Caruggio Eat & Shop

T1’s Caruggio Eat & Shop is landside, before security

You find Caruggio Eat & Shop in Terminal T1, pre-security on the landside, so it works both on arrival and before check-in. It’s one of the few spots at GOA focusing on local Ligurian food rather than generic pan-Italian. Figure $$ per person, roughly €13–€20 for a pasta plus a drink.

The kitchen leans hard into regional classics, with trofie al pesto as the headline dish. Trofie is the short, twisted pasta you see all over Genoa; here it usually comes with bright basil pesto and potatoes and green beans, as it should in Liguria. They also serve picagge with mussels, a flat pasta ribbon that feels closer to something you’d get in town than in an airport café.

Rating skews high at around 5 out of 5, which is rare for an airport spot and even rarer for one in a compact terminal like GOA T1. Expect more of a sit-down pace than a 5‑minute grab-and-go, so build in at least 25–30 minutes if you want a full plate of pasta and coffee before security. Prices for espresso and soft drinks sit in the typical Genoa airport range, not low, but not shock value either.

Caruggio also runs as a small shop, so you can pick up Ligurian packaged goods alongside your meal. Think jars of pesto, local snacks, and a few travel-friendly souvenirs you can toss into a cabin bag. Since it’s before the checkpoint, this is one of the last spots where non-flying friends or family can sit with you over a plate of trofie before you head to security.

Tip: eat here before you clear security in T1; airside food at GOA is limited, and you won’t find trofie al pesto or picagge with mussels past the checkpoint.