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Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy, has a cozy, family-friendly atmosphere and a personable staff.

Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy, has a cozy, family-friendly atmosphere and a personable staff. (Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes)

Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy, has a cozy, family-friendly atmosphere and a personable staff.

Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy, has a cozy, family-friendly atmosphere and a personable staff. (Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes)

At the Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy, you can have a very Italian combination of octopus salad, pizza and wine and at a reasonable price.

At the Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy, you can have a very Italian combination of octopus salad, pizza and wine and at a reasonable price. (Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes)

A cook bakes pizzas in a wood-fired oven at Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy. The restaurant offers a diverse selection of pizzas and seafood at a modest price.

A cook bakes pizzas in a wood-fired oven at Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino in Pozzuoli, Italy. The restaurant offers a diverse selection of pizzas and seafood at a modest price. (Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes)

Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino offers a variety of cuisine in addition to pizza. As is common with Italian restaurants, patrons with a hearty appetite can order a moderate-size dish followed by a larger one.

Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino offers a variety of cuisine in addition to pizza. As is common with Italian restaurants, patrons with a hearty appetite can order a moderate-size dish followed by a larger one. (Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes)

From the outside, the Pizzeria Trattoria Lucrino looks like one of several small shops wedged together in a busy block of Pozzuoli, Italy.

The sign is low-key, and the glass-door entrance is easy to miss. But when you enter and walk past a counter that blocks the view of passersby, you find yourself in a cozy, elegant pizzeria with tablecloths and a full set of silverware. In Italy, you eat pizza with a knife and fork.

Trattoria Lucrino also offers a variety of seafood and pasta, which is common in a Naples-area pizzeria. What’s less common is the modest price for such ample portions and high quality.

And there’s a large, low-fee parking lot across the street, a rare convenience in downtown Pozzuoli.

The price of pizzas ranges from 4 euros ($5) for a basic margherita to 8.50 euros ($10.50) for one with more lavish toppings.

Appetizers range from potato chips for 3 euros to a small seafood pasta for 9 euros. Salads also vary in price, from a 3-euro garden salad to a 10-euro octopus salad.

If you have a hearty appetite, you can get a full-course dinner, complete with a first and second dish. Being moderately hungry, I ordered a mushroom pizza and an octopus salad, along with a small decanter of red wine.

The wine was smoother and less dry than other house reds I’ve had in Italy. And the pizza and octopus were tasty and filling, for a total of 18 euros.

Friendly restaurant staff was a bonus. They were happy to let me in the kitchen to take photos of the cook baking pizza in the wood-fired oven. I plan to dine there again and try other items on the menu, and next time I won’t have to look for the entrance.

wyland.scott@stripes.com

Location: Via Miliscola 500, Pozzuoli 80078, Italy

Hours: 12-4 p.m., 6 p.m.-midnight daily

Parking: Streetside and lot across the street for about 1 euro ($1.25) an hour. A coin-operated machine dispenses a ticket to display on your dashboard.

Phone: (+39)(081) 866 2710

Website: www.pizzerialucrino.com

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