Lecce has a good local restaurant scene, with trattorias that feed a working-class and university-town clientele rather than tourists. Prices are reasonable. The local pasticciotto — a small oval pastry filled with custard cream — is the essential breakfast food; eat one at a bar before you do anything else.
Tana dei Lupi
Good value trattoria with solid local cooking.
address: 15, via della Saponea
La Capannina
Close to the railway station, with outdoor seating on a neo-classical piazza. Good antipasti and reliable Italian standards.
address: 13, Via Cairoli