Yes! Also in Palermo it's a tradition :)

Ciao ;) An osteria is a type of Italian restaurant that serves traditional, regional cuisine. It is usually a casual environment where food is served family-style. An osteria is usually smaller than a typical restaurant and often has an informal atmosphere

Ciao there! I totally get where you're coming from, and it's a bummer that your Sicily food experience didn't live up to your expectations. Unfortunately, it is challenging for a foreigner who wants to explore the full spectrum of Sicilian cuisine to navigate the culinary scene. As in many places around the world, commercial restaurant offerings cater to what people want. They have to serve the masses; otherwise, they wouldn't last a month. I can assure you that locals in Palermo, for example, do not frequently eat street food; in fact, they eat it quite rarely. Yet, the historic center is filled with places that seem to serve only that. This is because those who visit these areas want to eat that type of food. If you're looking for variety, you need to know how to navigate the city, and as I explain in another video where I discuss the mistakes tourists make, neither TripAdvisor nor the average travel blogger will point you to these places. You have to get well-informed advice from locals. This holds true in the vast majority of tourist destinations, not just Sicily. I've lived in various places such as Barcelona, Dubai, Rome, and Bali. In each of these places, after the initial few months, once I became accustomed to and immersed in the local culture, I always rediscovered a completely different culinary offering than what I experienced during my first few months there. Nowadays, for example, in Rome, if you want to eat real Roman cuisine that is different from the usual pasta cacio e pepe, carbonara, or saltimbocca alla romana, you have to travel several kilometers outside the city center to places where a tourist would never end up. We also need to ask ourselves how many people genuinely want to delve deep into a country's culinary culture? In Palermo, for example, a tourist typically stays for about 3 days. They approach the destination with the mindset of "let's try the most famous and essential dishes" and leave it at that. If you show them something different, they might not even try it because it's not what they've heard about before coming. Anyway, I'm really sorry you didn't have the culinary experience you wanted in Sicily. Hopefully, if you get the chance to visit again, you'll be able to uncover a different side of Sicilian cuisine that you'll love. Fingers crossed for next time ;)

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