Ke Palle
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Arancine specialists with two locations in the Palermo centre: the freshest rice balls in the city, fried to order in front of you.
In Palermo it's arancina (feminine, round like an orange, arancia), in Catania it's arancino (masculine, conical). Both cities will fight you on this. Ke Palle does fifteen rotating fillings, each a fist-sized fried saffron-rice ball, ordered from the counter and handed over in a paper wrap. The classics, al ragù (meat sauce) and al burro (ham, cheese, béchamel), are the order. The seasonal ones (pistachio, swordfish, eggplant) reward repeat visits. €3 each, eaten standing.
- Price — €
- Order — arancina al ragù + arancina al burro
- walk in
- takeaway available
- Palermo · Via Maqueda 270
- 15+ fillings
- ~10 a.m.–10 p.m. (sometimes 11)
From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.
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