Campiello

Campiello is an Italian restaurant on Third Street South in Naples, Florida, inside the historic Naples Mercantile Building. It belongs to D'Amico & Partners, the group of the brothers Richard and Larry D'Amico and their partner Paul Smith.

The partners already ran a Campiello in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, when they opened this one in 1998 as their first restaurant in Naples. It stands in the Third Street Historic District and seats close to 300 guests, a size that makes it one of the busiest rooms on the street. Decades on, it still draws crowds that fill the tables elbow to elbow. Lunch and dinner are both served, and a separate Club Room is kept for private events.

The cooking takes its cue from Tuscany, with pasta made in the house, pizza from a wood-burning oven and meat cooked over open fire. Linguine fini come with clams, chili and white wine, cavatelli with a ragù of Molise country pork, and tagliatelle with a ragù of lamb neck. From the grill arrive a rib-eye of Kurobuta pork rubbed with porcini, Florida cobia and a bone-in strip steak, and chicken has been roasted on the spit. A menu called Tour di Italia changes each month and moves the kitchen through different Italian regions.

Starters run from a caprese of local tomatoes and burrata to spicy fried calamari with a lemon and parsley aioli. Pizzas range from a plain Margherita to a carbonara with guanciale and one topped with speck and crimini mushrooms. Desserts include a chocolate tiramisu torte and a cheesecake built on cannoli, and the wine list covers a wide range of prices. Much of the life of the place happens outside, in a shaded courtyard with an open-air bar.