Salento offers an interesting gastronomic culture, based with land and sea local ingredients prepared in a traditional or contemporary version, thanks to young and talented chefs.
Among the wide gastronomic proposal of the territory, some noteworthy locations are listed here below.
Farmacia dei Sani – Piazza del Popolo, 14 – Ruffano – Mobile +39 339.8332514 https://www.farmaciadeisani.eu/
The restaurant is located in the old stables of the castle.
Contemporary cuisine and traditional dishes revisited in a modern way. In particular, unmissable the spaghetti with “Colatura di alici” (anchovies sauce) and chopped pistachios by chef Valentina Rizzo.
Traditional dishes include the gnommareddhri, grilled rolls made with lamb entrails.
Ristorante Pizzeria Pomo D’oro - Via S. Maria di Leuca, 212 - Ruffano – Mobile +39 347.1336497
Home cooking of the Salento tradition: from "frittino" with pittule, crochette, arancini, orecchiette, saute of mussels and clams, gnommareddhri.
Among the desserts, the artisan spumoni: from the classic version, hazelnut and chocolate, to the more innovative ones with crunchy or figs and nuts.
La coppuleddhra - Via Garibaldi, 3 - Specchia – Ph. +39 0833.535403
Traditional land and sea cuisine, with particular attention to local DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) products. Ancient location with star vaults.
La Ficarigna - Via Grazia Deledda, 2 – Specchia – Ph. +39 0833.535398 – Mobile +39 349.5375813
Contemporary Italian cuisine.
The Spaghetti dish, creamed directly in the dining room in a form of parmesan cheese and flambéed with brandy, is interesting in taste and very charming in presentation.
Le Stanzie - Strada Prov.le 362 Km.32,900 - Supersano – Ph. +39 0833.632438
Ancient Masseria with a very suggestive setting. Here you may taste lots of earth cuisine traditional dishes.
KM0 - Via Maggiore Galliano – Supersano – Mobile +39 340.1557104
Contemporary cuisine with local products.
La vecchia Fontana - Ristorante Pizzeria - Via Vittorio Emanuele, 32 - Supersano – Mobile +39 340.3886744
Trattoria Vardaceli - Piazza Della Libertà – Castiglione d’Otranto, Andrano – Mobile +39 389.4313997
Home cooking of the Salento tradition.
Ristorante Vecchia Otranto - Corso Garibaldi, 96 – Otranto – Ph. +39 0836.801575
Fish cuisine in the historic center of Otranto.
Yellow scapece - Riviera Generale Armando Diaz 129, - Gallipoli – Mobile +39 349.5822882
Contemporary restaurant with a prevalence of seafood dishes, with particular attention to raw foods, including the Gallipoli red shrimp.
Beautiful top location in the old town, with a charming sea view.
Da Olga – Viale Giovanni Bovio 3-5 – Gallipoli – Ph. +39 0833.261982
Restaurant of the ancient Gallipoli tradition.
Il mulino di Alcantara - Piazza Caduti, 1 - Felline (frazione di Alliste) – Ph. +39 0833.985250
Land and sea cuisine, revisited in a modern way.
The small square where the outdoor tables are set up in summer is very impressive, expecially in the evening.
Ristorante SemiSerio – Via dei Mocenigo, 21 – Lecce – Ph. +39 0832.1990266
"Tradition, first of all. But banality is banned. Every dish, even the one that comes directly from the "grandmother’s kitchen" become new, evocative, but revolutionary. An ever-changing journey in which landscapes and people do not betray expectations." Chef Gigi Perrone
Bros’ - Via degli Acaya, 2 – Lecce - info@pellegrinobrothers.it
Contemporary cuisine, one Michelin Star
Dall'Antiquario – Via Ludovico Maremonti, 3 - Lecce – Mobile +39 329.6837666
Traditional Salento cuisine in a characteristic rustic restaurant.
All the towns of Salento boast the presence of artisanal ice cream shops, pastry shops and bakeries where to stop for a pleasant sweet or salty break.
Forno Campanella - Via Vittorio Veneto 132 – Ruffano
Since 1930 it produces homemade bread, friselle, taralli, pucce, ...
Reachable on foot in 5 minutes from Villa Nunzia.
Il Forno Antico - Via Vittorio Veneto 115 – Ruffano
Typical pastry shop: Pasticciotto, dry biscuits made with almond flour, almond paste pastries, scaiozzi (chocolate mostaccioli), ...
Reachable on foot in 5 minutes from Villa Nunzia.
Pasticceria Musio - Corso Margherita di Savoia, 32 – Ruffano
Wide choice of desserts, traditional and not.
Gelateria La Grotta - Piazza della Libertà 30 – Ruffano
Ice cream, semifreddo and homemade ice cream cakes.
BarRocco Green – Viale Asia - Ruffano
Located in a large green space, BarRocco is a pleasant location for breakfast, a quick lunch, a Happy Hour, an evening drink often accompanied by live music. Here you may taste the Rustico and the leccese Coffee.
Reachable on foot in 5 minutes from Villa Nunzia.
Martinucci
Gelateria and historical pastry shop in Salento. Today it’s present with numerous shops in Salento and beyond. It is possible to visit Martinucci to taste Pasticciotti, mignon pastry of the Salento tradition and not and the Leccese Coffee, but also you may stop here for a salty break or an aperitif based on Rustici and a wide variety of appetizers.
Among other municipalities, Martinucci is present in Specchia, Gallipoli, Otranto, Lecce.
Caffè Alvino - Piazza Sant'Oronzo, 30 – Lecce
Located in the central Piazza Sant'Oronzo, Caffè Alvino is a historic Salento pastry shop.
Here you can taste the Pasticciotto, the Rustico, the Leccese Coffee....