Italian
Ippolito’s
350 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, GA, 30024
678-985-4377
At this family-friendly, bustling operation, satisfying pizza and pasta are served in great big portions.
Website: http://ippolitos.net/home.html
Category: Italian, Restaurants
KR SteakBar
349 Peachtree Hills Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-841-8820
Glancing through the menu, you’ll see the restaurant’s name is a bit of a misnomer: There’s much more emphasis on pastas, charcuterie, and Italian-themed small plates than there is on beef.
Website: http://www.krsteakbar.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Italian, Restaurants, Steakhouse
La Grotta
2637 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-231-1368
Long live the silken veal dishes and elegant pasta of a standby you can trust when white truffle season is at its peak or when you want a beef dish cooked in Barolo.
Website: http://lagrottaatlanta.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Italian, Restaurants
La Pietra Cucina
1545 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-888-8709
Atlanta native Bruce Logue cooks a soulful, progressive brand of Italian cuisine, and his pastas are the culinary version of Cinema Paradiso.
Website: http://lapietracucina.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Italian, Restaurants
La Strada
2930 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA, 30062
770-640-7008
Congenial and fun trattoria with excellent menu of old-school Italian favorites.
Website: http://lastradainc.com
Category: Italian, Restaurants
La Tagliatella
933 Peachtree Street Northeast #919, Atlanta, GA, 30309
678-608-3188
If nothing else, the first two U.S. locations- of this Spanish-owned Italian restaurant chain—in Midtown’s Shops of Metropolis and the Emory Point complex—astonish with their design.
Website: http://latagliatella.us/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Druid Hills/Emory, Midtown
Category: Italian, Restaurants
La Tavola
992 Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-873-5430
Neighborhood hangout. Date night staple. Solo dining haven. If you are looking for a great glass of wine and a plate of pasta, you’ll find it at this multi-purpose Virginia-Highland trattoria.
Website: http://latavolatrattoria.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Fulton, Virginia-Highland
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Nino’s
1931 Cheshire Bridge Road, Atlanta, GA, 30324
404-874-6505
Everyone eventually succumbs to the magic of this old-timer, a busy, noisy ristorante that has kept the public’s favor since 1968. Bresaola and escargot have appeared on the menu alongside classics like lasagna al forno.
Website: http://ninosatlanta.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Fulton, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: Italian, Restaurants
No. 246
129 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
678-399-8246
This instant Decatur hit serves familiar Italian flavors in swanky, loud digs. To experience the kitchen at its most ambitious, book the chef’s counter, which seats at 6:30 and 9 p.m. and offers a five-course tasting menu.
Website: http://www.no246.com/
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Noni’s Italian Bar and Deli
357 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-343-1808
Italian beers on draft, classic cocktails, pasta combos, and distinctive sandwiches are served in two boldly designed rooms that become a late-night dance party on weekends.
Website: http://nonisdeli.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Osteria Mattone
1095 Canton Street, Roswell, GA, 30075
678-878-3378
Before Roswell native Ryan Pernice opened his first restaurant, Southern smash hit Table & Main, he worked at Maialino, a Roman-style trattoria in Manhattan opened by superstar restaurateur Danny Meyer.
Website: http://osteriamattone.com
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Pasta da Pulcinella
1123 Peachtree Walk, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-876-1114
This renovated 1930s bungalow offers regional Italian food crossed with New American ideas. The signature pastas still satisfy most. Try the pizzocheri coi rapini, buckwheat pasta tossed with sauteed rapini and shiitake mushrooms.
Website: http://pastadapulcinella.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Piola
1080 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-249-7019
With a menu that lists more than fifty variations of pizza, you can go traditional, retro, or choose from among ten white pizzas. Stop by on the twenty-ninth of each month when the restaurant serves all-you-can-eat gnocchi.
Website: http://www.piola.it/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
Pricci
500 Pharr Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-237-2941
Chef Piero Premoli, who came on board in 2005, has turned this Buckhead Life favorite into a destination again. Keep an eye out for his special regional Italian menus, posted on the restaurant’s website.
Website: http://buckheadrestaurants.com/pricci
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Sapori di Napoli
314 Church Street, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-371-0001
Neapolitan pizza is the house specialty at the informal restaurant that brothers Ambrogio and Daniele Florio created as a beacon of Southern Italian authenticity.
Website: http://saporidinapolipizzeria.com/
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
Sotto Sotto
313 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
404-523-6678
Here’s the key to a memorable meal: Share a generous spread of pastas and risottos. Most of the dishes can be ordered in appetizer-sized half portions, all the better for sampling.
Website: http://urestaurants.com/
Neighborhood: Inman Park
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Italian
Sotto Sotto
313 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
404-523-6678
Here’s the key to a memorable meal: Share a generous spread of pastas and risottos. Most of the dishes can be ordered in appetizer-sized half portions, all the better for sampling.
Website: http://urestaurants.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Inman Park
Category: Italian, Restaurants
STG Trattoria
102 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-844-2879
What a casual, welcome departure for the Buckhead restaurant scene. Brian Lewis, owner of Westside’s Bocado, brings modern Italian dining to a redeveloped shopping center next to the St. Regis Atlanta.
Website: http://stgtrattoria.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants