For more than thirty years, at the base of rue Pila St. Gely, Ristorante Pizzeria Sicilia has been serving what might well be the best Sicilian pizza in the South of France.
Located at the base of rue Pila St. Gely, a medieval street with a number of restaurants, Sicilia is a family-run restaurant (of course), serving a pie with a perfectly-charred and chewy crust and a sauce that takes advantage of the region’s bountiful produce.
The Marinara, with nothing but garlic, tomatoes, and olive oil is a reminder that in the summer, in the south, simple is the best – and the most delicious.
Nearly as good as the pies is the professionalism of the staff who seem to anticipate your every need before you do – and who, at meal’s end, pour your table a round of limoncello. This is hospitality, Sicilia style.
To eat al fresco at Sicilia on a seasonal evening in the glow of streetlamps hung across the medieval alleyway is to sink into a Mediterranean reverie about “la dolce vita” – and to realize that you’re living it.
