If you want a taste of the Old Country — fine cheese, olive oil and spirits from a well-stocked wine cellar — you can find it right at home. And you don’t even have to be Italian.
The Northwest offers a wide selection of Italian restaurants, which feature stone ovens, Mediterranean arches and, in at least one case, antique pots that have been in the owners’ family for generations.
Whether you favor Northern Italian cuisine with cream, Mascarpone cheese and fresh egg pasta or Southern fare with buffalo cheese, dried pasta and ample tomatoes, it’s available north of River Road.
BAZIL’S
4777 E. Sunrise Drive
Phone: 577-3322
Cuisine: Italian
Open daily 5-10 p.m.
LAROCCA’S CLASSIC ITALIAN CUISINE
5689 N. Swan Road
Phone: 299-4301
Cuisine: Italian
Open daily 5:30-10 p.m.
MICHELANGELO RISTORANTE ITALIANO
420 W. Magee Road
Phone: 297-5775
Cuisine: Italian
Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
ROMA CAFFE
4140 W. Ina Road
Phone: 744-2929
Cuisine: Italian
Open Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday and Monday 4-9 p.m.
TAVOLINO
7090 N. Oracle Road
Phone: 531-1913
Cuisine: Italian
Open Monday 5:30-9 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5:30-9 p.m.
TRATTORIA DELLA FAMIGLIA
6060 N. Oracle Road
Phone: (866) 906-9447
Cuisine: Italian
Open Monday-Saturday 5-10 p.m.
TRATTORIA PINA
5541 N. Swan Road
Phone: 577-6992
Cuisine: Italian
Open Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 4:30-10 p.m.
VITELLO’S
15930 N. Oracle Road
Phone: 825-0140
Cuisine: Italian
Open Sunday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Monday 5-8 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
ZONA 78
78 W. River Road
Phone: 888-7878
Cuisine: Italian
Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 4-9 p.m.
