Sfincione is the Sicilian focaccia-pizza, a thick spongy dough topped with caciocavallo, anchovies, onion, oregano and breadcrumbs, baked in trays and cut into thick squares for street eating.
Sfincione is traditionally attributed to the 17th-century nuns of the Monastero di San Vito in Palermo, who baked it as a richer feast-day alternative to daily bread. The street-vendor tradition consolidated in the 20th century; the Bagheria variant uses caciocavallo and breadcrumbs without anchovy. Sfincione Fest in Bagheria each November is the dish's annual celebration.
3 editor picks for Sfincione in Palermo, ranked by editorial score. All Palermo signature dishes · Sfincione across every city.
Sfincione del Mercato della Vucciria ★ 4.4
vucciria · Piazza Caracciolo, 90133 Palermo
Sfincione vendors at Mercato della Vucciria on Piazza Caracciolo in Palermo cut thick squares of focaccia-pizza with caciocavallo, anchovies and breadcrumbs from morning trays.
Antica Focacceria San Francesco ★ 4.2
kalsa · Via Alessandro Paternostro 58, 90133 Palermo
Antica Focacceria San Francesco on Via Alessandro Paternostro opposite the basilica is Palermo's 1834-founded sit-down street food room, serving the canonical pane ca' meusa and panelle.
Ballarak Birrificio ★ 4.2
kalsa · Piazza Magione 28, 90133 Palermo
Ballarak on Piazza Magione in Palermo's Kalsa quarter is the city's first craft brewery and brewpub since 2016, four taps of house beer alongside a Sicilian sharing-plate carte.