The Filippino was born in 1910, when, run by the legendary Filippo Bernardi, called “Belvedere” and was a modest trattoria with a base of fish dishes.
Then, with the boom of the Aeolian Islands after World War II, the restaurant changes its name to a culinary landmark.
These are the years of neorealism (and the movie “Volcano”, 1950, with Anna Magnani, and “Stromboli, land of God”, with Ingrid Bergman and directed by Rossellini) in which was born the myth of the Aeolian Islands.
The founding fathers of the Republic often sat at the tables of Filippino: the brothers Rosselli, Basso, Parri, and Edda Ciano, to confinement in Lipari., così come Edda Ciano, al confino a Lipari.
There is also a legend that the painter Monet, to pay a bill, let pledged one of his paintings.
Today managed by Antonio Bernardi, fourth generation of the historic knight Commander Filippo Bernardi.
Listening, welcome and attention are the three points that enhance tradition.
