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Eating and drinking
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You'll rarely do better for eating 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'UniversitA 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 cafAŠ-bars, open since 1899.
Catania's student population ensures a fair choice of youthful
bars and pubs
- some with live music - which stay open late. In addition, the
comune
operates
cafAŠ concerto
periods during the summer, when the streets and squares of the old town, between Piazza UniversitA 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. Other useful information
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