The locals call it “liva fritta” but throughout Italy it is known as Ascoli style olive and represents one of the most loved street foods on the Peninsula. From Ascoli Piceno to San Benedetto del Trontothe addresses to taste a good cartoccio are different: here’s where to find the best Ascoli olives in the Marche.
The best Ascoli olives in the Marche
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In this very central chip shop you can order takeaway or eat while sitting on the tables set up in the beautiful Piazza del Popolo. Cartoccio of Ascoli style olives, cremini and breaded artichokes are the most popular. The crunchiness of the frying is enviable, even better if the parcels are paired with Spritz or glasses of wine. Also worth trying are the vegan olives and fried cheese.
180 – Ascoli Piceno – Piazza del Popolo, 39 – instagram.com/180ascolipiceno/
Lorenz Café
Historic venue in the heart of Piazza del Popolo, it is both a bar, an ice cream shop, an informal restaurant, but also a place to taste excellent packets of freshly fried Ascoli olives. You can also make a good aperitif, perhaps together with a mix of traditional fried foods (including courgettes, artichokes, cremini). A pleasant stop in the outdoor area or in the beautiful internal room overlooking the square. Efficient service.
Lorenz Café – Ascoli Piceno – Piazza del Popolo, 5 – facebook.com/lorenzcafeap/?locale=it_IT
Better
Zè Migliori is the world ambassador of Ascoli olives. Its point of sale in the center will welcome you to Ascoli with a always well-stocked fried food counter from which to create parcels of different sizes. The DOP Ascoli olives are worth trying (i.e. produced with only tender Ascoli olives, selected national meats and with single breading), although even the classic ones are no less in terms of flavour. Those who like to experiment can try the truffle variant and the anisette or pistachio cremini.
Best – Ascoli Piceno – Piazza Arringo, 2 – Migliorolive.it/home
Lo Scarrozzino Degusteria
From food trucks to take away fryers in the center of Ascoli. Thus the young Scarrozzino team expands its range of action by focusing on an all-Ascolan excellence: olives. These are prepared by hand in a laboratory a few kilometers from Ascoli where, every day, the magic of Ascoli olives is repeated. You can order them in classic, truffle or vegetarian versions. Also worth trying are the cremini and fried cheese with crunchy breading and a stringy center of pecorino from the Marche.
Lo Scarrozzino Degusteria – Spinetoli (AP) – via Salaria, 113 – loscarrozzino.it/
Naked and Raw
For a fry and a glass of wine you go to this historic take-away rotisserie in the heart of the port of San Benedetto del Tronto. Not just frying, but many other cooked dishes, such as the good mezze Maniche with seafood or gnocchi with seafood. If you don’t want to wait, you can take advantage of the delicatessen counter which is always full of well-made traditional preparations. Don’t miss the fish olives and fried anchovies.
Naked and Raw – San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) – North Riva Quay – facebook.com/nudoecrudosanbenedetto/?locale=it_IT
Fried fish oil
You can’t get more street food than this. A small wooden house at the crossroads of four streets, a wide sidewalk set up with a few painted bins as tables and pallets to sit on. The offer is simple and tasty, focused on fried seafood. And there are also fish olives, to be paired with white or sparkling wine offered in bottles or generous glasses. Another waterfront address at concession no. 75.
Fried Fish Oil – San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) – via Cristoforo Colombo, 87 – facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063534969857
Giorgio’s pallets
Giorgio’s pallette – that is Ascolana-style olives, in local slang – have made themselves known over the years thanks to a food truck that toured Europe and have now returned to their headquarters in the center of San Benedetto del Tronto. A small shop with a double pick-up counter, with a highly verticalized offering of Ascoli fried foods. Classic, flavored olives, saltimbocca and cremini make up the offer that conquers every passerby.
Le Pallette di Giorgio – San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) – via Calatafimi, 7 – facebook.com/lepallettedigiorgio/?locale=it_IT
