This is a list of notable Italian restaurants, which specialize in the preparation and purveyance of
Italian cuisine
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Amato's
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Bella Italia
Bella Italia (formerly known as Bella Pasta) is a chain of over 90 restaurants offering meals inspired by Italian cuisine in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The chain is part of The Big Table Group, which also owns Café Rouge and Las Iguanas ...
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Beppi's Restaurant
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Buca di Beppo
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Carrabba's Italian Grill
Carrabba's Italian Grill (or simply Carrabba's) is an American restaurant chain featuring Italian-American cuisine. It is owned and operated by Bloomin' Brands, and headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
History
The chain was founded on December 26, ...
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Cibo Espresso
Cibo Espresso, commonly Cibo (pronounced: ˈtʃibo), is a café and coffee shop franchise based in Adelaide, South Australia, owned by parent company Retail Zoo.
Founding
It was founded in 2000, and now has 28 locations in South Australia al ...
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Drago restaurants The Drago family has owned and operated some of the most famous high-end Italian restaurants in Los Angeles, California, since the 1980s. They are known for their pasta dishes. The family includes four brothers:Tanino, Calogero, Celestino, and Giaco ...
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East Side Mario's
East Side Mario's is a Canadian chain of casual dining restaurants, managed by its parent holding company Recipe Unlimited. The restaurant specializes in Italian-American cuisine. Individual locations aim to recreate the historic ambience found ...
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Fazoli's
Fazoli's is an American fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1988 and is now owned by FAT Brands. As of November 2021, there are 220 Fazoli's located nationwide. The restaurant chain specializes in ...
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Frankie & Benny's
Frankie & Benny's (now trading as Frankie's) is a chain of Italian-American-themed restaurants in the United Kingdom run by The Restaurant Group. , it had 90 outlets nationwide.
History
In 1924, at the age of 10, Frankie Giuliani left Sicily wit ...
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Italian Tomato
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Kissa Tanto
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Locanda Locatelli
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Manganaro's
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Marea
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Modern Apizza
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Mosconi
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Murano
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Numero 28
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The Old Spaghetti Factory
The Old Spaghetti Factory is an Italian-American-style chain restaurant in the United States and Canada. The U.S. restaurants are owned by OSF International, based in Portland, Oregon, while the Canadian restaurants are owned by The Old Spaghett ...
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Olive Garden
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Osteria del Mondo
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Pasta Pomodoro
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Pastamania
Pastamania is a Singaporean fast casual restaurant chain that specialises in Italian cuisine. It offers mainly pasta and also sells pizza. Aside from Singapore, the restaurant also has outlets in various other countries.
About
The first Pastam ...
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Patsy's
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Piada Italian Street Food
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La Porchetta
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Prezzo
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Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent ...
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Probka Restaurant Group
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Rao's
Rao's () is a Southern Italian restaurant founded in 1896. It is located at 455 East 114th Street, on the corner of Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, New York City. Rao's has sister restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada.
History
The re ...
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The River Café (London)
The River Café is a restaurant in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, specialising in Italian cuisine. It was owned and run by chefs Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray until Gray's death in 2010; since then, Rogers has been the sole owne ...
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Romano's Macaroni Grill
Romano's Macaroni Grill is a casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine. The company claims 41 locations in the U.S. and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
History
Romano's first restaurant was founded by restaura ...
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Saizeriya
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Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto
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San Lorenzo
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Spaghetti Warehouse
Spaghetti Warehouse is an Italian restaurant chain geared towards families with five physical locations in two U.S. states: four in Ohio, one in New York (state). They also operate a to-go only location in Texas. The chain started in 1972 in Dal ...
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Spizzico
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The Station
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Tony Macaroni
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Totti's
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Umberto's Clam House
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Union Street Café, London
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Vapiano
Vapiano SE is a German restaurant franchise company headquartered in Cologne. The chain's restaurants offer Italian food adhering to the fast-casual principle. Vapiano was established in 2002 in Hamburg.
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Veeno
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Veniero's
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Zarra's
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Zizzi
Zizzi is a chain of Italian-inspired restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In February 2015, Bridgepoint Capital completed a £250 million acquisition of '' ASK Italian'' and ''Zizzi'', and subsequently bought by TowerBrook Capital Partn ...
– a chain of Italian restaurants found across the
United Kingdom
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which is owned by
Gondola Group
Gondola Group was a chain restaurant operator in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It operated several casual dining brands:
*Byron Hamburgers, sold to Hutton Collins for £100 million in October 2013.
*Kettners, champagne bar and restaurant (one ...
United States
Notable Italian restaurants in the United States include:
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3 Doors Down Café and Lounge, Portland, Oregon
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Acquerello, San Francisco
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Amalfi's Italian Restaurant
Amalfi's Italian Restaurant, also known as Amalfi's Restaurant and Mercato, is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Description
Amalfi's is a Black-owned restaurant serving Italian cuisine on Fremont Street in northeast Portland's Cull ...
, Portland, Oregon
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Angelo's Civita Farnese, Providence, Rhode Island
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Ava Gene's, Portland, Oregon
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Bar del Corso, Seattle
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Barbetta, New York City
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Bella's Italian Bakery
Bella's Italian Bakery is a bakery in Portland, Oregon.
Description
Bella's Italian Bakery is a 24-seat bakery at the intersection of Woodstock Boulevard and 92nd Avenue in southeast Portland's Lents neighborhood. The menu has included cannoli, ...
, Portland, Oregon
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Bertucci's
Bertucci's is an American chain of restaurants offering pizza and Italian food. It also offers delivery (from some stores), take-out and private dining. Bertucci's was founded by Joey Crugnale in Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1981 ...
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BiCE Ristorante, New York City
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Caffe Mingo, Portland, Oregon
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Caffé Vittoria, Boston
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Caravaggio, New York City
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Carino's Italian
Carino's Italian is a United States-based chain of Italian food casual dining restaurants. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the concept is owned by Fired Up, Inc., which was founded in 1997 by partners and former Brinker International
Brinker ...
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Cibo, Portland, Oregon
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Defonte's
Defonte's is a sandwich shop in the Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City. It is known for large Italian heroes with ham, provolone, salami, roast beef, mozzarella and fried eggplant. There is also a steak pizzaiola sandwich.
History
The business b ...
, New York City
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DeLaurenti Food & Wine, Seattle
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Ferrara Bakery and Cafe
Ferrara Bakery and Cafe, established in 1892 by Antonio Ferrara, claims to be America's first espresso bar. It is located in Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City and offers Italian delicacies. Ferrara has remained a family owned business since ...
, New York City
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Filomena Ristorante, Washington, D.C.
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Fiola, Washington, D.C.
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Gargiulo's Italian Restaurant
Gargiulo's is an Italian restaurant established in 1907 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.
The restaurant was started and run by Gus Gargiulo, and later he was joined by his brother Louis and sisters Tessie and Angelina, with other famil ...
, New York City
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Genoa
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, Portland, Oregon
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Gilda's Italian Restaurant, Portland, Oregon
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Grassa (restaurant)
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Il Fornaio
Il Fornaio is a chain restaurant, chain of twenty (as of 2019) Italian cuisine, Italian-themed fine dining restaurants operating primarily in California (16 locations of its 20) in the United States.
History
The Il Fornaio brand was established i ...
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Joe's Pizza, New York City
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Komi, Washington, D.C.
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Lombardi's Pizza
Lombardi's is a pizzeria located at 32 Spring Street on the corner of Mott Street in the Nolita neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 1905, it has been recognized by the Pizza Hall of Fame as the first pizzeria in t ...
, New York City
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Lucy's Cafe
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Lusardi's, New York City
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Maggiano's Little Italy
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Mama Mia Trattoria
Mama Mia Trattoria is an Italian restaurant housed in Portland, Oregon's Waldo Block, in the United States.
History
Lisa Schroeder opened the restaurant in 2004, and served as chef and owner (along with Mother's Bistro), until she sold the busi ...
, Portland, Oregon
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Mucca Osteria
Mucca Osteria is an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
Description
Mucca Osteria is an Italian restaurant in downtown Portland. Fodor's describes the restaurant as a "narrow, bi-level space with exposed-brick walls, rustic chandeliers, and ...
, Portland, Oregon
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Nostrana, Portland, Oregon
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Osteria la Spiga, Seattle
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Osteria Mozza
Osteria Mozza is a Michelin Guide-starred Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, California.
In 2007, Nancy Silverton partnered with New York chef Mario Batali and his frequent collaborator Joseph Bastianich to open an Italian restaurant, Osteria M ...
, Los Angeles
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Oven and Shaker, Portland, Oregon
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Pastini Pastaria, Oregon
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Pazzo Ristorante
Pazzo Ristorante, or simply Pazzo, was an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
Description
Pazzo was an Italian restaurant housed in the Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland in downtown Portland. Elizabeth Dye of ''Willamette ...
, Portland, Oregon
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Piattino, Portland, Oregon
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Piazza Italia, Portland, Oregon
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The Pink Door
The Pink Door is a restaurant in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington.
Description
The Pink Door is located on Post Alley in Pike Place Market, in Seattle's Central Waterfront, Seattle, Central Water ...
, Seattle
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Portobello Vegan Trattoria, Portland, Oregon
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Rione XIII, Seattle
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Ristorante Machiavelli, Seattle
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Roman Candle, Portland, Oregon
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Rose Pistola, San Francisco
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Salumi
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The w ...
, Seattle
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Sebastiano's, Portland, Oregon
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Spiaggia, Chicago
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Spinasse, Seattle
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Tavolàta, Washington
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Touché Restaurant & Bar, Portland, Oregon
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Vito's, Seattle
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Zefiro
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, Portland, Oregon
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Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine (, ) is a Mediterranean cuisine David 1988, Introduction, pp.101–103 consisting of the ingredients, recipes and cooking techniques developed across the Italian Peninsula and later spread around the world together with wave ...
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Italian-American cuisine
Italian-American cuisine is a style of Italian cuisine adapted throughout the United States. Italian-American food has been shaped throughout history by various waves of immigrants and their descendants, called Italian Americans.
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List of Italian chefs
This is a list of Italy, Italian Chef, chefs:
A
* Andrea Accordi
* Massimiliano Alajmo
* Andrea Apuzzo
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* Lidia Bastianich
* Bruno Barbieri
*Ettore Boiardi
* Massimo Bottura
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* Antonino Cannavacciuolo
* Massimo Capra
* Caesar Cardini
* A ...
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List of Italian dishes
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Lists of restaurants
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Pizzerias (category)
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Trattoria
A ''trattoria'' (plural: ''trattorie'') is an Italian-style eating establishment that is generally much less formal than a '' ristorante'', but more formal than an '' osteria''.
A ''trattoria'' rooted in tradition may typically provide no pr ...
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Restaurants
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Lists of ethnic restaurants