7 editor picks in Cleveland.
Food tour in Little Italy
Little Italy Neighborhood Food Tour of Cleveland
4 of these places are in Little Italy
Little Italy, strung along Mayfield Road, is the heart of how Cleveland eats Italian. Mama Santa's and Trattoria on the Hill sit a block apart there, the former a long-running red-sauce and Sicilian-style room, the latter a more polished trattoria. Ohio City's Bright Side on West 25th Street brings a contemporary Italian-American voice to the west side.
7 italian places in Cleveland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Cleveland · Italian across every city.
Order Sicilian sausage pizza and a plate of the manicotti to share.
Mama Santa's on Mayfield Road in Little Italy, the family-owned Sicilian pizzeria since 1961, runs hand-tossed pies and homemade pasta on the Italian block.
Order Eggplant parmesan and chicken piccata, plus a slice of cassata cake to finish.
Trattoria on the Hill on Mayfield Road in Little Italy, an Italian-American dining room since 1988, runs hearty traditional pasta plates and veal mains.
Order The Sunnyside pizza with runny-yolk egg and pancetta, plus a basket of rosemary garlic frites.
Bright Side on West 25th Street in Ohio City, Sam McNulty and Mark Priemer's reimagining of the old Bar Cento space since June 2022, runs Sunnyside egg pizza.
Order Sicilian sausage pizza and a plate of the manicotti to share.
Mama Santa's on Mayfield Road in Little Italy, the family-owned Sicilian pizzeria since 1961, runs hand-tossed pies and homemade pasta on the Italian block.
Order Eggplant parmesan and chicken piccata, plus a slice of cassata cake to finish.
Trattoria on the Hill on Mayfield Road in Little Italy, an Italian-American dining room since 1988, runs hearty traditional pasta plates and veal mains.
Order The Sunnyside pizza with runny-yolk egg and pancetta, plus a basket of rosemary garlic frites.
Bright Side on West 25th Street in Ohio City, Sam McNulty and Mark Priemer's reimagining of the old Bar Cento space since June 2022, runs Sunnyside egg pizza.
LockKeepers on Rockside Road in Valley View since 1992 is the Italian-American fine-dining room in an Arts and Crafts building beside the historic Erie Canal.
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