On the occasion of the2023 edition of the best-known bartender battle, MT Magazine has selected eleven of the best clubs in Palermo to give you the opportunity to explore the panorama of the mixing of western Sicily and let you live unique experiences.
So let's start this journey of mixology and find out where to drink in Palermo:
Deca Bistro
When we want to talk about where to drink in Palermo we must start from the heart of the city, that is, the historic centre. The Deca Bistro it is set among silver and goldsmiths' shops, in the evening it transforms into the perfect spot for an aperitif or for a dinner made with an innovative cuisine that does not forget Sicilian traditions, in fact in the preparation of the dishes they always use top quality fish and meat, so that ingredients satisfy even the palates of the most demanding customers.
The barman, Davide Maggio, will be able to advise you and create ad hoc cocktails for your tastes. If, however, you are looking for innovative drinks you are in the right place as he is always up to date on every trend. To prepare the cocktails, only the best spirits on the national and international market are used, combined with the freshest, highest quality ingredients.
Where to find it? In Piazza Giovanni Meli at number 1.
Mazzini 30
Like the personalities of the members, Mazzini 30 Tavern it is a unique, special and welcoming place.
In fact, Mazzini 30 Taverna has a welcoming lounge bar capable of satisfying even the finest of palates. Thanks to the brothers Antonio and Carlo Donato with Piero Zito And Cristian Olivieri a temple of mixing is born, four guys from Palermo who wanted to add a new window onto the world of mixology.
The winning idea was to offer original, intriguing and refined cocktails prepared by the barlady Barbara Hanna who will be happy to advise you and amaze you with innovative proposals that are always up to date with current trends, in combination with gourmet dishes by chef Rosario Speciale, thus adding itself to the list of places to drink (well) in Palermo.
If you want to treat yourself to an evening full of taste, you can find them in Via Mazzini 30. Surprised?
The Vespa
In one of the most evocative streets of Palermo, Via Orologio 48, is found The Vespa to note on the list where to drink in Palermo For:
– Its pleasantly vintage cocktails,
– Delicious Cordial, Gin or SPritz, in fact, is one of the best aperitifs in the city,
– Extravagant and imaginative furnishings.
Born in 2011, it quickly established itself as a meeting place. Then in 2012 the identity of the place was consolidated, the aperitif became an indispensable habit in Palermo, various events of a musical nature are organized in the venue which make the Vespa Café a point of reference for entertainment in the city. Not to be forgotten are also projects ofExperience“: events focused on the discovery of some Sicilian excellences in the world of food and beverage.
Cantavespri, among the cocktail bars where you can drink in Palermo
Vespers, located in the city center, in the heart of what was the scene of the “Sicilian Vespers”, inside a well-known sixteenth-century building: Lucchesi Palli Palace in Campofranco.
The restaurant is a restaurant with typical Italian/Sicilian cuisine, wine bar and night club located in the historic center of Palermo. Cantavespri drinks open up to the contemporary world thanks to the proposal with attention to the smallest details with the use of exceptional raw materials and homemade preparations. Thus the cocktails created by Davide Sottile And Manuela Chiaromonte they will be able to bring a unique experience to all your senses.
Tailoring Palermo
The mixing that is done at Tailoring is defined as democratic, because it comes from the desire to Fabrizio Candino, Matteo Bonandrini, Ivan Geraci And Andrea Caputo to make quality drinking democratic. Hospitality, attention to detail, selected raw materials and strong connection with customers are the main and fundamental ingredients of this place.
If many customers prefer to opt for "do it yourself", many others choose to order from the file cabinet in which the best sartorial creations have been collected or from the menu, made up of signatures and classics, of more or less recent times and with the possible twist option. Citrus fruits, flowers, liqueurs, wines and local honeys make up drinks in which the rest of the world also enters the scene.
We believe in smiles, the sincere ones, in blends, the tailor-made ones, and in the experience, which is among the best ever experienced. Tailors have needle and thread, theirTailors", a shaker and a glass so as to tailor many cocktails around the customer's taste. . Definitely worth noting among the locals where to drink in Palermo if you were to pass by here, Descent of the Judges 1/A.
Villa Igiea
Discover what a real aperitif is among the elegant sandstone vaults of Villa Igiea and try the wide selection of spirits Florio. Soft and warm shades will welcome you in a welcoming space embellished with enchanting frescoes from the 1950s, the work of the renowned Palermo artist and Sicilian icon Eugenio (Gino) Morici.
Not only a precious and ancient room, but also a terrace with a breathtaking panoramic view to admire the Gulf of Palermo while sipping a high-caliber cocktail capable of involving all the senses, artfully created by Nicola Loiacono And Alfonso La Bianco.
Find Villa Igiea in Via Belmonte, 43.
Beta
A cocktail bar where to drink in Palermo it is definitely indispensable defined as Cocktails Laboratory, arises from the union of the letter "β" which represents the Beta test which can be defined as the last important step that developers must perform before releasing new software and, like the Alpha Test, consists of releasing it to selected users of a final software prototype with the aim of giving users a brief taste of the potential of their product and being able to identify any errors thanks to the feedback received.
The philosophy is this: to always improve with experimentation combined with the quality and conviviality given to the guest thanks to the mix of Nicolò Parla.
Their “Laboratory” is located in Via Malta, 25.
Rooftop observatory
Observe to savor with sight and experiment with taste. Weaving together experiences, creating new perspectives, this is the basis of the beverage proposal of theRooftop observatory, a place where to drink in Palermo to savor with sight and experiment with taste. Chiara Randazzo will amaze your palate with innovative cocktails and never-to-be-obvious flavours.
You will be able to admire the roofs of the city, with the monuments, but also the peaks that touch Palermo on one side, all in Via Nicolò Gallo 2.
Ciccio Sultano shipyards
Sultan shipyards will be a place to work, experiment and meet, but also a building site of ideas. In fact, that of Chef Ciccio Sultano it is a construction site of ideas and experimentation, like the flavors of the cocktails prepared by Mattia Cilia, made of ancient and modern tastes, Sicilian by birth and international by vocation.
A project born inside a historic building in the heart of Ragusa Ibla which, thanks to the commitment and ingenuity of the architect Fabrizio Foti, has been rearranged and transformed into a real laboratory open to the world.
