Restaurants in Salerno
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Pizza Margherita
It looks like a bland, modern canteen but this is, in fact, one of Salerno’s most popular lunch spots. Locals regularly queue for the lavish lunchtime buffet that, on any given day, might include buffalo mozzarella, salami, mussels in various guises and a range of salads.
If that doesn’t appeal, the daily lunchtime menu (pasta, main course, salad and half a litre of water) is chalked up on a blackboard, or there’s the regular menu of pizzas, pastas, salads and main courses
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Ristorante Santa Lucia
The surrounding Via Roma area may be one of the city’s trendiest, but there’s nothing remotely flash about the delicious seafood served up here. Dishes such as linguine ai frutti di mare (flat spaghetti with seafood) and chargrilled cuttlefish may not be original but taste quite exceptional – as do the uppercrust wood-fired pizzas.
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Pinocchio
Join the locals for heaping plates of no-nonsense regional grub. Seafood is the speciality, but there’s also a selection of decent meats, including sausages and scaloppine (breaded veal) in a creamy mushroom sauce. In summer, tables are set outside.
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Vicolo della Neve
A city institution, located on one of the scruffiest streets in the city, Vicolo della Neve is the archetypal centro storico trattoria with brick arches, fake frescoes and walls hung with works by local artists. The menu is, similarly, unwaveringly authentic, with pizzas and calzones (pizzas folded over to form a pie), peperoni ripieni (stuffed peppers) and a top-notch parmigiana di melanzane (baked aubergine with tomatoes and Parmesan). It can get incredibly busy, so reservations are a wise idea.
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Sant’Andrea
There’s an earthy southern Italian atmosphere here, with its outside terrace surrounded by historic houses decorated with washing hung out to dry. Choices are more innovative than you would expect and include seafood dishes, such as squid with porcini mushrooms or cuttlefish accompanied by creamed vegetables. The white-truffle ice cream makes a sexy, sweet finale. The owners run the adjacent B&B.
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Pasticceria Romolo
Across from the train station, this sprawling pasticceria dates from 1966 and the decor has changed little since. The cakes are similarly legendary in this town, with a mouth-watering display that includes frollini (fruit and chocolate tarts), amaretti (macaroons) and that all-time irresistible treat sfogliatelle (a flaky pastry cake filled with fresh ricotta). Fancy chocolates and a wide range of local and national wine are also on sale.
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La Cantina del Feudo
Frequented by locals in the know, this restaurant is tucked up a side street off the pedestrian Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. Eating here is like eating at your grandma’s house when everything was simpler yet the taste was still spot on. The menu changes daily but the emphasis is on vegetable dishes like white beans with chicory, noodles and turnip tops, and ravioli stuffed with cheese and topped with a spinach-cum-pesto sauce. The interior has a rural trattoria feel and there’s an outside terrace for al fresco dining.
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Cicirinella
This place has that winning combination of an earthy and inviting atmosphere and unfailingly good, delicately composed dishes. Exposed stone, shelves of wine and an open-plan kitchen set the scene for enjoying traditional Campanian cuisine like pasta with seafood and chickpeas, or a mussel soup that tastes satisfyingly of the sea.
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