This place is now called Chef Cannavacciuolo. Still focuses on seafood. You can order a la carte or…read morechoose from whatever's behind the counter. Choosing a la carte will take a while to make as it will be made to order (around 20 mins?), while glass counter items are cheaper and just reheated for you should you choose to eat in (yes, from a microwave). You order at the counter then seat yourself wherever. I had the spaghetti con vongole and was utterly shocked by the freshness, not a hint of fishiness, no grit, no sand. Spaghetti was buttery and just the right amount of flavor. Also had the cacio e pepe with mussels. Again, so fresh, so clean. Mussels were *just* cooked so they were super tender. Portions were kind of small, but I thought that was a fair exchange for the quality. We also ordered the seafood risotto from the counter, which was a bigger portion, though not so much seafood, but that was only 5€. Three primis plus large water totaled to only €26. And to think just earlier a nearby restaurant handed me a flier where lunch sets started at €25 per person!

After eating sushi twice, once in Amalfi and once in Salerno, on our culinary tour of Italy (?!),…read morewe decided hey why not a THIRD time? Crazy, I know. I did like this place for it's 30 or so Euro per person all-you-can-eat option and Japan-style touch screen ordering system, which was a pretty cool experience. Honestly though, it couldn't hold a candle to the sushi in Amalfi and Salerno. They were top tier, fresh, expertly made. This sushi was SORTA fresh and more or less quickly rolled together with way too much rice, but that's to be expected for all-you-can-eat. I can't remember all the rolls we got, but they didn't have a huge variety on the touch screen anyway so I think we ended up trying one or two of each, since the rolls were 4 pieces rather than 6. I do recall a really good one with fried chicken and lettuce, believe it or not. It was adequate enough and filling for the price, but the servers were a little dismissive, seeing as the touch screen basically replaced them. It was a really cool feature to just click "more" or "done," rather than having to wait on a server.

Staff didn't explain that "all you can eat" is why the ticket on the table is for. Assumption was…read morethat it was a simple ordering ticket. Handed ticket to waiter who started bringing order out almost immediately. Wasn't until later that we were told that our party of eight would be chafed 20 euros each (three of which were children) for the all you can eat menu. Cramped seating (table for 4-6 was what were were seated at. We asked for another table but were told to move to a bigger table that was actually the same size....terrible experience.

Il Frutteto means "the fruit orchard" in Italian and the owner, a friend of my cousin Gino, opened…read morethis huge bar two years ago after owning a fruit and vegetable shop elsewhere in Ariano for many years. In addition to fruit, vegetables and groceries, they have a coffee bar with coffees, teas and pastries, a deli with meats and cheeses, and a tavola caldo (hot table) with an assortment of home cooked lunch options available at very reasonable prices. We started with a primo (first dish) of hand made cicatelli, local dialect for cavatelli, with fresh tomatoes ... BUONISSIMO! For our secondi (second course) my nephew Francesco had a cotoletta Milanese (breaded veal cutlet), my cousin Gino the baccala, salted codfish also prepared with fresh tomatoes, while I kept it light with a small portion of zuppa di fagioli e scarole (ricetta campana - an escarole and bean soup my grandmother, also from the nearby small town of Trevico, used to make me as a child) and friarielli montecalvese (a long, green pepper roasted in olive oil - different than "friarielli" in Naples which is what they call broccoli rabe sautéed in olive oil). Everything was fresh and made in-house, a delicious meal, including a glass of wine and espresso, for just €30 ($34.30). Abbiamo mangiato bene e pagato poco (we ate very well and paid little) ... HOOAH! I also bought a jar of crema al limone (lemon cream) for my wife, a relative bargain at €4.60 ($5.25), to take back to Naples as she was unable to accompany me on this trip. CombatCritic Gives Il Frutteto 10 Bombs Out Of 10 And A Spot On My "WALL OF FAME" ... More Bombs Are Better!