Decò Restaurant - Nicolosi, Sicily - Mexican Flavours behind an Old Sicilian Facade

The weathered façade of Decò restaurant in Nicolosi combines traditional Sicilian architecture with signs advertising tortillas, chili and paella.

The weathered façade of Decò restaurant stands along Via Etnea in Nicolosi, combining the character of an older Sicilian building with colourful signs advertising tortillas, chili and paella. Traditional stone-framed doorways and windows provide an atmospheric setting for a restaurant whose menu brings distinctly modern international flavours to this small town on the slopes of Mount Etna. Decò is known as a Mexican and Latin-American restaurant, with dishes including chili con carne, tortillas, tacos, fajitas, burritos and paella alongside cocktails and other drinks. The contrast captured in this photograph is characteristic of Nicolosi, where older architecture continues to accommodate the everyday shops, restaurants and businesses of a living town rather than existing solely as historic monuments. Situated on the southern slopes of Mount Etna, Nicolosi is widely used as a gateway for excursions toward Etna Sud and Rifugio Sapienza, while its streets and restaurants provide a very different atmosphere from the stark volcanic landscapes found higher on the mountain.