Ristorante Charleston - Palermo - Chef Giovanni Solofra

How to Plan a Trip to Palermo, Italy

"For a gourmet dinner, the right place is Charleston, a historic restaurant run by Chef Gaetano Verde, a promising young chef under 30. Established in 1967, it became the first restaurant in Sicily to earn a Michelin star and has hosted illustrious guests, including Prince Tomasi di Lampedusa (author of "The Leopard"), singer Maria Callas, and actors like Marcello Mastroianni and Al Pacino." - Laura Itzkowitz Laura Itzkowitz Laura Itzkowitz is a freelance writer and editor based in Rome. She has been contributing to Travel + Leisure since 2014, when she started as a fact checker before becoming a contributi