Alice's Restaurant

Ancona


Hidden away in a tennis club near the Passetto, this workaday fish restaurant is as authentic as it gets. Every lunch, crowds of hungry locals – everyone from construction workers to besuited business folk and families – descend for simple seafood staples prepared well and served quickly. Don't expect silver service, though: it's all cheerfully rough and ready.


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