Granita is a Sicilian semi-frozen flavoured ice (almond, mulberry, coffee, lemon) eaten with brioche col tuppo, a fluffy yeasted breakfast bun, the Palermitan summer breakfast rite.
Granita traces to Arab sherbet, brought to 9th-century Sicily by the Aghlabid conquest. The Arab snow-and-honey form evolved during the Norman period into the modern flavoured-ice version, sweetened with cane sugar from the new Sicilian sugar refineries. The pairing with the topknot brioche is a 19th-century Palermitan ritual that survives intact.
3 editor picks for Granita with brioche col tuppo in Palermo, ranked by editorial score. All Palermo signature dishes · Granita with brioche col tuppo across every city.
Gelateria Stancampiano ★ 4.6
liberta · Via Emanuele Notarbartolo 56, 90145 Palermo
Stancampiano on Via Notarbartolo in Palermo's Liberta is the city's reference granita-and-brioche counter, three generations of family operation, with espresso bar through the day.
Bar Pasticceria Alba ★ 4.5
liberta · Piazza Don Bosco 7/C, 90143 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 espresso among the residential quarter.
Antico Caffe Spinnato ★ 4.5
politeama · Via Principe di Belmonte 107, 90139 Palermo
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 espresso and afternoon aperitivo.