The best Italian pizzerias and restaurants Matera

In the heart of the Sasso Barisano, this restaurant-pizzeria is committed to keeping Lucanian culinary traditions alive. The dishes of the peasant culture are cooked with generosity and simplicity, using local raw materials. The pizzas are also very good. To try: the coccio La Cola Cola, made of lamb and sausages simmered with tomatoes and mushrooms. In the summer, you can enjoy the terrace with a view of the sassi; for cooler evenings, you can sit in the troglodytic rooms of the establishment.

A reference on the local culinary scene. In this gourmet restaurant, local products are carefully selected and cooked to perfection. The selection of antipasti offers a panorama of Lucanian specialties. The tagliata of vitello podolico (a local cattle breed) will be one of the best culinary memories of your stay. Next door, the café-bistro L'Abbondanza Lucana offers a more modest price and a smaller menu, but it is the same cuisine and the same quality.

In the heart of the Sasso Barisano, a small and inviting address for a hearty lunch in a relaxed family atmosphere. You can choose from the daily specials at the counter and sit down in the small room or on the terrace. Mr., a former pizzaiolo, prepares focacce and calzoni. The lady prepares a traditional cuisine, that of the Italian mamma , simple and generous: orecchiette al tegamino, stuffed vegetables, lasagne... Let yourself be tempted by a piece of basil cake for dessert, with a drop of homemadeamaro !