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Eating and Drinking
You’ll rarely do better for intake than in Catania, where fresh fish is a speciality. The Ristorante Rapido , Via Corridoni 17 (closed Sun), off Via Pacini, is probably Catania’s best-value restaurant - great at lunch, with a bargain pranzo completo . Worth trying too is the Trattoria Tripoli , Via Pardo 30 (closed Sun), close by the fish market, where you can try the fried fish and spaghetti alla Norma specialities. For a more expensive meal, Ristorante Finocchiaro , off Piazza dell’Università at Via E. Reina 13, has excellent antipasti and unusual local dishes, and at Don Turiddu , Via Musumeci 50, there’s no menu, just a splendid parade of antipasti and fish at the entrance for you to take your pick (closed Sun & Aug). For snacks , Savia , Via Etnea 302, opposite the main entrance to the Villa Bellini, is one of the town’s finest stand-up café-bars, open since 1899.
Catania’s student population ensures a clean choice of youthful bars and pubs - some with live music - which stay open late. In addition, the comune operates café concerto periods during the summer, when the streets and squares of the old town, between Piazza Università and Piazza Bellini, are closed to traffic between 9pm and 2am. The bars here all spill tables out onto the squares and alleys, and live bands keep things swinging until the small hours.
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