8 editor picks in Memphis.
8 italian places in Memphis we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Memphis | Italian across every city.
Italian dining in Memphis splits between old-family red-sauce rooms and a modern wave of pasta-forward kitchens. Pete and Sam's in East Memphis and Coletta's Italian Restaurant in South Memphis carry the classic generational tradition, while Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen in East Memphis and Catherine and Mary's downtown lead the contemporary Italian cooking. Hog and Hominy in East Memphis bridges the two, mixing Italian technique with Southern ingredients.
Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman's Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen runs Italian cooking rooted in Southern ingredients from East Memphis since 2008.
OrderMaw Maw's potato gnocchi with red sugo, a recipe from Hudman's grandmother.
TipOpen Monday through Saturday for dinner from 16:30. Reserve on Resy two weeks out; the bar takes walk-ins.
Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman's downtown Memphis room pairs Tuscan and Sicilian grandmother cooking with Southern ingredients in the Chisca on Main building.
OrderWhatever pasta they are rolling that night, plus the wood-roasted whole fish.
TipBooth seats in the bar mean walk-in dinner on most weeknights; the dining room books two weeks out on Resy.
Ticer and Hudman's wood-fired pizza and charcuterie room in East Memphis runs a Southern-Italian playbook on a covered Brookhaven Circle patio since 2012.
OrderThe pizza of the night and a board of house salumi.
TipBrunch on Saturday and Sunday runs 10:30-14:00 with biscuits, ricotta and bacon-fat doughnuts. Patio first.
Pete and Sam's East Memphis Park Avenue room has run red-sauce Italian for the Bomarito family since 1948. Priced at $$. Booking recommended.
OrderSpaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, a pitcher of house red.
TipOpen Tuesday to Sunday for dinner; closed Mondays. Reservations advised on Friday and Saturday.
Coletta's is Memphis's oldest restaurant on South Parkway since 1923, Elvis Presley's South Parkway haunt and the home of Memphis BBQ pizza topped with pork.
OrderBBQ pizza with the side spaghetti.
TipAsk for the Elvis Room dining area. Closed Sundays and Mondays. The Appling Road location runs the same menu.
Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman's Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen in East Memphis runs Italian rooted in Southern ingredients from Brookhaven Circle since 2008.
OrderMaw Maw's potato gnocchi with red sugo.
TipClosed Sundays. The bar takes walk-ins; the dining room books on Resy two weeks out.
Curfew is Fabio Viviani's Union Avenue Memphis restaurant inside Canopy Downtown, with wood-fired steaks, house pastas and one of downtown's later kitchens.
OrderWood-fired bone-in ribeye with whatever pasta is on the daily list.
TipKitchen runs to 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. The bar takes walk-ins; the dining room books on OpenTable.
Bardog Tavern on Monroe Avenue downtown Memphis runs sliders, Italian subs and beer until 03:00 daily, with downtown's most reliable late kitchen.
OrderSliders and a cold beer at 01:00.
TipKitchen runs late most nights to 02:00. Tuesday $5 soup of the day is a local rite.
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