Calitri

Calitrian cuisine is renowned in the area for being very tasty and rather spicy. Typical hand-made pasta dishes include cingul', the local dish par excellence. This is short, twirly pasta boiled and then served with a thick, tasty tomato sauce; other varieties of pasta with the same sauce include lahan' and aurecchi' r' preut'- priest’s ears in the local dialect; another must are cannazze', served with delicious hot tomato sauce and pecorino cheese; and sciliend' a special vermicelli-like pasta with a condiment of garlic-fried oil and hot chili pepper.

Meat-based delicacies include m'gliatiegghij' a local favourite made up of tasty roulades of kid or lamb casings garnished with cheese, offal, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper and sliced sausage; sfritta, or chopped pork meat sautéed with hot peppers; also sammuchij', a local pudding made of pork blood seasoned with minced lard, little segments of orange peel, rice, raisins, cinnamon, pork casings, walnuts, salt and chili pepper powder.

A traditional fish-based delicacy is stockfish a la ualanegna, the favourite of plowmen in the past ualan' means plowman, in which stockfish is boiled and flavoured with garlic, herbs and chili peppers.

Tre Rose Ristorante

An 'osteria' serving good local wines and food of typical Calitrian style, expect to pay 3 or 4 euro's for a meal! excellent cooks, very central, closed on Sundays. Gets very busy with the locals so get there early.

Ristorante Gagliano

Manhattan Restaurant/Pizzeria

Typical local cuisine, excellent food, very lively, very central.

Speedy Pizzeria

Pizza for all tastes.

Punto Pizzeria

Pizza for all tastes, closed on Tuesdays.