Travel Reference
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Ristorante Max €€
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( 089 87 50 56; Via dei Mulini 22; meals €40; Mar-Nov) Here you can peruse the
artwork (in lieu of a sea view) while choosing your dish. This established restaurant is
popular with local ladies who lunch, with a menu including set meals and specials of the
day, such as sauteéd clams and mussels, and zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta and sal-
mon. Cooking courses are available in summer.
CAMPANIAN
La Brezza €
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( 089 87 58 11; Via R. Giovanna 2; snacks around €5; ) With a steely grey-and-
white interior, free internet and wi-fi, and a terrace with views over the beach and quay,
this is the best frontline place for a panini or snack. There are regular art exhibitions and a
daily 'happy hour' (6pm-8pm), with drinks accompanied by complimentary light eats.
SNACKS
AT A SNAIL'S PACE
Positano is one of around 55 towns in Italy to have gained Slow City status (an extension of the Slow
Food Movement, established in northern Italy in 1986). In order to be considered, certain criteria must
be met: towns need to have fewer than 55,000 inhabitants, no fast food outlets or neon lit hoardings,
plenty of cycling and walking paths and neighbourhood restaurants serving traditional cuisine with
locally sourced ingredients for example. For more information, check the www.cittaslow.org website.
Drinking & Entertainment
Unless the idea of parading up and down town with a cashmere sweater draped over your
shoulders turns you on, Positano's nightlife, overall, is not going to do much for you.
More piano bar than warehouse, with a handful of exceptions, it's genteel, sophisticated
and safe.
La Zagara
( 089 812 28 92; Via dei Mulini 4; panini €5, cakes €3, cocktails €5) This is
the quintessential Italian terrace, draped with foliage and flowers, with an offshoot bar and
CAFE
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