Il Nido del Passero In Crucoli

18/03/2024: One of the best meals we’ve had during our 2 weeks in Italy so far!

15/03/2024: After missing lunch in Squillace we were in the mood to eat as soon as we arrived in Santa Severina, boy did we get lucky that we stopped at this little taverna right next to the castle with Nonna cooking and Nonno running the cash. The menu is a little large for my liking but they are trying to cater to everyone’s tastes that comes to visit the castle and from what I sampled they are doing it very well. We started with a plate of sausage sugo with gnocchi for my wife, for me a plate of spaghetti aglio e olio both were perfectly cooked with light fluffy gnocchi and perfectly al dente pasta. We followed our primi with my all-time favorite bridge between land and sea great as a secondi or antipasti, the wonderful vitello tonnato king of the surf and turf in my humble opinion. The hospitality was great and the prices extremely reasonable with a great terrace proving sometimes you can find great food at reasonable prices next to tourist sites.