Pasticceria Costa is a cafe in Liberta, Palermo.
Pasticceria Costa on Via D'Annunzio in Palermo's Liberta is a senior Setteveli pasticceria-cafe, with espresso bar and monoporzione case for sit-down.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Setteveli monoporzione with espresso. The morning monoporzione case has seasonal flavours.
Address: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio 15, 90144 Palermo
Bar Alba on Piazza Don Bosco in Palermo since 1955 is the city's reference cafe-pasticceria for breakfast, granita with brioche col tuppo and afternoon.
Signature drink: Espresso, granita di mandorla
Tip: Granita di mandorla con brioche is the Palermitan summer breakfast. Cannoli filled to order.
Antica Focacceria San Francesco in Palermo since 1834 doubles as a sit-down cafe-restaurant; espresso al banco, granita and Palermitan pasticceria alongside.
Signature drink: Espresso, granita
Tip: Espresso al banco is one euro. The terrace facing the basilica is the seat at breakfast.
Antico Caffe Spinnato on Via Principe di Belmonte in Palermo since 1860 is the city's senior cafe-pasticceria, the pedestrian-street terrace seat for morning.
Signature drink: Espresso, granita di caffe con panna
Tip: The pedestrian terrace fills first. Order espresso al banco for one euro; sit-down doubles it.
Casa Stagnitta on Discesa dei Giudici behind the Quattro Canti in Palermo since 1928 has roasted coffee on premise for three generations, the city's serious.
Signature drink: Espresso, single-origin filter
Tip: Single-origin filter at the back room is the move; espresso al banco is one euro. Closed Sunday.
Morettino Caffe at the Quattro Canti in Palermo is the family roaster's flagship since 2024, occupying a late-19th-century palazzo with Sicily-grown coffee.
Signature drink: Espresso, Sicilian-grown coffee
Tip: Espresso al banco one euro. Ask about the Sicily-grown lot if interested in the world's northernmost coffee.
Bar Alba on Piazza Don Bosco in Palermo since 1955 is the city's reference cafe-pasticceria for breakfast, granita with brioche col tuppo and afternoon.
Signature drink: Espresso, granita di mandorla
Tip: Granita di mandorla con brioche is the Palermitan summer breakfast. Cannoli filled to order.
Pasticceria Cappello on Via Colonna Rotta is home to the Sicilian Setteveli, Palermo's defining seven-veil chocolate cake refined by Salvatore Cappello AMPI.
Signature drink: Espresso with Setteveli
Tip: Setteveli single slice with espresso. Closed Monday. Second branch on Via Nicolo Garzilli 19.
