Restaurants in Basilicata
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Ristorante La Fenice
This unpretentious restaurant makes up for its lack of sea views with its simple and delicious fresh seafood dishes. Calamarata con pesce spada (pasta with swordfish and vegetable ragu) is an interesting choice but if you haven't yet tried calamari ripieno (stuffed squid) now is the time to do it. In August the restaurant stays open all day.
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Ristorante Il Cantuccio
This quaint, homey trattoria near Piazza Vittorio Veneto is as welcoming as its chef and proprietor, Michael Lella. The menu is written in pencil and changes often. A recommended and interesting choice is the strascinate al peperone crusco e condite con crema di fagioli sarconi - tastes as poetic as it sounds.
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La Caffeteria
A delightful café in Maratea's central piazza with outdoor seating for dedicated people-watching. The cakes and pastries on display deserve serious attention. Try a local favourite, the almond-filled mandola. Also a great spot for evening drinks when the piazza is alive with music.
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Trattoria Lucana
The favourite dish in the most popular restaurant in town is fettucine alla Mel Gibson, an interesting combination of pureed fava, mushrooms, rucola and tomato. The menu is as diverse as the clientele with a mouth-watering selection of homemade pastas and local meat dishes. Reservations are recommended.
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Le Botteghe
In Sasso Barisano, this is a classy but informal restaurant in arched whitewashed rooms. Try delicious local specialities like fusilli mollica e crusco (pasta and fried bread with local sweet peppers) followed by the strascinate salsiccia e funghi (pasta with sausage and mushrooms).
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La Talpa
Down the road from Oi Marì, the cavernous dining rooms are moodily lit and atmospheric. A popular spot for romancing couples, the standard is very high, both for pizzas and specialities like capuntí con purea dí cicerchié, funghi e rucola (pasta with a bean, mushrooms and rocket sauce).
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The blue cane lounges and nautical décor might give it away but there are no prizes for guessing what's on the menu in this snazzy restaurant overlooking the port. The seafood, straight off the boat, doesn't come any fresher. The antipasto misto is a recommended choice.
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La Stalla
A family-run osteria in a converted stable with rustic artefacts, farming pieces and a feeding trough carved in the rock. The menu is limited but the homemade pasta dell'osteria is recommended. Intimate indoors, the osteria opens onto an impressive outdoor terrace.
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Trattoria Pizzeria La Torre
La Torre, a family-run trattoria opposite the mermaid fountain in the centre of Maratea, serves local Lucanian fare and freshly caught fish at reasonable prices. It can get noisy and crowded. The family operates the hotel La Dimora del Cardinale, just a few steps away.
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Il Convivio
This rambling series of barrel-shaped rooms burrowed into the hillside serves up smashing local specialities, including great antipasti of salamis and cheese. There's only one menu in the entire restaurant and service can mean that meals here take some time.
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L'Arturo Enogastronomia
At the entrance to the sassi, this small deli, built from recycled materials, is a cool hang-out for students from the nearby Conservatorium of Music. A rustic wooden table fills the tiny back room; a great place to crowd around a bottle of wine.
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Il Ghiottone
In this small hole-in-the wall bar you can have a glass of wine and a sandwich. The bizarre mural on the wall takes some working out. Is it the Redentore meets the Hells Angels? Look again, it's a beer-swilling Neptune. What it means is anybody's guess.
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Il Faro Rosso
The liveliest café and bar at the port has an extensive menu of teas, hot chocolates, cocktails, wine and beer. The tables and chairs in the piazza are a great place for pre- or post-dinner drinks or even to while away an entire evening.
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Litrico’s
A sprawling restaurant and terrace on the approach to Fiumicello’s modest commercial strip. The menu holds few surprises but dishes won’t disappoint. You can work off the carbs with a game of tennis – the owners run the public tennis court next door.
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Lanterna Rossa
Head for the terrace overlooking the port to dine on exquisite seafood dishes, like marinated anchovies with chilli red peppers, or a sumptuous antipasto. Cheese lovers shouldn’t miss the cream of ricotta and Battipaglia cheese with Calabrian caviar.
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White Horse
One of the few restaurants in the Marina district, the White Horse has an excellent view of the Golfo di Policastro. A huge bougainvillea shades the outdoor terrace where you can dine on fresh seafood (what else?) or Neapolitan wood-fired pizza.
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Da Peppe
There aren't too many options in Acquafredda but you can't go wrong in this breezy restaurant and pizzeria. Tuck into the house specialty, antipasto alla peppe, while drinking in the sea views from the garden terrace.
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Taverna Rovita
This tavern is just off Maratea Inferiore’s main piazza. Rovita is excellent value and specialises in hearty local fare, with Lucanian specialities involving stuffed peppers, game birds, local salami and fine seafood.
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Ristorante Don Matteo
A discreet, venerable restaurant in vaulted stone rooms, presided over by the charming Don Matteo himself. The service is impeccable and the poetic menu is full of delicious and refined takes on traditional dishes.
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Luna Rossa
In Terranova di Pollino, Luna Rossa is very highly regarded, with outstanding and creative local specialities cooked simply and with real flair, served in a rustic wood-panelled setting with breathtaking views.
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La Latteria
A popular lunch spot and well-stocked deli where you can sample typical Lucanian cuisine but where cheese reigns supreme. Try the provolone in grotta - cheese matured in a cave - or the cheese platter.
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Baccanti
As classy as a cave can be. The design is simple glamour against the low arches of the cavern; the dishes are delicate and complex, using local ingredients. This is where stars go to twinkle when in town.
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L'Angolo di Dante
According to the newspaper clippings on the wall this unpretentious trattoria/pizzeria boasts the reigning 'world champion of quality pizza'. What better reason do you need?
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Da Peppe
In Rotonda, this is a winner, with wonderful local meat and woodland products such as truffles and mushrooms, served in a cosy converted townhouse near the main piazza.
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Terrazza dell’Annunziata Caffè
This is the roof terrace of the old convent Palazzo dell’Annuziata (now converted into a cinema and library). Take the lift and enjoy peace, quiet and panoramic views.
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