A small gesture is enough to support, in this difficult moment, restaurants, pizzerias, bars and gastronomic shops in your city: home delivery and take-away are two lifesaving anchors for a sector severely affected by forced closures and restrictions imposed by ministerial decrees. Words, but above all habits, have now entered the daily life of all of us. In Sicily, for example, several appeals have been launched on social networks, in particular Facebook, for the food delivery in support of companies; and during the lockdown the project was born as well #iocomprosiciliano, which today has turned into the largest marketplace for quality products on the island.

Street food

Delivery and take away are proving to be important tools to concretely help the world of catering and the closely connected one of agri-food. And if pizza is confirmed at the top of the list of the most ordered and desired foods by Italians, in Palermo nobody seems to want to give up the goodness, and the consoling power, of street food. Timeless street food icons such as sfincioni, panelle, crocchè and arancine they never go out of style. Greedy cuddles, which adults and children like, for dinners on these evenings spent within the walls of the house or for lunch in the office for those who are not smart working. In view of December 13, the day in which Santa Lucia is celebrated, but also the arancine in Palermo, we recommend three unmissable places where you can taste them immediately.

Vabres Bar

A historic restaurant, run by the Vabres family for 50 years. The arancine are excellent, considered by the real people of Palermo to be among the best in the city, available in five different flavors. There are the classic “accarne” with veal ragout, peas and tomato sauce, and “abburro” with ham and mozzarella. And then also bacon and provolone, sausage, spinach, all of daily production and offered at the unbeatable price of € 1.50 each. Fried calzones and take-away coffee are also very popular. The young Alessio Vabres was the first to offer specialty coffees in Palermo. The restaurant is open every day from 6:30 to 20:30 for take-away, while the delivery service is entrusted to Glovo. Following the latest restrictions, the Vabres family redesigned the spaces by creating two separate sorting areas, one where you order and the other where you pay, in order to comply with the rules on spacing and at the same time speed up the purchase. The display counters, with the sweet and savory pieces, have been moved to the entrance of the bar so that customers do not have to go inside, a space that is reserved only for employees.

Bar Vabres, via Michele Cipolla 83, Palermo.

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One of the "greenest" restaurants in Palermo, particularly popular with vegetarians and vegans, but not only. Verdechiaro was born from the desire of chef Nello Occhipinti to raise awareness among his customers on the importance of healthy and sustainable cuisine, preferring organic and local products. This year Nello, together with his wife Daniela Assennato and daughter Alice, inaugurated the new location of the restaurant in the elegant Libertà residential area. Among the proposals on the menu, in addition to first courses, second courses and pizzas, there is also an entire menu designed for vegans. From Verdechiaro on Friday is instead the day dedicated to arancine. Prepared with husked brown rice and selected condiments of the highest quality, they are available in various flavors that change weekly, among the most succulent we point out: soy ragù, cinisara ragù (native Sicilian bovine breed), spinach, lemon zest and tofu cream , five cheeses and cooked ham from the Il Chiaramontano artisan cured meat factory and pumpkin, celeriac and chicory. All the arancine (price € 2.50 each) can be ordered for take-away, by calling the telephone number 091/2525291, or through the SocialFood.it home delivery service (the most used and loved food delivery by Palermo) .

Verdechiaro, via Giuseppe Alessi 40/42, Palermo.

KePalle

Since its opening, this original format, conceived by the entrepreneur Danilo Li Muli, has immediately received the approval of many Palermitans and tourists. KePalle is the first street food restaurant dedicated to the queen of Sicilian rotisserie and today it is present in the city with three points of sale. The arancine are fried on the spot and are always hot and crunchy. Great care is taken both in the preparation, continuous control of the temperature and clarity of the oil, and in the choice of ingredients, only Carnaroli rice and products mainly from Sicilian suppliers. As for the tastes, you are spoiled for choice: from the classic ones with butter and meat to the gourmet ones such as swordfish, mint and aubergine, up to vegan and vegetarian or "local" alla norma or sfincione. For those who do not want to fry, there are baked arancine, while for pasta lovers, the arancina with Sicilian anelletti is a must. Finally, for the sweet tooth, the sweet arancina. The latest novelty of KePalle is the Apericasa, or a gourmet box, at the introductory price of € 6.50, with mixed arancinette, pasta arancinette, fried calzoncino, sandwich with panelle, sandwich with spleen, fried cheese, inside. crouton and french fries. Takeaway or delivery on www.socialfood.it/palermo/ke-palle

KePalle – Arancine d’utore, via Terrasanta 111B – via Maqueda 270 – via E. Amari 154, Palermo.