffee and
pasticciotto
(custard-filled
pastry) at this iconic chandeliered cafe in Lecce's main square: it has a sumptuous display
of cakes.
Shui 13 Wine Bar
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WINE BAR
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(Via Umberto I 21; 10am-late summer, 10am-3pm & 6pm-midnight winter)
A hip and atmospheric wine
bar with candlelit outside tables and a range of Puglian wines.
Information
The centre's twin main squares are Piazza Sant'Oronzo and Piazza del Duomo, linked by
pedestrianised Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.
