Restaurants in Puglia

Al Fornello da Ricci

Contrada Montevicoli
Ceglie Messapica

”So many people hammered away at me about this being one of Puglia's best restaurants, I finally gave in—despite my...” More

Alle Due Corti

1 Corte dei Giugni
Lecce

”The menu is in a dialect most Italians find impenetrable, which tells you everything you need to know about this...” More

Aria Corte Sapori Antichi

32 Via Roma
Marittima di Diso

”With bridles and yokes supplying the decoration, this village restaurant is an unprepossessing monument to down-home pugliese cooking....” More

Caffè Alvino

Piazza San Oronzo, 30
Lecce

”This classic Lecce café and bakery is a must for cream-filled pasticciotto pastries...” More

Caffe Ronchi

Corso di Svevia, 73
Altamura

”We bought a loaf almost the size of a car tire and took it to the weathered marble counter at...” More

Enoteca dei Forni

Via Placentino Antonio 4
San Giovanni Rotondo

”A local hangout, this cozy two-room enoteca is lined with shelves and cupboards of bottles; it's the perfect stop for...” More

Il Frantoio

S.S. 16, km 874
Ostuni

”If you like excess, you'll love this storybook masseria, whose 10-course dinner makes it a must-stop for collectors of Eating...” More

Il Super Mago del Gelo

Piazza Garibaldi, 22
Polignano a Mare

”Sublime gelato and granita in Polignano a Mare, south of Bari...” More

Macelleria Demola Vincenzo and Arrosteria del Vicoletto

2 (macelleria) and 6 (arrosteria) Via Giulio II
Cisternino

”This town's butchers don't merely sell meat—they roast it and serve it, whether right in their shops or, as at...” More

Osteria Antica Piazzetta

Via Al Mercato 13
San Giovanni Rotondo

”On a tiny street just a mile from Piano's sprawling sanctuary, Osteria Antica Piazzetta, housed in a 1920s cinema, is...” More

Osteria del Tempo Perso

Ostuni
Apulia, Italy

”The iconic architecture of Apulia—the “heel” of It...” More

Osteria di Salvatore Cucco

Piazza Pellicciari, 4
Gravina

”the Puglian genius for preserving showed in our antipasti of pickled baby tomatoes and peppers, and artichokes marinated in lemony...” More

Osteria Perricci

1 Via Orazio Comes
Monopoli

”Puglia has a more evolved antipasto culture than perhaps any other region in Italy. At proto-rustic Perricci, you can't get...” More

Ristorante ai Portici

6 Piazza Maria Immacolata
Martina Franca

”The custom of having crudités for dessert never made the crossing to the United States. Neither did gnomarelli bits of...” More

Ristorante Alberosole

13 Corso Vittorio Emanuele
Bari

”At Portici, on one of the most romantic piazze in Puglia, the brochettes are part of an arrosto misto that...” More

Ristorante Bufi

Via Vittorio Emanuele, 15
Molfetta

”We left Rome early on a Friday morning, zooming down the autostrada. Five hours later, we sat down to tiny...” More

Taverna Li Jalantuumene

Piazza de Galganis 5
Monte Sant'Angelo

”Set in the medieval part of the nearby town of Monte Sant'Angelo, just 12 miles from Piano's church, Taverna Li...” More

Trattoria Cucina Casareccia

19 Via Colonnello Costadura
Lecce

”Casareccia's version of that most emblematic of pugliese dishes—braised wild chicory with a purée of (boiled) dried fava beans—is epic....” More

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