Arancine, panelle, stigghiola, pani câ meusa — Palermo's street food is Italy's best and wildest.
Plan your Italy trip →Arancina: Fried rice ball (see the gender debate in our arancino guide). €1.50-2.50. Panelle: Chickpea flour fritters in a sesame roll. €2. Addictive. Sfincione: Thick Sicilian pizza with tomato, onion, anchovies, breadcrumbs. €2-3/slice. Pani câ meusa: Spleen sandwich. Yes, spleen. Boiled and chopped calf spleen and lung in a sesame roll, either schietto (plain, with lemon) or maritato (with ricotta and caciocavallo cheese). €3-4. Challenging and extraordinary. Stigghiola: Grilled lamb or goat intestines wrapped around a skewer. €3. Street BBQ at its most primal.
Ballarò market: The most chaotic, the most authentic. Street food stalls between market vendors. Vucciria market: More touristy but still excellent. Borgo Vecchio: Near the port, less visited, great stigghiola stands.
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