The fastest, cheapest, frequently best food on Naples's streets.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Naples.
Friggitoria Vomero in Naples is the funicular-station fritti counter (since 1938) serving the cuoppo di mare (anchovies, calamari, prawns) and the cuoppo di.
Try: Fritti cuoppo (mixed fritti in paper cone)
Tip: Closed Sunday. Cash only. Cuoppo medium runs 6 euros; queue forms 18:00-19:30 for the aperitivo crowd.
Di Matteo on Via dei Tribunali in Naples sells pizza fritta and frittatine through the streetside window since 1936, the Bill Clinton 1994 lunch stop.
Try: Pizza fritta
Tip: Pizza fritta runs 3 euros from the window; the queue starts at 11:30. Cash preferred at the window.
Sorbillo Lievito Madre on Via dei Tribunali in Naples is the Sorbillo family's pizza fritta and al taglio counter two doors from the main pizzeria.
Try: Pizza fritta, pizza al taglio
Tip: No queue ticket needed at this counter; pizza fritta classic runs 4 euros, ripiena (stuffed) 5 euros.
Tandem's first takeaway counter on Via Mezzocannone in Naples builds the cuzzetiello, the wood-fired bread corner from San Sebastiano al Vesuvio stuffed.
Try: Cuzzetiello al ragu napoletano
Tip: Cuzzetiello runs 5 to 7 euros at the counter; pair with a tray of polpette. Open late Friday and Saturday for the university crowd.
Attanasio near Naples Central Station fries sfogliatelle since 1930, with the riccia and frolla baked all day. Open tue-sun 06:30-19:30, closed monday.
Try: Sfogliatella riccia and frolla
Tip: Closed Monday. Sfogliatella riccia 2 euros, frolla 1 euro 80. Cash only at the counter; queue forms 09:00-11:00.
Poppella in Naples' Sanita has run the family pastry counter since 1920, with the fiocco di neve (snow-flake brioche) the dish that turned the bakery.
Try: Fiocco di neve brioche with cream
Tip: Open daily 07:00-22:00. The fiocco di neve at 1 euro 50 is the only order; queue 30 minutes on weekends.
Leopoldo in Naples has baked the taralli sugna and pepper (lard-and-pepper ring crackers) since 1940, the standing salty snack to walk with on the funicular.
Try: Taralli sugna e pepe
Tip: Taralli sold by the gram from the counter; a 200g bag runs 4 euros 50, perfect for the Vomero walk.
Mary in Naples' Galleria Umberto I is the standing counter inside the 1887 arcade, with the sfogliatella riccia baked all day, sold piping hot to the Via.
Try: Sfogliatella riccia hot
Tip: Open daily 07:00-20:00 inside the Galleria. Sfogliatella runs 2 euros; the riccia is the local-buy.
Starita in Naples' Materdei has run the wood ovens since 1901, with the montanara fried pizza the screen-famous Sophia Loren order, the angioletti dough.
Try: Montanara fried pizza
Tip: Closed Monday lunch. Montanara from the takeaway window runs 4 euros; pair with angioletti at 5 euros.
Pignasecca Friggitorie clustered along Via Pignasecca in Naples sell the cuoppo di mare (mixed seafood fritti in paper cone) to the morning market crowd.
Try: Cuoppo di mare (paranza in paper cone)
Tip: Closed Sunday. Cuoppo di mare 5 to 8 euros; cash only at most counters. Best from 12:00-14:00.
Passione Napoletana on Via dei Tribunali in Naples runs the pizza al portafoglio (folded pocket pizza) window, the working-quarter street pizza eaten.
Try: Pizza al portafoglio (wallet pizza)
Tip: Pizza al portafoglio runs 2 euros at the window; the queue moves quickly because no plates are issued.
Scaturchio in Naples' Piazza San Domenico Maggiore has poured the ministeriale (chocolate-rum disc) since 1905, the takeaway sweet for the Spaccanapoli.
Try: Ministeriale chocolate-rum disc
Tip: Ministeriale at 4 euros at the counter; the takeaway box of six runs 22 euros for the Centro Storico walk.
Gay-Odin on Via Toledo in Naples sells the foresta (chocolate log) and the cioccolata calda since 1894, the city's defining chocolate counter with eight.
Try: Foresta chocolate log
Tip: Foresta retails at 30 euros per kilo; the take-home box of six pralines runs 12 euros.