9 italian rooms in Portland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Portland | Italian across every city.
Italian cooking in Portland spans two eras: the old immigrant sandwich shops and a newer wave of pasta-focused rooms. Solo Italiano on Commercial Street in the Old Port works in a refined Ligurian style, while Tipo on Ocean Avenue in the Woodfords and Deering area takes a more relaxed, wood-fired approach. Amato's on India Street carries the older tradition, claiming roots in the Italian sandwich that still feeds the city.
Solo Italiano ★ 4.7
old-port · 100 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101
Solo Italiano on Commercial Street opened 2016 from Chef Paolo Laboa, with Ligurian cooking, hand-cut trofie pesto and house bread from a Genovese-style oven.
Leeward ★ 4.7
arts-district · 85 Free Street, Portland, ME 04101
Leeward on Free Street opened 2020 from Jake and Raquel Stevens, with a chef-driven fresh-pasta program inside a brick-and-tile Italian dining room.
Via Vecchia ★ 4.4
old-port · 10 Dana Street, Portland, ME 04101
Via Vecchia on Dana Street in the Old Port, a brick-and-ivy small-plates Italian room with handmade pasta, Maine seafood and a velvet-booth wrap-around bar.
Tipo ★ 4.4
woodfords-deering · 182 Ocean Avenue, Portland, ME 04103
Tipo on Ocean Avenue opened 2017 from Chris and Paige Gould of Central Provisions, a Neapolitan-themed Italian room in Portland's Back Cove neighbourhood.
Tipo ★ 4.3
woodfords-deering · 182 Ocean Avenue, Portland, ME 04103
Tipo on Ocean Avenue, since 2017 from Chris and Paige Gould (Central Provisions), is the wood-fired Italian room in Back Cove with Neapolitan pizza and pasta.
Leeward ★ 4.5
85 Free Street, Portland, ME 04101
Leeward on Free Street, since 2020, from Jake and Raquel Stevens, with a chef-driven fresh-pasta program inside a brick-and-tile Italian dining room.
Solo Italiano ★ 4.3
100 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101
Solo Italiano on Commercial Street, since 2016, from Chef Paolo Laboa. Genovese cooking with house-made pastas, breads and pesto from a stone mortar.
Via Vecchia ★ 4.0
10 Dana Street, Portland, ME 04101
Via Vecchia on Dana Street in the Old Port, a brick-and-ivy small-plates Italian room with handmade pasta, Maine seafood and a velvet-booth wrap-around bar.
Amato's Italian Sandwich ★ 4.4
india-street · 71 India Street, Portland, ME 04101
Amato's on India Street is the original 1902 Portland sandwich counter where Giovanni Amato invented the Maine Italian sandwich, served under ten dollars.