®Arancino and Catania tavola calda
Arancino, cipollina, cartocciata and savoury pastries are everyday Catania words for quick breaks, bars and tradition. This is one of the strongest roots of Sicilian Goodness®.
Sicilian street food · Catania · Palermo · Messina · Sicily
Authentic Sicilian street food, from Catania to Palermo and Messina.
Sicilian Goodness® brings the identity of Sicilian street food: arancini and arancine, Sicilian savoury specialties, cannoli, granita, brioche and flavours inspired by the island’s different traditions. Today the network has 4 active stores and a central laboratory, with an expansion project designed to bring Sicily to more and more Italian cities.
Many reasons to visit
One reason to return: craving it again.
At Sicilian Goodness there is no single right time. Breakfast with coffee, brioche and granita. An arancino that saves lunch. A cannolo when the day needs improving. Artisan gelato when “just a taste” becomes a full cup.
Our idea is simple: to give you a piece of Sicily whenever you want it.
Sicilian breakfastCoffee bar, brioche col tuppo, pastries and granita to start the day at a different pace.
Real street foodArancini, Sicilian savoury specialties and recipes that make lunch break a serious matter.
Something sweet, alwaysCannoli, Sicilian pastry, granita and artisan gelato: dessert needs no excuse.
Coffee and a breakNot only lunch and dinner: Sicilian Goodness is also a coffee bar for a quick break or a little more time.
Different choicesThe menu also includes vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free and selected gluten-free options. Always check availability and allergens at the store.
Sicily to shareA concept designed for morning to evening and, above all, to make you say: “let’s have another one”.
Sicilian street food across the island
Catania
Palermo
Messina
All of Sicily
One Sicily, many traditions made to eat on the street.
Sicilian street food does not come from one city alone. Names, shapes and recipes change from province to province: Catania, Palermo and Messina are three major schools of street food, while every area of the island has recognisable specialties. Sicilian Goodness® tells this culture through the products actually available on its menu and the traditions that made them famous.
Arancina, panelle and sfincione
Palermo is a recognised street-food capital: arancina, panelle, sfincione and other popular foods tell a gastronomic culture different from eastern Sicily, but just as Sicilian.
Pidoni, focaccia and flavours of the Strait
Messina tradition brings to street food pidoni or pitoni, Messina-style focaccia and arancino, alongside granita and sweets such as pignolata. A precise food identity between Sicily and the Strait.
From Trapani to Ragusa, Syracuse and inland Sicily
Pane cunzato, scacce, impanate, focacce and local recipes change across Trapani, Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Enna, Ragusa and Syracuse. This is why talking about Sicilian food means telling a regional heritage, not one recipe.
Arancino or arancina?
Both words belong to Sicily: “arancino” is strongly linked to eastern Sicily and Catania, while “arancina” is especially typical around Palermo. For us, it is not a dispute to settle but a richness to tell.
Flavours and specialties of Sicily
Arancini, savoury specialties, cannoli and granita: when you search for Sicilian street food, you are looking for a whole world.
Outside Sicily, searches such as Sicilian street food, Sicilian arancini, Palermo arancine, Sicilian savoury specialties, Catania tavola calda, Messina focaccia, Sicilian cannoli e Sicilian granita describe different shades of the same food culture. Sicilian Goodness® brings these roots together in a contemporary concept, currently present in Veneto and designed to grow in new cities.
Arancini and arancine
The most recognisable icon changes name between Catania and Palermo, but remains one of the most loved gateways to island street food.
Savoury pastries and tavola calda
Cartocciate, cipolline and counter specialties especially tell the eastern Sicilian and Catania tradition.
Cannoli, granita and brioche
The sweet side completes the experience: ricotta, pistachio, almond, granita and brioche col tuppo are flavours instantly associated with Sicily.
Messina and traditions of the Strait
Pidoni or pitoni, Messina focaccia, arancino, granita and pignolata add a distinctive voice to the region’s food heritage.
Arancini & savoury specialties
Crisp outside. Sicily inside.
Arancini are one of the icons of Sicilian street food, and at Sicilian Goodness they become a collection of flavours to discover: classic, creamy, intense and vegetarian. The problem is not choosing the first; it is deciding when to stop.
“I’ll have one.” A sentence that never lasts long here.
Granita siciliana
The breakfast that needs no alarm clock in Sicily.
Granita and brioche col tuppo are a ritual. Almond, pistachio, lemon, mulberry, coffee and many other flavours turn a break into something that tastes immediately of Sicilian summer.
Catania-style or Messina-style?
Catania proudly defends its granita; in Messina, coffee “mezza con panna” is almost constitutional law. We avoid diplomatic incidents by tasting both. If someone says theirs is best, we simply ask them to prove it with a spoon.
Arancino or arancina? Catania or Messina granita? In Sicily, the best debates almost always end in front of something delicious.
Artisan gelato
A gelato counter that speaks Sicilian.
Creams, fruit and island flavours: our artisan gelato celebrates pistachio, almond, cannolo, cassata and Nero Modicano IGP dark chocolate, alongside seasonal options.
Close your eyes. If you can taste Sicily, we have done our job.
On its own, in a brioche or after an arancino: there is no wrong way to choose gelato. There is only the next flavour.
Coffee bar · Breakfast · Caffetteria
Good morning, with a Sicilian accent.
Sicilian Goodness is also a concept with an integrated coffee bar, breakfast and caffetteria. Coffee, brioche, pastries, granita and Sicilian specialties make the store a place for different moments of the day, not only when arancino hunger hits.
Come for the coffee. Stay for the brioche. Return for everything else.
This is the heart of the concept: a complete experience combining the speed of a coffee bar, the pleasure of breakfast and the identity of Sicilian street food.
Ingredients & supply chain
Distance is measured in kilometres. Authenticity is not.
We value local and short-supply-chain ingredients when they suit the recipe and the territoryFor ingredients that truly express our identity, we choose Sicilian producers and ingredients from the island. This is how we preserve character, recognisability and flavour.
From Sicily, what must taste of Sicily.
Pistachio, almond, ricotta, citrus, chocolate and identity-defining ingredients are selected with attention to origin and tradition.
Local, when it makes sense.
Where possible we choose a short supply chain for fresh products and local ingredients, without turning “zero km” into an empty slogan.
Many reasons to visit. Even more reasons to return.
Arancini and arancine, savoury specialties, cannoli, granita, brioche col tuppo, artisan gelato and Sicilian specialties. Today Sicilian Goodness® is present in Veneto with 4 stores and a central laboratory: a growing network created to take Sicilian street-food culture further.
Find your nearest store ↗Frequently asked questions
Want to know more about Sicilian street food?
Our FAQ page answers questions about Catania, Palermo, Messina, arancino or arancina, Strait specialties, store locations and Sicilian Goodness® product availability.
Sicilian Goodness in Veneto
Find authentic Sicilian flavour near you.
Discover the four Sicilian Goodness® stores currently operating in Veneto: three locations in Padua and one in Marcon, in the Venice area.