We were also in Sicily in Sept. 2022 and were amazed at how cheap everything was (particularly food and alcohol) compared to prices in the US. We live in a relatively modestly-priced city in the US, and Sicilian prices were substantially lower than at home—I think there might have been one or two times, maximum, when we paid more than EUR 5 for a drink. That’s less half the price we would pay at home (including sales tax + gratuity) for something similar. Granted, the USD was particularly strong right at that moment (USD 0.99/EUR) but even now it’s not much different.