Osteria Piazza Sicilia

Maybe someone will find it odd, but in Lisbon I like an Italian place, a Sicilian Osteria, very much. The owner is Michele Bono, and he was the chef of a hotel next to my previous office. I remember having a lot of meals there and never heard about him after that. Then I heard that he had opened his own place near Avenida da Liberdade, on a back street. And he’s quite a character. And the food is really nice. For starters, primi piatti, you could go for a pasta, rice, but it’s all very light and very well done. He did not renovate the place too much, so it has some old school charm, with white tablecloth on the tables. I go there more for lunch, when you’ll see some businessmen having their power lunches. It’s a really nice place, and I don’t see it in any guides. For me, it’s sort of a hidden gem.