8 italian places in Baltimore we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Baltimore | Italian across every city.
Italian food runs deep in Baltimore, from the old guard of Little Italy to the modern dining rooms of Harbor East. Cinghiale and Tagliata anchor the contemporary end in Harbor East, Sotto Sopra brings a long-standing room to Mount Vernon, and Cosima in Hampden cooks a southern Italian, Sicilian-leaning menu inside a converted mill.
Love, Pomelo ★ 4.0
canton · 2933 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD 21224
Love, Pomelo on Canton's O'Donnell Square is a Roman-leaning Italian room, plating spaghetti with bottarga and anchovy butter in a candlelit storefront.
Sotto Sopra ★ 4.2
mount-vernon · 405 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Sotto Sopra on Charles Street in Mount Vernon plates house-made pasta and an opera-night supper, a long-running Italian room with a deep wine list.
Cinghiale ★ 4.5
harbor-east · 822 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Cinghiale in Harbor East is Tony Foreman and Cindy Wolf's northern Italian enoteca, pairing house-made pasta and magret of duck with a deep Italian list.
Tagliata ★ 4.4
harbor-east · 1012 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Tagliata in Harbor East is Atlas Restaurant Group's Italian steakhouse, where chef Julian Marucci plates squid ink campanelle with blue crab and uni cream.
Cosima ★ 4.3
hampden · 3000 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21211
Cosima in Mill No. 1 is a Sicilian and southern Italian room above the Jones Falls, plating house-made pasta and seafood with views of the old textile mill.
Rec Pier Chop House ★ 4.2
fells-point · 1715 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
Rec Pier Chop House in Fells Point is the Pendry hotel's Italian chop house, plating house-made pasta and dry-aged steaks in a restored recreation pier.
Italian Disco ★ 4.1
harbor-east · 1006 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Italian Disco in Harbor East is Atlas Restaurant Group's pasta-and-pizza room, plating Roman-style plates and a disco-era soundtrack on Fleet Street.
Marta ★ 4.3
butchers-hill · 2127 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21231
Marta in Butchers Hill is chef Matthew Oetting's nouveau Italian room in the former Salt Tavern, built around a porterhouse lamb chop over creamy polenta.