Povile, Croatia
Lucija
On the Kvarner coast between Rijeka and Crikvenica, Lucija occupies a stretch of the Adriatic where the catch arrives close enough to the kitchen that the gap between sea and plate is measured in minutes rather than miles. The restaurant sits along the D8 coastal road in Povile, a small settlement that most drivers pass without stopping, which is precisely what keeps the place working at a human scale.
