Passione Napoletana is a pizzeria budget eat in Centro Storico, Naples.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Pizza al portafoglio 2 euros at the window; no plates issued and no sit-down required. The queue moves in under 2 minutes.
Address: Via dei Tribunali 357, 80138 Napoli, Naples
The friggitorie clustered along Via Pignasecca in Naples sell the cuoppo di mare (mixed seafood in a paper cone) to the morning market crowd.
Try: Cuoppo di mare
Tip: Cash only at most counters. Best from 12:00-14:00 when the fryers are hottest.
Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930 at 2 euros apiece, the city's cheapest standing breakfast and the closest pastry shop.
Try: Sfogliatella riccia
Tip: Closed Monday. Cash only. The queue moves quickly; sfogliatella riccia 2 euros, frolla 1 euro 80.
Tandem on Via Paladino in Naples runs a generous plate of paccheri al ragu napoletano for 6 euros, the city's best-value sit-down lunch, with bread included.
Try: Paccheri al ragu napoletano
Tip: No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30. Three Tandem rooms across the centro storico share the carte.
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples has sold pizza fritta from the streetside window since 1936 at 3 euros, the cheapest hot meal in the Centro Storico.
Try: Pizza fritta from the window
Tip: Pizza fritta 3 euros from the window; no seating needed. Open daily 10:00-24:00.
The friggitorie clustered along Via Pignasecca in Naples sell the cuoppo di mare (mixed seafood in a paper cone) to the morning market crowd.
Try: Cuoppo di mare
Tip: Cash only at most counters. Best from 12:00-14:00 when the fryers are hottest.
Da Michele in Naples' Forcella has baked margherita and marinara since 1870 at under 6 euros. At Via Cesare Sersale 1. Reservations advised.
Try: Pizza margherita
Tip: Take a numbered ticket at the door. Cash only at the counter; the margherita is 5 euros 50.
Nennella in Naples' Quartieri Spagnoli runs a 12-euro three-course lunch with shouted orders, pasta e patate con provola and the daily Quartieri Spagnoli.
Try: Three-course working-class lunch
Tip: Cash only. Arrive by 12:00 for lunch or 19:00 for dinner; no bookings.
Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930 at 2 euros apiece, the city's cheapest standing breakfast and the closest pastry shop.
Try: Sfogliatella riccia
Tip: Closed Monday. Cash only. The queue moves quickly; sfogliatella riccia 2 euros, frolla 1 euro 80.
Tandem on Via Paladino in Naples runs a generous plate of paccheri al ragu napoletano for 6 euros, the city's best-value sit-down lunch, with bread included.
Try: Paccheri al ragu napoletano
Tip: No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30. Three Tandem rooms across the centro storico share the carte.
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples has sold pizza fritta from the streetside window since 1936 at 3 euros, the cheapest hot meal in the Centro Storico.
Try: Pizza fritta from the window
Tip: Pizza fritta 3 euros from the window; no seating needed. Open daily 10:00-24:00.
