ristorazione — Sciacca · Sicilia
In the heart of Sciacca's old town, just steps from the harbour and the seafront, Trattoria La Vecchia Conza has been a seafood address since 1997, true to a simple promise: fresh fish, chosen with care every day.
On Via Pietro Gerardi, in the pedestrian heart of Sciacca, the doors of La Vecchia Conza have been open since 1997. Nearly thirty years of seafood cooking in a historic quarter that smells of salt and limestone: an address the locals of Sciacca know well, and one travellers learn to seek out, often on the recommendation of someone who lives there.
The dining room is that of a family trattoria in the truest sense: Paolo Mandracchia is both owner and chef, and the place carries the mark of someone who cooks and welcomes guests under the same roof. Those who have sat here speak of an atmosphere that puts you at ease, where the owner makes guests feel at home.
At the stove, fish takes centre stage, chosen with care every morning. The tasting menu, at twenty-five euros, offers a mixed seafood starter — a parade of bites that changes with the season — followed by a pairing of first courses, where spaghetti with clams remains the house's most requested dish.
The full page tells you about the dishes, the set menus and how to book a table in the historic heart of Sciacca, a stone's throw from the sea.
