ristorazione — Paternopoli · Campania
In the heart of Alta Irpinia, in Paternopoli, a family-run restaurant holds together territorial cuisine and fresh fish, with the care of someone who chose this craft by vocation rather than by chance.
More than twenty years of cooking behind him, a place in the heart of Paternopoli taken over just a few years ago: Antonio Martignetti chose Irpinia to make Il Caminetto his outpost. Here chef and owner are one and the same, and his wife is part of every day: a partnership that shows in the attention with which every table is looked after from opening to close.
The setting is well kept without excess, the welcome that of people who know their guests. Those who sit down find a menu spanning meat and fish, a daily special that changes, prices that guests call honest. The dining room holds families and regulars alike with the same measure: nothing superfluous, everything in its place.
From the kitchen come dishes with precise names: ravioli di melanzane con datterini (aubergine ravioli with cherry tomatoes), ravioli con ceci e peperone crusco (ravioli with chickpeas and dried sweet pepper), impeccably clean fried baccalà (salt cod). The fish arrives fresh and is cooked with respect for the raw ingredient. These are recipes that hold Irpinia tradition together with the occasional touch of the sea, without forcing it.
An Irpinia address worth remembering: the page tells the full story of the menu, the hours, and how to reach Il Caminetto.
