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IN BOURDAIN’S FOOTSTEPS
cient walls, and the laundry billowing above approach, delivered. "It's just pizza," he
narrow alleyways. "Very little about Naples said, "but it's not just pizza." It was an em-
makes sense," he observed. "What's great bodiment of Naples itself.
about this town is that it doesn't seem to Our journey to this family-run restau-
work. And yet—it does." rant in the historic quarter mirrored Bour-
But it was at Pizzeria Pellone, amidst an dain's arrival—a chaotic, exhilarating ride.
unpolished city neighborhood, that he Our cab driver navigated the narrow
found something truly special. Bourdain streets with a blend of bravado and disre-
wasn't seeking Michelin stars; he craved gard for traffic laws. Horns blared as we
authenticity. And Pellone, with its no-frills, narrowly avoided a family of four on a
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