Antica Marina
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A working trattoria inside Catania's Pescheria, wedged between the fishmongers, lunching on what they sold an hour earlier.
The Catania fish market is a fifteen-minute spectacle of shouting, gutting, and tuna heads on ice, and the four or five restaurants tucked into it eat better than anything else in the city. Antica Marina is the one people name. Twelve tables, a chalkboard menu, no English version. Order whatever's marked 'oggi' (today). The raw fish platter (crudo) is the one to order: gambero rosso, red prawn from Mazara, scallops, oysters. Spaghetti with sea urchin runs October to April. Book lunch, not dinner.
- Price — €€
- Order — crudo di mare + spaghetti ai ricci
- book ahead
- outdoor seating
- Catania · Via Pardo 29
- Lunch over dinner
From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.
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