Naples, PasteNa is the best street food for Gambero Rosso

The new regional champion of Campania street food is Neapolitan, decreed by Gambero Rosso Street Food Guide 2025The title was won by PasteNa, a restaurant specializing in first courses located in St. Joseph Cristofaro Alley, in the heart of Naples. The award ceremony took place on the occasion of the presentation of the guide to Street Food Village of Rome, a showcase of Italian gastronomic excellence.

Record numbers for the 2025 edition

The guide has rated 685 exercises throughout Italy, with 121 new inputs compared to last year. Twenty-six regional champions, while the increase Special Awards: from this year, in fact, in addition to the “Street Food on the Road” (dedicated to the best itinerant activities), the “Sandwich of the Year”. New in this edition is also a focus on the most important markets in Italy and a section dedicated to best mobile realities, between food trucks and street vendors.

Here are all the regional champions

From Valle d'Aosta to Sicily, here are the winners:

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• Valle d'Aosta: Voilà Gastronomy (Pré Saint Didier)

• Piemonte: Festival Snack Bar (Bra)

• Liguria: The Delights of the Friend (Genoa)

• Lombardia: Totost (Milan)

• Veneto: Ai Do Leoni (Venice)

• Trentino Alto Adige: The Grocer (Mezzolombardo)

• Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Yalla (Trieste)

• Emilia Romagna and Lombardy: Odd (Bologna)

• Toscana: The Bolgheri Slaughterhouse Sandwiches (Bolgheri)

• Brands: Maclé Salsamenteria Ascolana (Ascoli Piceno)

• Umbria: Fishmongers (Acquasparta)

• Lazio: Hammer, Work and Kitchen (Rome)

• Abruzzo: Donna Tina (Pescara)

• Molise: Hippo (Isernia)

• Campania: PasteNa (Naples)

• Puglia: MU Urban Market (Lecce)

• Basilicata: Lucanino Fast Good (Policoro)

• Calabria: In Casalura (Cirò Marina)

• Sicilia: The Ultimate Street Food (Palermo)

• Sardinia: Seulo is Food (Cagliari)

I Special Awards they went to The Old Wagon (Sicily) for the “Street Food on the Road” and Mushroom Burger – Legs (Rome) for the “Sandwich of the Year”.

Italian street food between tradition and innovation

The sector is constantly evolving, driven by the quality fast food boom, from the increase of food truck and by the growing demand for culinary authenticity. As he points out Pina Sozio, curator of the guide: “Street food still offers genuine experiences. Alongside historic venues, we find increasingly rich international offerings, with a growing offering of Middle Eastern cuisines”.

A phenomenon that confirms how the street food is now a global tourist driver, capable of combining tradition and innovation, always in the name of taste.