Cocktail barPasticceria with bar service€€€centro-storico
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore runs the morning espresso bar and the early-evening aperitivo, with the ministeriale and the rum babà.
Signature drink: Ministeriale chocolate-rum disc, espresso
Food: Sfogliatella, babà, daily pasticcini
Tip: Open daily 07:00-21:00. Aperitivo from 18:00 with Aperol spritz at 8 euros plus pasticcini.
Cocktail barWine bar, modern€€€centro-storico
Vineria San Sebastiano in Naples' Centro Storico runs the wine-led aperitivo from 19:30 with a broad Campania list, crostoni and salumi boards.
Signature drink: Campania wines by the glass, Aglianico-base aperitivi
Food: Crostoni, taglieri, daily small plates
Tip: Closed Monday. Tue-Fri from 19:30-02:00, Sat-Sun runs late to 05:00. Walk-in seating; book ahead for the back-room tables.
Cocktail barCocktail and wine bar€€€chiaia
Barril in Naples' Chiaia is the cocktail-and-wine bar with a daily-changing small-plates carte and an Aperol-cetriolo spritz as house signature.
Signature drink: Aperol-cetriolo spritz, mezcal negroni
Food: Modern small plates, salumi
Tip: Open daily; the late-night kitchen runs to 01:00. Cocktails 12 euros, wine by the glass from 6 euros.
Cocktail barBelle Epoque cafe-bar€€€toledo
Gran Caffè Gambrinus on Piazza Trieste e Trento in Naples (1860) is the city's most-storied cafe-bar with a marble counter aperitivo, Aperol spritz.
Signature drink: Aperol spritz, americano caffe corretto
Food: Sweet pastries, light savouries
Tip: Standing counter prices are one-third of the seated terrace. The terrace gets the Piazza del Plebiscito view.