Established in 1919 by Giovanni Brattesani, the business was originally an ice cream parlour, confectioners and tobacconist – and always a popular place for locals and visitors to Anstruther.
Alison Smith, who now owns the business with husband Robert, says that the and her husband were born and brought up in Anstruther and St Monans… and (for them) a visit to Brattesani’s was a special one”.
Giovanni didn’t come directly from Italy to Scotland. He was born in the USA and moved here from Buffalo around the turn of the 20th Century.
He was married in Italy before settling in Fife.
Two of his 10 children, Jimmy and Terezina (Ena), later ran his Shore Street shop.
Today the Anstruther Fish Bar is not just famous for its award-winning seafood.
Brattesan’s ice-cream is still made daily in-house using Giovanni’s original recipe.
