Italian cooking in Milwaukee runs from neighborhood trattorias to the city's grandest dining room. Onesto brings pastas, wood-fired pizzas and natural wine to the Third Ward, and Ristorante Bartolotta dal 1993 in Wauwatosa stands as the Bartolotta Group's Northern Italian flagship.

Italian restaurants in Milwaukee

4 italian places in Milwaukee we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Milwaukee · Italian across every city.

  • Onesto

    Order Whichever pasta is being rolled in the open kitchen and the Margherita off the wood oven.

    Onesto on North Broadway in the Third Ward runs an Italian menu of hand-rolled pastas, wood-fired pizzas and natural-wine pours, opened by the Cibo team.

  • Louise's Trattoria

    Order House lasagne with bechamel and a wood-fired Margherita to share.

    Louise's on North Jefferson Street downtown is a casual Italian room with wood-fired pizzas, hand-rolled pastas and Italian wines near the Pabst Theater.

  • Ristorante Bartolotta dal 1993

    • ★ 4.6
    • $$$$

    Ristorante Bartolotta dal 1993 on State Street in Wauwatosa is the Bartolotta Group's flagship Italian room, with house pastas and Northern Italian classics.

  • Cousins Subs

    • ★ 4.0
    • $

    Try Italian sub

    Cousins Subs on South Cesar E Chavez Drive in Walker's Point is the Milwaukee-founded sub chain since 1972 with Italian and turkey subs and giant party.

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