Positano eats like a fishing village that learned to cook for guests. Anchovies grilled on lemon leaves, scialatielli ai frutti di mare, sfusato lemons the size of a fist, and delizia al limone eaten standing at a bar counter above the sea.
A cave-like grocery on Via dei Mulini since 1958, stacked with Campanian wine, provolone del Monaco, capocollo and homemade panini built to order for around €7–9. Open roughly 08:30–20:00 daily; the counter is where locals buy lunch before the boats leave.
Reachable only by the little red-fish boat that leaves Spiaggia Grande roughly every half hour from 10:00, this beach shack grills mozzarella on lemon leaves and serves whole fish with a jug of white sangria. Mains €14–22.
A family kitchen open since 1975 with a terrace over the whole bay, known for scialatielli ai frutti di mare and paccheri with local anchovies. Pasta €16–24, fish by weight around €7 per 100g. Lunch service runs to about 15:30.
A white-tiled kitchen-and-homeware shop serving cold-pressed juices, lemon-ricotta cake and a proper espresso away from the beachfront markup. Juices around €7, cake slices €6; the shelves of ceramics and linen double as the souvenir stop.
The cliff path east of the port passes the terraced sfusato amalfitano groves that supply Positano's kitchens. Growers along the walk sell lemons, marmalade and homemade limoncello for €10–15 a bottle from doorway tables.
Twenty minutes uphill by the free restaurant shuttle, this mountain kitchen grows its own vegetables and makes ravioli alla caprese and rabbit alla cacciatora. Prices sit well below the beachfront: pasta €14–18, meat €18–24.
A narrow wine shop stocking Furore Bianco, Tramonti reds and Costa d'Amalfi DOC bottles from producers most tourists never see. Tastings of three Amalfi Coast wines run around €25 with taralli and local cheese.
The nautical-themed institution right on Spiaggia Grande since 1949, famous for spaghetti alla Chez Black with clams and the fritto misto. Kitchen runs continuously from noon to midnight, unusual for the coast.
A 40-minute SITA bus east along the coast reaches the coast's most famous pastry counter, home of delizia al limone — sponge dome filled with lemon cream. Pastries €3–5, open from 07:30, standing room only by mid-morning.
Wood-fired pizza on the main road above the beach, with a garden terrace and pizzas from €8. The margherita with Agerola fior di latte and the calzone alla positanese with local anchovies are what the staff eat.
Positano's street-food answer to the heat: lemon granita scraped from a block for €3–4, plus sfogliatella riccia and cornetti al limone from Collina's ovens. The stands cluster where the road bends above the church dome.
The bar attached to Le Sirenuse serves cocktails built on local ingredients — lemon, basil, Amalfi herbs — with no reservations taken. Drinks €22–28, and the queue starts forming at the door around 18:00.