Leopoldo's Vomero branch on Via Scarlatti pours the same taralli sugna and pepper as the Casavatore mother shop, plus the daily sfogliatella and the babà run.
Tip: Open daily 06:30 to 21:30. Taralli retail at 8 euros per kilo; sfogliatella runs 2 euros at the counter.
Address: Via Scarlatti 6, 80129 Napoli, Naples
Leopoldo in Naples is the historic taralli-and-pastry brand founded in 1940, now run from Casavatore with city-centre cafes selling the sugna-and-pepper taralli and the modern sfogliatella.
Tip: Multiple branches across town; the Vomero flagship has the longest counter. Taralli retail at 8 euros per kilo.
Worth the queue: Taralli sugna e pepe
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has run the pastry counter since 1905, with the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) the house signature plus the sfogliatella riccia daily.
Tip: Open daily 07:00 to 21:00. Ministeriale at 4 euros; sfogliatella riccia 2 euros 50 at the counter.
Worth the queue: Ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc)
Attanasio near Naples Central Station has fried sfogliatelle since 1930, with riccia and frolla baked all day. The shop sits in a tiny side-street with the smell of hot lard the marker.
Tip: Closed Monday. Sfogliatella at 2 euros at the counter; cash preferred. The riccia is the local-buy.
Worth the queue: Sfogliatella riccia
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche with cream filling) the dish that turned the bakery into a 2014 cult hit.
Tip: Open daily 07:00 to 22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue can be 30 minutes on weekends.
Worth the queue: Fiocco di neve
Moccia in Naples' Chiaia (Vomero branch too) has run the pastry-and-coffee counter since 1936, with the sfogliatella riccia and the babà au rhum the local order across two generations.
Tip: Closed Monday. Open Tue-Sun 07:00 to 21:00. Sfogliatella riccia sells out by 11:00 on Saturdays.
Worth the queue: Sfogliatella riccia
Leopoldo in Naples is the historic taralli-and-pastry brand founded in 1940, now run from Casavatore with city-centre cafes selling the sugna-and-pepper taralli and the modern sfogliatella.
Tip: Multiple branches across town; the Vomero flagship has the longest counter. Taralli retail at 8 euros per kilo.
Worth the queue: Taralli sugna e pepe
Gay-Odin in Naples on Via Toledo has run the city's defining chocolate counter since 1894, with the forest chocolate log (foresta) and the dense cioccolata calda the winter ritual.
Tip: Eight Naples locations; the Via Toledo flagship is the oldest. The foresta retails at 30 euros per kilo.
Worth the queue: Foresta chocolate log
