30 italian rooms worth the trip across United States, editor-ranked. All cuisines in United States.
Pammy's ★ 4.7 · Boston
cambridge · 928 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Chris and Pam Willis run Pammy's as a New American-Italian trattoria between Central and Harvard Squares in Cambridge since 2017. Michelin Bib Gourmand, a 36-seat counter.
Tip: Resy opens 30 days ahead and the room fills the same minute. Counter walk-ins from 17:30 weekdays.
Tavernetta ★ 4.7 · Denver
lodo · 1889 16th St, Denver, CO 80202
Tavernetta in Denver is Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson's regional Italian dining room in Union Station's Crawford Hotel, the sister to Boulder's Frasca since 2017.
Tip: Book the chef's counter for a view of the pasta station. The Italian-only wine list runs deep on Friuli and Piemonte growers.
Bestia ★ 4.7 · Los Angeles
downtown-la · 2121 E 7th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis's Arts District room set the tone for downtown LA's modern Italian cooking in 2012 and still pulls bookings six weeks out.
Tip: Book six weeks out for prime time; bar seats walk-in only from 17:30, and the menu is the same as the dining room.
Felix Trattoria ★ 4.7 · Los Angeles
venice · 1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Evan Funke's Venice pasta room rolls every shape by hand in a glass-walled laboratorio. Felix Trattoria is the busiest dinner reservation on Abbot Kinney.
Tip: Reservations open 30 days out and disappear in the first hour; counter seats overlooking the pasta room are walk-in from 17:00.
Boia De ★ 4.7 · Miami
buena-vista · 5205 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137
Boia De in Miami is the Michelin-starred 24-seat Italian counter at 5205 NE 2nd Ave, glowing under a neon exclamation mark in a Buena Vista strip mall.
Tip: Reservations open one month ahead on Resy and vanish in minutes. Walk in at 5pm and try for the bar.
Yolan ★ 4.7 · Nashville
downtown · 401 Korean Veterans Blvd, Nashville, TN 37203
Tony and Cathy Mantuano's Joseph Hotel Italian restaurant in Nashville opened August 2020 with refined regional cooking, awarded a Michelin Star in 2025.
Tip: The espresso bar on the ground floor serves the same kitchen at half the price for an aperitivo.
Yolan ★ 4.7 · Nashville
downtown · 401 Korean Veterans Blvd, Nashville, TN 37203
Tony Mantuano's Joseph Hotel Italian room in downtown Nashville opened August 2020 with refined regional Italian cooking, awarded a Michelin Star in 2025.
Tip: The espresso bar on the ground floor serves casual antipasti at half the price; counter seats welcome walk-ins.
Rolf and Daughters ★ 4.7 · Nashville
germantown · 700 Taylor St, Nashville, TN 37208
Philip Krajeck's Germantown Italian-American kitchen in Nashville earned a Michelin Recommended listing in 2025 for its handmade pastas and wood-fired plates.
Tip: Reservations on Resy 30 days out; the bar takes walk-ins from 17:00 and serves the same menu.
Rezdôra ★ 4.7 · New York City
flatiron · 27 East 20th Street, NYC, NY 10003
Chef Stefano Secchi's Flatiron pasta room runs Emilian hand-rolled pastas in New York City: tortellini in brodo, anolini, gramigna. Michelin star since 2022.
Tip: Reservations open 28 days out on Resy. The bar runs walk-ins from 17:30 and serves the same pasta tour.
Mamma Maria ★ 4.6 · Boston
north-end · 3 North Square, Boston, MA 02113
Mamma Maria on North Square is the North End's fine-dining anchor in Boston, in a five-room brick townhouse since 1973. Northern Italian pastas, Tuscan game and a Barolo-heavy list.
Tip: Book the upstairs Library room for a quiet conversation. The Sunday family menu at 17:00 is the easy walk-in seat.
Coppa ★ 4.6 · Boston
south-end · 253 Shawmut Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette's Italian enoteca on Shawmut Avenue runs house-made charcuterie and Roman pastas in Boston's South End since 2009. Natural-wine list, 36 seats.
Tip: The marble counter is the better solo seat. Walk in at 17:00 for the easy table.
Da Marco ★ 4.6 · Houston
montrose · 1520 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006
Da Marco in Houston is Marco Wiles's Italian dining room on Westheimer since 2002, with hand-rolled pastas, a salt-baked branzino and Houston's most serious Italian wine list.
Tip: Sit upstairs in the smaller dining room. The downstairs window seats are the loudest in the house.
Bar La Grassa ★ 4.6 · Minneapolis
north-loop · 800 N Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Isaac Becker's Bar La Grassa on Washington Avenue has run the North Loop's defining Italian in Minneapolis since 2009. James Beard Best Chef Midwest 2011.
Tip: Bar walk-ins open at 17:00; the bruschetta menu prints 12 options daily. Order three to share.
Via Carota ★ 4.6 · New York City
west-village · 51 Grove Street, New York, NY 10014
Jody Williams and Rita Sodi's Grove Street West Village room serves Tuscan-leaning food in New York City. No reservations; the line outside is its own institution.
Tip: Walk in at 17:00 sharp for the first seating, or join the list around 20:30 for the second wave.
Cesarina ★ 4.6 · San Diego
point-loma · 4161 Voltaire St, San Diego, CA 92107
Cesarina in San Diego is Cesarina Mezzoni's Point Loma trattoria on Voltaire Street, a glass-walled pastificio where you can watch hand-rolled eggless pasta being made through the window.
Tip: The eggless dough is unusual; ask for it explicitly if you want the canonical Cesarina experience.
Carmelina's ★ 4.5 · Boston
north-end · 307 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113
Damien DiPaola named Carmelina's after his mother and runs it on Hanover Street as a regional Italian kitchen in Boston since 2012. Sicilian and Roman pastas, family-style portions.
Tip: Reservations open four weeks ahead on OpenTable. The bar is the easier walk-in seat at 17:30 weekdays.
Carmelina's ★ 4.5 · Boston
north-end · 307 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113
Damien DiPaola's Carmelina's on Hanover Street has run regional Italian in Boston's North End since 2012. Reservations available, family-style sharing, all-Italian wine list under $80.
Tip: OpenTable bookings four weeks ahead. Sunday lunch family gravy at 13:00 is the easy seat.
Wild Olive ★ 4.5 · Charleston
johns-island · 2867 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island, SC 29455
Wild Olive on Johns Island has run handmade pasta and Italian-Lowcountry plates from a converted barn on Maybank Highway since 2009. Chef Jacques Larson's first restaurant.
Tip: Reservations required almost every night. Book at wildolive.com.
Wild Olive ★ 4.5 · Charleston
johns-island · 2867 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island, SC 29455
Wild Olive on Johns Island has run handmade pasta and Italian-Lowcountry plates from a converted barn on Maybank Highway since 2009. Jacques Larson's first restaurant.
Tip: Reservations required almost every night.
Broders' Pasta Bar ★ 4.5 · Minneapolis
linden-hills · 5000 Penn Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419
The Broder family's Pasta Bar at 50th and Penn has run a Southwest Minneapolis Italian since 1994. Hand-cut pasta, deli across the street, the city's pasta school.
Tip: Walk-ins only; line forms by 17:30. Broders' Cucina deli across the street is the takeaway alternative.
Folk ★ 4.5 · Nashville
east-nashville · 823 Meridian St, Nashville, TN 37207
Philip Krajeck's casual East Nashville sibling to Rolf and Daughters opened in 2018, running naturally leavened pizza and a vegetable-forward menu with natural wine.
Tip: Closed Wednesdays. Walk-in seats at the long marble bar are the best move on a weeknight.
Carbone ★ 4.5 · New York City
greenwich-village · 181 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012
Major Food Group's red-sauce Italian-American room on Thompson Street in New York City turns 1950s tableside service into theatre. Spicy rigatoni vodka is the order.
Tip: Reservations are notorious; the bar runs walk-ins from 17:30 and serves the full menu. Don't skip the Caesar.
Cotogna ★ 4.5 · San Francisco
embarcadero · 490 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
Cotogna in San Francisco is Michael Tusk's casual Italian next to three-star Quince, with a wood oven turning out pizza and a Piedmontese pasta board.
Tip: Walk in at 17:30 for the bar seats; the dining room books two weeks ahead.
The Daily Catch ★ 4.4 · Boston
north-end · 323 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113
The Daily Catch on Hanover Street has run Paul Freddura's Sicilian seafood kitchen in Boston's North End since 1973. 20 seats, open kitchen, squid-ink pasta is the house signature.
Tip: Twenty seats; the line forms by 18:00. The new takeout window two doors down at 331 Hanover skips the wait.
Bar Dough ★ 4.4 · Denver
highland · 2227 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO 80211
Bar Dough in Denver is Max MacKissock's wood-fired pizza and pasta room in Highland since 2015, with a Neapolitan-trained oven and house-made pastas.
Tip: Walk-in at the bar usually works; the patio is busy on summer weekends. Brunch on Sunday with carbonara is a draw.
Ferraro's Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar ★ 4.4 · Las Vegas
spring-mountain-chinatown · 4480 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169
Ferraro's Italian in Las Vegas is the Ferraro family room since 1985, a long-running Paradise Road Italian dining room with one of the deepest wine cellars off the Strip.
Tip: The wine cellar holds 1,500 labels; the staff sommelier will route a pairing menu on request.
Ferraro's Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar ★ 4.4 · Las Vegas
spring-mountain-chinatown · 4480 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169
Ferraro's Italian in Las Vegas is the Ferraro family room since 1985, a Paradise Road dining room with one of the deepest wine cellars off the Strip and an old-school tableside menu.
Tip: 1,500 wine labels in the cellar; ask for the sommelier to route a pairing menu.
Macchialina ★ 4.4 · Miami
south-beach · 820 Alton Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Macchialina in Miami Beach is Michael Pirolo's rustic Italian taverna at 820 Alton Road, open in South Beach since 2012 and built on house-made pasta.
Tip: Sidewalk tables for breeze, dining room for noise; the Italian wine list runs deeper than the menu suggests.
Macchialina ★ 4.4 · Miami
south-beach · 820 Alton Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Macchialina in Miami Beach is Michael Pirolo's rustic Italian taverna at 820 Alton Road, open in South Beach since 2012 with house-made pasta as the spine.
Tip: Sidewalk tables for breeze, dining room for noise; the Italian wine list runs deeper than the menu suggests.
Mucca Osteria ★ 4.4 · Portland
downtown · 1022 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR 97205
An intimate Tuscan and Central Italian room in downtown Portland with handmade pastas, a focused wine list and dinner reservations that book a week ahead.
Tip: Dinner only, closed Sunday and Monday. The wine list runs deep on Italian regions you can't find elsewhere in Portland.