Al Trabucco da Mimì, Seafood restaurant in Peschici, Italy.
Al Trabucco da Mimì is a seafood restaurant in Peschici, built on a trabucco, a historic wooden fishing platform set directly over the sea along the rocky Gargano coast. The kitchen works only with what local fishermen bring in each day, so the menu changes from one day to the next.
The trabucco on which the restaurant stands is a centuries-old fishing structure that people along the Gargano coast once built and operated to catch fish directly from the rock. In the 1960s, Mimì and Lucia returned from Canada and opened their restaurant there, turning it into a place where the old fishing tradition meets the kitchen.
The restaurant sits on a trabucco, a traditional fishing platform that hangs over the sea and catches fish using a system of long wooden arms and nets. Diners can see the fishing structure right beside their table and get a direct sense of how people along this coast have fished for generations.
Because the place is in high demand and has only a handful of tables, booking ahead is strongly recommended, especially in summer. The path along the rocky coast can take some effort to reach, so it helps to check directions in advance.
The restaurant is one of the few trabucchi on the coast that is still actively used for fishing, meaning the net can actually be lowered into the water while guests eat. What arrives on the plate could have been swimming in the sea just minutes before.
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