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EATING AND DRINKING

There’s only a limited choice of restaurants in the old part of Enna, but enough for a
night or two. The cafés and bars around Piazza Vittorio Emanuele fill up during the

evening, while during the passeggiata dawdling locals hold up the traffic all along
Via Roma.

RESTAURANTS

Ariston Via Roma 353 0935 26 038. Longstanding, reliable place for fresh pasta
and good, authentic Sicilian fish dishes, this is a typically formal provincial place; it’s
set inside an old-fashioned shopping arcade, which does its gloomy terrace tables no
favours. Expect to pay €30 a head for a meal, though there are pizzas at night, too.

Mon–Sat lunch & dinner.

Centrale Piazza VI Dicembre 9 0935 500 963. Attracts a largely local crowd, and
has a shady terrace off the main street. The antipasti table is impressive, and dishes
on a wide-ranging menu cost €6–18 for meat and €25 for fish, or there are four fixed-
price menus (priced €15–€23). Daily lunch & dinner; closed Sat in winter.

Grotta Azzurra Via Colaianni 1 0935 24 328. Run for over fifty years by the
charming Giuseppe and Maria, this tiny, no-frills basement trattoria serves the
cheapest meals in town: from €3.50 for primi and €5.50 or €6 for secondi. It’s nothing
fancy (baked pasta, simple grills and roasts, omelettes, and fruit for dessert), and the
house wine could fuel a mission to Mars, but it’s a real taste of the past. It’s at the
very bottom of Via Roma, past Piazza Vittorio Emanuele and down an alley on the left
(there’s a sign). No credit cards. Daily lunch & dinner; closed Sat in winter.

CAFÉS

Al Kenisa Via Roma 481 0935 500 972, alkenisa.blogspot.it. This old church has
been stripped bare and revamped as a cultural centre and café. There are warm stone
walls, art exhibitions and books inside, and Arab-style lounging outside on the
cobbles at low tables and cushions. Tues–Sat 3pm–1am.

Marro Caffè Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 22 0935 502 836. Marro Caffè’s outdoor

deck is the best perch on the main square. When you get tired of people-watching,
someone has thoughtfully Googled song lyrics for you to read on the back of every
chair. Tues–Sun usually 8am–8pm.