Bina, ristorante di Puglia

Bina is a family restaurant in Locorotondo's old town, round the corner from the village's white lanes. It is named after its cook: Bina studied hospitality, learned to cook with her mother and, some ten years ago, opened the restaurant with her husband, whom everyone calls zio Nino, and their children. She is in the kitchen; he is in the dining room. It is the simple, carefully made meal of a day's walk around Locorotondo.

The house

The premises occupy an 18th-century building with rib vaults of pale stone, a restored fireplace and a corner for the grill. The light is dim and the decoration sober, so the walls can be seen. The full name, ristorante di Puglia, says what it aims for: regional cooking, nothing more.

The cooking

The house offers old Apulian recipes with local produce, and prepares fresh pasta every day. The website does not publish the menu or prices: ask in the dining room about the pastas of the day and what comes off the grill. To drink, the natural choice is a white from the village, the Locorotondo DOC, from verdeca and bianco d'alessano. Italia.it puts it at a medium price level, two euro signs out of four.

Hours and booking

It is open at lunchtime from 12:30 to 15:00 and in the evening from 19:00 to 23:00. It closes on Sunday evening and Monday; in August it is open every day. So Sunday lunchtime is open, which makes it useful for a weekend outing. Book with the form on its website, which confirms the table afterwards, by phone, +39 080 431 1784, or by WhatsApp. According to Italia.it, animals are accepted.

Getting there

It is on Via Dottor Recchia, inside the old town, which is pedestrianised. Arrive by car on the Fasano road or the Martina Franca one, park outside the old town and walk in. From the viewpoint over the valley it is a few minutes on foot.