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Neapolitan Trattoria, Working-classQuartieri Spagnoli
Nennella in Naples' Quartieri Spagnoli runs the most theatrical service in town: shouted orders, plastic stools, 13-euro three-course lunch.
OrderPasta e patate con provola, polpette al sugo, daily Quartieri Spagnoli antipasto.
TipNo bookings, cash only. Arrive by 12:00 for lunch or 19:00 for dinner. Closed Sunday all day.
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Neapolitan Ragu SpecialistCentro Storico
Tandem on Via Paladino in Naples is the modern trattoria built entirely around the Neapolitan Sunday ragu: paccheri, ziti spezzati and the bread-dunking.
OrderPaccheri al ragu napoletano, then bread to mop the sauce. Polpettone for the table.
TipNo bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30 for the shortest queue. Seven Tandem rooms across the centre share the carte.
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Neapolitan PizzaForcella
Da Michele in Naples' Forcella has baked margherita and marinara since 1870, the city's defining pizza counter. Kitchen leans neapolitan pizza.
OrderPizza margherita and pizza marinara, the only two on the carte for 150 years.
TipTake a numbered ticket from the door and wait outside. Margherita is 5 euros 50; cash preferred.
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Neapolitan PizzaMaterdei
Starita in Naples' Materdei has run the wood ovens since 1901, with the montanara fried pizza (Sophia Loren's screen choice) the unmissable order alongside.
OrderMontanara fried pizza, margherita and angioletti dough fritters to start.
TipClosed Monday lunch; otherwise daily 12:00-24:00. No bookings; arrive 12:30 or 19:30 for the shortest queue.
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Neapolitan Pizza, FrittiCentro Storico
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples has fried pizza, frittatine and crocchè from the streetside window since 1936; Bill Clinton's 1994 lunch stop.
OrderPizza fritta from the window, pizza margherita inside and crocchè di patate.
TipOpen daily 10:00-24:00. Cash preferred at the window; sit-down service runs upstairs.
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Neapolitan Deli, ContemporaryCentro Storico
Salumeria Upnea in Naples' Centro Storico is the deli-bistro hybrid pouring Campania natural wines, with salumi-and-cheese boards and a daily-changing pasta.
OrderThe salumi flight, pasta alla genovese, caciocavallo impiccato with grilled bread.
TipClosed Monday. Open daily 12:00-23:00 otherwise. Walk-in counter; bookings for the back room.