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1. Cafe Venetia
This is a great espresso place, much more reminiscent of the likes in Italy than the formula Americana at Starbucks.
In Italy, there are many Bars, which are little shops that serve espresso in demi cups at a counter, where you stand and drink (there…More »
2. Andiamo Detroit Riverfront
Detroit, MI 48243
(313) 567-6700
Category:
Italian
Neighbourhood: Downtown Detroit
Andiamo is a great riverside Italian Restaurant in the RenCen, facing the river and the Canadian skyline.
It is pretty large, with sexy mood spot-lighting, Italian Modern decor befitting the rest of the concrete and glass motif of the RenCen, with…More »
3. Osteria
Osteria has been around for a long time in Palo Alto, outlasting the many restaurant changes in the area for a reason. The italian food is very good. It has a nothern Italian flavor to its dishes, focusing more on veal and pastas rather than pizza…More »
4. Piazza D'Angelo Ristorante
Piazza D"Angelo has been a community favorite for locals and tourists alike for a long time here in downtown Mill Valley.
It is very large for little Mill Valley, with a front room and bar, a large back step-up dining room, and two good sized patio…More »
5. Caffe Venezia
Design to mimic a Piazza d'Italia in Venezia, the Venezia Restaurant has been serving loyal mostly East Bay customers for a long time, just a couple blocks from the Cal campus. It is my sister's favorite pre-theater in Berkeley (Cal Performances,…More »
6. Venice Ristorante & Wine Bar - CLOSED
Came here again in November. It is consistely good. I had
Carpaccio Sospiri ($11)
Mozzarella Caprese ($7)
Those two are my favorite Italian appetizers, and they do them well here. In fact, I would love to eat these and rewatch Cinema Paradiso, my all…More »
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6/26/2009
I came here twice in the past 10 days for a business lunch each time. Both times the food was… Read more »
7. Tanino Restaurant
This place has a beautiful interior reminescent of my trips to italy, with dark panelling, old terra cota hues, and a traditional, old italian feel. It's ironic that sitting on the patio on a lovely day, there are nothing but UCLAns in all their…More »
8. Ciao Bella Restaurant
Ciao Bella is a large, semi-upscale restaurant in Bloomington that is pretty popular.
5 of us came on a Tuesday night and they were doing pretty good business. We didn't have to wait, but this place can seat probably over 100 people. Many of the…More »
9. Capriccio
The correct zip code is 93001.
Capriccio is on Main street in downtown Ventura. It is a casual and comfortable place, with pretty reasonable prices and pretty good food.
My business associate and I went their for a late lunch (3:30 to 5:30) on a…More »
10. Brio Tuscan Grille
Brio Tuscan Grille is a chain of formula restaurants serving Northern Italian inspired food, much like Maggianno's Little Italy is a chain that serves more Southern Italian inspired food.
It has about 30 locations and is HQ in Ohio. There is another…More »
11. Stefani's Tuscany Café
This is perhaps the best place to eat anywhere in United's Terminals B and C in Chicago O'Hare airport.
The bad news is that it is tucked away at the end of Terminal B, near gates B19 - B22.
For one, it is one of the few places in these terminals that…More »
12. Tommaso Ristorante Italiano
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 398-9696
Tommaso is definitely the epitome of old school San Francisco restaurants. It has been around for about 75 years or so, located right on Columbus on the edge of FIDI, Chinatown and North Beach.
It's been around since San Franciscans were wearing Zoot…More »
13. Monterey's Fish House
This is a great little place if you want seafood on the Monterey Peninsula. It is not near the tourist swarmed Fisherman's Wharf and even farther from Cannery Row and the Aquarium. It is near Seaside and the indstrial part of Monterey. Unassuming for…More »
14. Restaurant Buono Notte
The Saint Laurent street corridor has a host of restaurants of all types, particularly clustered around the Complexe Ex-Centris shopping mall.
Most of the restaurants have a polished feel, nearly all with candle lights on every table in a darkened…More »
15. Maggiano's Little Italy
Maggiano's Little Italy is on the second floor of the Fashion Show Mall, across from the Wynn and Treasure Island on Las Vegas Blvd.
Maggiano's is a chain restaurant that can be found in over 20 states. I have eaten at the one in Minneapolis as well…More »
16. Fellini's Ristorante
Frederico Fellini was a brillant and enigmatic Italian director of films in the 50's, 60's and 70's. 4 of his films won an Oscar for best foreign film.
If you talk to any film afficianado, they would recognize his titles, like La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, La…More »
17. Ciao Bella - CLOSED
Ciao Bella is a nice Italian ristorante in this neck of Riverside. There really aren't a lot of choices in this area, though.
Ciao Bella has a clean, pleasant, modern decor with white linened tables and decent service. The food is casual and…More »
18. Rosine's Restaurant
Rosine's has been a fixture on Monterey's downtown Alvarado avenue. for nearly 30 years. It is quite popular, not just with the curious summer tourists, but locals go here for the heaping amounts of food at reasonable prices.
Rosine's is like a…More »
19. Scalo Northern Italian Grill
I love northern italian food, so this is a good choice if you are in Albuquerque, NM. There is nothing really outstanding here, just a good place to get some of those flavors from Tuscany, Piemonte Valley, and other northern regional cuisines. The…More »
20. Cafe Verona
The best thing about cafe Verona is the venue.....it is in old downtown Independence (President Truman's home town) in a brick building that used to be a 5 and dime variety store for decades. Back in the old days, the family that owned it lived above…More »
21. Joe's Pasta House
This is a nice little pasta house in the suburbs of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Friendly staff, good pastas, a lot of good choices with different pastas and sauces. Beats Olive Garden! Reasonably priced. Had a group of 7 here and everyone loved their…More »
22. Restaurant La Magia
In the city of Longueuil, which is across the water from Montreal in what is called the south shore area, is the quaint old town area of Longueuil. This little strip is dotted with little shops and restaurants, including this one, La Magia.
The…More »
23. Rodolfo's Cucina Italiana
This little unassuming Italian restaurant is in an unassuming strip mall in the unassuming city of Hemet, pushed up against the San Jacinto Mountains.
It offers good, solid food in an unassuming environment. Their baked Lasagna is a popular choice…More »
24. Figaro - CLOSED
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 398-1300
Category:
Italian
Neighbourhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill
Figaro is one of the many trattorias (casual dining restaurant) on Columbus Avenue in San Francisco's North Beach area. There's Pinocchio, Steps of Rome, Calzone's, and several others.
The GOOD things about these SF Trattorias in North Beach are that…More »
25. Grissini Trattoria
OK, this is Hilton Hotel's restaurant in Concord. So you don't expect too much greatness from hotel restaurants serving weary road warriors.
However, this place isn't bad, even for the locals. It bills itself as a Trattoria, and it does have some…More »
26. Filippi's Pizza Grotto
San Diego, CA 92130
(858) 279-7240
In 1950 the DePhilippi family moved from Philadelphia to San Diego where they opened a deli grocery on India Street, which was called Filippi's Cash and Carry. This was the beginning of what was to become a successful line of family restaurants.…More »
27. Pasta Q
This is your classic university town restaurant on the main drag, that serves mediocre food to the passing masses. Every college town has one, but in Palo Alto, they are just more expensive, and serve more than just Chef Boyardee and Pizza, like…More »
28. Mediterraneo Italian Restaurant
Just like the Italian film with the same name that won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Mediterraneo wins the Wanugee Award as best Italian restaurant in the greater Waikiki area.
This restaurant opened just after the movie did,…More »
29. White House Grill
This is a fun little gem of a restaurant, very popular locally, out where you wouldn't expect a lively Mediterranean restaurant, in the suburbs of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.
The White House Grill is located in Post Falls, Idaho, just outside Coeur…More »
30. Nob Hill Cafe
The Nob Hill Cafe is a San Francisco tradition, especially for the well-heeled local Nob Hill residents living in multi-million dollar condos just up the Hill.
It serves good Italian food, and most of its clients are regulars. For instance, the…More »
31. Toscanova
This place seems to attract middle aged, middle class diners who like to people watch. It was 7pm on a Saturday night, but there were no kids, and few shopping bags from the mall. But there were a lot of bags with botox who would give you the longer…More »
32. Accanto
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 235-4900
Category:
Italian
Neighbourhoods: Southeast Portland, Belmont, Sunnyside
There are two sisters in Portland that attract a lot of epicurean attention.
Not European, like a Gucci wearing, hairy chested guy with tight slacks.
Epicurean, like a long awaited food cure to a deadly disease.
From Hungry, not Hungary.
One sister…More »
33. Stelladoro Pizza Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 928-4454
Well, if you need a quick pizza or slice while on Divisadero in the NOPA area, this will fill your stomach.
It won't necessarily satisfy your taste buds or tittilate your San Francisco fine dining honed and trained palate, but it will fill your tummy…More »
34. Il Fornaio
Il Fornaio ("The Baker") is a food corporation with 21 restaurants mostly in California, with two wholesale bakeries, with a new line of places called Canaletto Ristorante Veneto (Venetian hotel in Vegas and Newport Beach) and also purchased and owns…More »
35. Venice Ristorante Italiano
This is an excellent Italian restaurant choice in the upscale Denver suburb of Greenwood Village.
Here, amidst the sponged faux terra cotta walls with muraled scenes from Italy, and the draped linen ceiling fabric to lower the high ceiling into a…More »
36. Primo's Pizza & Pasta
Primo's is a comfortable and casual Pasta and Pizza place, bordering on sports bar, in the heart of the upscale suburban confines that is Danville's little shopping strip.
It features Pizza's, with formidable nearby competition from places like…More »
37. Scusa Italian Ristorante
For Italian in Tahoe, this place is pretty nice!
It moved to a new location in November 2011 on Lake Tahoe Blvd, after being on Ski Run Blvd for nearly 20 years.
The place has a nice clean, cozy feel to it, with a comfortable vibe and fairly upscale…More »
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