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Ristorante Graziano
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| Cuisine | Sicilian | ||
| Hours | Tues-Sun 1-2:30pm and 8-10:30pm | ||
| Location | S.S. 121, Località Bolognetta, Villafrati, Around Town | ||
| Transportation | From Palermo, take the autostrada east toward Catania, exiting where it's marked AGRIGENTO-VILLABATE S.S. 121. Continue 17km (10 1/2 miles). The restaurant is on the right side of S.S. 121 | ||
| Reservations | Reservations required | ||
| Phone | 091-8724870 | ||
| Prices | Main courses 8€-14€ ($9.60-$17); fixed-price menu 37€ ($44) | ||
| Credit Cards | AE, DC, MC, V | ||
| Season | Closed Jan 10-24 and July 6-26 | ||
Frommer's Review
The restaurant of Adriano and Franscesco Graziano is one of the best in Sicily. It's well worth the 45-minute drive from the center of Palermo to reach this elegant country house, where you'll dine in ultimate comfort and be attended to by the region's best-trained waitstaff.
The cuisine is meticulously crafted and backed up by a well-chosen wine carte of regional, national, and international selections. The chef takes superb ingredients to the limits of their innate possibilities, with a minimum of artifice and frills. The dishes of the day might include a sausage of fresh tuna flavored with mint, or perhaps a spicy taglioni (long pasta) with pesto. Freshly caught fish is a delight, cooked in a salt crust to seal in its juices and served on a platter of grilled vegetables. Macco (fava-bean purée) might be a staple dish of the poor, but in the hands of Nino, it becomes something of wonder, especially when it's paired with scampi, ricotta, peppercorns, and fried basil.
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