Zi' Anna Mare Formia, Seafood restaurant in Formia, Italy
Zi' Anna Mare is a seafood restaurant on the Banchina Azzurra in Formia, sitting right at the edge of the fishing port. It has indoor rooms and a covered outdoor terrace that faces the water and the docked boats.
Formia has been a port town on the Tyrrhenian coast since Roman times, and fishing has shaped its daily life for centuries. The restaurant grew out of this long tradition of bringing the catch directly from the sea to the table.
The name Zi' Anna is dialect for 'Aunt Anna', a term of warmth and familiarity common in southern Italy. The cooking style follows what the fishing boats bring in each day, so the menu changes with the season and the sea.
The restaurant is easy to find by walking along the waterfront toward the fishing harbor. Reserving ahead is a good idea, especially on weekends and in summer when tables fill up fast.
Some of the fish served at lunch were still in the nets of boats docking just a few steps away that same morning. That short distance between the catch and the plate is something a visitor can actually see from the terrace.
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