A little corner of the Amalfi coast, in Beckenham.

Casa Rebecca by Piccolo is the second restaurant from the Piccolo group — a neighbourhood Italian on Beckenham High Street that takes its cues from the south. Wide raffia pendants, hand-painted ceramic on the walls, alcoves and long tables, a bar built for a quick aperitivo on the way home.

The pasta is folded each morning. The wines are curated by the room — volcanic whites, Aglianico, Nero d’Avola, the occasional Franciacorta. The pizzas come out of a deck oven hot enough to leopard the cornicione without theatre.

It’s the kind of place we wanted near our own front door: somewhere you can sit at the bar with a glass and a bowl of olives, or settle into an alcove for the long version. Open from five on weeknights, late morning at the weekend.