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Introduction
Introduction
Before using the map links, pre-set on a walking route, to easily reach some of the many restaurants here in the city from Casa Sassolini, a small introduction to Typical Neapolitan Cuisine is in order.
Neapolitan Cuisine is the result of a balanced mix of Greek and Roman gastronomic traditions and of the various successive dominations that the city has undergone, such as the French and the Spanish.
Born as a very poor cuisine, however flanked by a more refined and elaborate gastronomy typical of the aristocracy, over the centuries it has evolved and modified, reworking popular traditions in a mix with those of the nobles.
Pasta, for example, represents the first of the tradition and is cooked in many ways:
ragù, genovese, spaghetti with seafood, risotto alla pescatora, pasta with chickpeas or beans, pasta and potatoes, spaghetti alla puttanesca, sartù, lasagna, cannelloni, spaghetti with tomato sauce, rice and cabbage, gnocchi alla sorrentina, omelette with macaroni and so much more...comfortably seated or...street food…😉
Great news for you
Forget about time zones because in Naples you can eat 24/7
both sweet and salty
The city has a truly wide selection of restaurants, as are the prices. The restaurants featured in this guide are ones my better half and I try from time to time, always looking for good food and new places to recommend to our guests. Of course, reader, be sure to check opening hours, updated information on the places listed, and reviews online... all the restaurants are divided by area, and I've created helpful links on maps, as mentioned above, to make it easier for you to find your way from home.
Restaurants in old town
Restaurants in old town
A first quick solution close to home is an inn frequented above all by those who work in the area La Campanella Pizza e Cucina
then I report in the historic center
When you arrive in Dante Square, a point of reference is…
Visit the picturesque Pignasecca market which is located in the Spanish Quarters area, behind the equally bustling and very central Toledo street.
La Pignasecca, as well as the oldest market in Naples, allows the visitor to admire a very suggestive and folkloric cross-section of the Neapolitan city where, at exhibitions of fish, fruit, vegetables, fried, taralli 'nzogna and pepper and typical sweets such as Babà and Sfogliatella with ricotta cheese, to be eaten in the street is flanked by stalls of all kinds, with clothing, accessories and music CDs, with very affordable prices.
Leaving Pignasecca you arrive in this square where there is the new headquarters of Trattoria Nennella
Near Via Toledo we reach the Spanish Quarters, which today exude a sense of hospitality through narrow alleys transformed and adapted to welcome everyone, with the proverbial Neapolitan charm, with trattorias, bars, and much more everywhere...
Continuing our "gastronomic" journey, we finally reach the sea, passing through Toledo, Galleria Umberto I, Palazzo Reale, and Piazza Plebiscito.
Our city lies right there on the sea. On one side you can see Vesuvius, on the other the Posillipo hill, behind which stands Castel Sant'Elmo—the Vomero district. You've arrived in a living room, touristy, yes, but truly breathtaking.
Below, I've also highlighted a few restaurants from Via Partenope to Mergellina, but the list could be endless, so I'll leave the discovery to you, the visitor.
Bars - Aperitifs - Shot
Bars - Aperitifs - Shot
Before or after dinner, you can't miss a visit to a fabulous square near the Royal Conservatory of Music of San Pietro a Majella, a square full of bars where you can enjoy a drink in good company.
Piazza Vincenzo Bellini is located on Naples' main street, Decumanus Maggiore, and is one of the city's busiest due to the large number of bars and restaurants overlooking the square.
The square is surrounded by monumental 16th- and 17th-century buildings that represent important examples of Neapolitan Renaissance and Baroque art.
Link the photos. I've highlighted two other areas, one near Piazza del Gesù and one in Chiaia near the sea, but the options here are also very extensive.
Rodinò Square and Chiaia (near sea gulf)
Start from this little square and visit Chiaia, wandering around the little bars
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