Restaurants in the province of Avellino

Irpinia is green, cold upland, and it does not resemble the rest of Campania: the food comes from woods and pasture, and the wine is what many consider the best in southern Italy.

What you eat here

• Castagna di Montella IGP — small, sweet chestnuts, roasted or dried; with milk they are the winter snack.
• Black truffle from Bagnoli Irpino and porcini from the beech woods.
• Caciocavallo and pecorino carmasciano, cave-aged.
• Cicatielli and maccaronara, flour-and-water pasta with ragù or mushrooms.
• Nougat from Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo, white and soft.

The wine

Three DOCGs in a single province, which is rare: Taurasi (Aglianico, austere, long-lived), Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo, two whites that age better than many reds. It is why people come to Irpinia on purpose.

Opening hours change. The ones on the listings come from public sources and may be out of date. Where a restaurant confirms tables with us, the availability you see is the real one.