Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Parma.

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Inkiostro

Order The long tasting menu, with a serious cellar in support.

Inkiostro holds Parma's Michelin star in 2026: Calabrian chef Salvatore Morello threads global technique through food-valley produce on Via San Leonardo.

Meltemi

Order The raw selection: oysters, carpaccio and tartare with bubbles.

Meltemi is Parma's Michelin-listed fish table: chef Jean Pierre Pastor runs a pesceria and spumanteria of oysters, crudo and seafood pastas on a quiet borgo.

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Antica Corte Pallavicina

  • ★ 4.8
  • 1 MICHELIN star
  • Italian
  • €€€€
  • Polesine Parmense

Order The culatello vertical, sliced across several ageings from the cellars below.

Antica Corte Pallavicina, Massimo Spigaroli's castle farm on the Po near Parma, has held a Michelin star since 2011 and ages culatello in its cellars.

Al Vedel

Order Culatello di Zibello in three ages, then anolini in brodo.

Al Vedel in Colorno near Parma pairs an elegant dining room with the Podere Cadassa cellars, where the family ages its own culatello below the inn.

Palazzo Utini

Order The seasonal tasting menu with the sommelier's pairings.

Palazzo Utini fills a restored palazzo in Noceto, twenty minutes from Parma, with quiet luxury: a Michelin Guide dining room built around tasting menus.

Ristorante Romani

Order Anolini in brodo, then the day's roast from the trolley.

Ristorante Romani brings white-tablecloth calm to the plain north of Parma at Vicomero: a Michelin Guide address for anolini, roasts and serious service.

Locanda Stella d'Oro

Order Culatello with torta fritta, then anolini in the house broth.

Locanda Stella d'Oro anchors Soragna, the Bassa town near Parma that keeps the Parmigiano museum, with a Michelin Guide kitchen of culatello and anolini.

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Editor picks in Parma include Inkiostro, Parizzi, Meltemi, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.