Hello,
What would be an authentic thing to do for an early morning breakfast in Naples? Any suggestions are appreciated.
Posted by
Arcadia, CA
535 posts
Well, you're in Italy and breakfast is kind of a non-issue. So an early morning breakfast would be a cornetto (like a croissant) and a cup of coffee.
What was it that you were hoping for?
Posted by
OP
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
49 posts
Yeah, simple and traditional. Are there many places in Italy where one can pick those up?
Posted by
Washington DC
27236 posts
Most people who don't grab something at home seem to go to a bar and have coffee--with or without a cornetto--standing up. It costs extra to sit at a table. Buying the cornetto or other roll can be a bit cheaper at a bakery, but you'd be unlikely to get coffee there.
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23343 posts
You may have to describe what you think is traditional because I am drawing a blank as what a traditional breakfast might be in Naples.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
15274 posts
Caffè espresso and cornetto (brioche) is what is typical. Some popular coffee bars mentioned below. You can find more by searching on google using the key words: Napoli+Colazione (=breakfast)
https://www.vocedinapoli.it/2016/04/14/dove-fare-colazione-a-napoli/
Very typical would be also to be pickpocketed or scammed. That is available in Naples any time of the day.
Posted by
Berkeley CA
1307 posts
Someone once told me that a typical Italian breakfast was an espresso and a cigarette. And if it was a leisurely breakfast, two cigarettes ... But that's probably not what you had in mind!
:-)
(It's a joke -- don't hate me!)
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
As a descendant of Napolitani, I can tell you that in Napoli a typical breakfast (which you can get at any bar) is a cappuccino and a sweet pastry called a sfogliatelle (a thin-stripped phyllo dough filled with sweetened citrus-flavored ricotta cheese) or an espresso with the sfogliatelle. There are several varieties of this pastry, get the triangular phyllo one. A savory alternative is an arancino, a rice ball with a cheese-meat-tomato sauce center, rolled in bread crumbs and deep-fried.
Cornetti are ubiquitous everywhere in Italy, but you asked specifically about Napoli.
You could also start with a caffe corretto, an espresso with a shot of liquor in it.
I don't know where info in that website Roberto mentioned comes from.