{"id":99416,"date":"2026-10-12T11:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addiopizzo.org\/?p=99416"},"modified":"2026-11-04T11:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:17:04","slug":"lido-bar-e-cucina-costiera-joins-the-pago-chi-non-paga-antiracket-critical-consumption-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addiopizzo.org\/en\/insight\/lido-bar-e-cucina-costiera-joins-the-pago-chi-non-paga-antiracket-critical-consumption-network\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLIDO \u2013 Bar e Cucina Costiera\u201d joins the \u201cPago chi non paga\u201d antiracket critical consumption network"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the mouth of the Oreto river, on the southern coast of Palermo, the former Sant’Erasmo locomotive depot houses the Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva and, inside it, <\/span>LIDO \u2013 Bar e Cucina Costiera<\/b>, the bistro that has just joined <\/span>Addiopizzo’s “pizzo free” business network<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIDO opened in October 2025, responding to a request that for years had come from visitors to the ecomuseum who wanted a place to eat and drink within that space. It is a <\/span>social enterprise<\/b>, owned by the association Mare Memoria Viva, that is committed to the employment of disadvantaged people and reinvests its proceeds in the business itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Every now and then I think about it and say to myself: shouldn’t all businesses be ‘social’? That is, act as active players in their local areas, have a civic dimension, take care of communities,” says <\/span>Cristina Alga, president of LIDO<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The idea was not to open just another restaurant, but<\/span> a place in dialogue with the place that hosts it.<\/b> The Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva, founded in 2014 from an urban regeneration project aimed at enhancing that stretch of coast, is a community museum that tells the history of Palermo’s coastline through the memories and testimonies donated by the inhabitants of the seaside neighbourhoods. Alongside the exhibition, it offers educational activities and a programme of cultural events open to the whole city. In November, for example, it will host the fourth edition of the <\/span>Scuola di Immaginazione Ecologica<\/b> (School of Ecological Imagination), a workshop for navigating the present and the climate crisis, drawing on scientific knowledge, artistic practices and ecological thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIDO’s connection with the ecomuseum comes first and foremost through food and social life<\/strong>. Thanks to the bistro, the ecomuseum is busy in the evenings too, and becomes a place to have dinner, spend time with friends or celebrate a birthday. The idea of a <\/span>“coastal cuisine”<\/b> was born precisely to link the bistro’s culinary work with the ecomuseum’s work on the coastal landscape, and translates into a seasonal menu with attention to <\/span>ethical supply chains<\/b>. LIDO also has its own programme of activities, designed in continuity with the ecomuseum’s cultural programme. <\/span><\/p>\n

Its commitment to the neighbourhood<\/b> also takes the form of very practical choices. LIDO and the ecomuseum are part of an <\/span>energy community<\/b> supported by EDISON Energia and Fondazione EOS, which uses the revenue from feeding solar energy into the grid for social purposes. In addition, last summer its spaces became a <\/span>climate shelter<\/b>, open free of charge to anyone who could not afford air conditioning. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Joining Addiopizzo <\/span>\u2013<\/span> Cristina continues <\/span>\u2013<\/span> is one of the ways in which we give meaning to being a social enterprise. It is a stance, and also a way of belonging to the Palermo that chooses to take a stand and not pretend that the mafia no longer exists.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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