Italian
Antica Posta
519 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-262-7112
A true-minded Tuscan restaurant, Antica Posta has settled in as a neighborhood haunt for its upscale Buckhead clientele. It serves what may be the city’s best roast chicken.
Website: http://anticaposta.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Antico Pizza Napoletana
1093 Hemphill Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-873-3799
Among the finest pizza in Atlanta. Home of Neapolitan-style pies cooked in ovens imported from Naples, this Westside eatery is an ebullient madhouse on weekends.
Website: http://anticoatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
Bar Meatball
1044 Greenwood Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-228-2901
Joe Masi’s decision to give Pozole, a tequila bar in Virginia-Highland, an Italian American reboot with the help of his cousin Joey Federici seems to have paid off.
Website: http://www.barmeatball.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Virginia-Highland
Category: American, Italian, Restaurants
Baraonda
710 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30308
404-879-9962
Thin Euro-style pizzas baked in the wood oven are the house specialty at this cozy Italian restaurant just a few blocks down from the Fox Theatre.
Website: http://baraondaatlanta.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
Baroni
1745 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-724-9100
Affordable, familiar Italian cuisine cooked with skill that belies the prices. The thin, Neapolitan-style pies hold their own.
Website: http://baroniatl.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead, Midtown
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
BoccaLupo
753 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
404-577-2332
Bruce Logue, who bewitched food lovers at Midtown’s La Pietra Cucina with his housemade pastas draped in bombastic sauces, has settled into his own restaurant—a lovably eccentric bungalow on the fringe of Inman Park.
Website: https://www.facebook.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Inman Park
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Italian, Restaurants
Bottega Luisa
1 Piazza San Gennaro, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-844-2707
Giovanni Di Palma recently expanded his empire with Italian grocery Bottega Luisa, across the street from his own Antico Pizza, Caffe Gio, and Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano.
Website: http://littleitalia.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Dessert/Ice Cream/Yogurt, Food, Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Shopping
Campagnolo
980 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-343-2446
Designed to please a broad swath of tastes, the menu views Italian cuisine through a New American lens: housemade focaccia with goat cheese and tomato sauce, pork shank over garlic mashed potatoes with lemony gremolata.
Website: http://www.peasantatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Italian, New American, Restaurants
Cibo e Beve
4969 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328
404-250-8988
The Sandy Springs restaurant mines popular Italian American territory, with the obligatory nods to what’s seasonal and local. A great spot for a beautiful, classic Negroni.
Website: http://ciboatlanta.com/
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Cucina Asellina
1075 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-793-0141
Asellina’s menu of Italian American pleasers is moderately priced and refreshingly uncontrived. Try the piquant, airy cauliflower emulsion and the pappardelle with mushrooms and homemade sausage.
Website: http://togrp.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Davio’s
3500 Peachtree Road, Phipps Plaza, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-844-4810
Offering a range of pleasing cuisine from New American to classic steakhouse to Italian, the steaks and Italian dishes are the real stand-outs at this Phipps Plaza dining spot.
Website: http://www.davios.com/atl/index.php
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Italian, New American, Restaurants, Steakhouse
Di Paolo
8560 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA, 30075
770-587-1051
Arguably the finest option for Italian dining in the northern suburbs. Go heavy on the homemade pastas.
Website: http://dipaolorestaurant.com
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Dominick’s
95 South Peachtree Street, Norcross, GA, 30071
770-449-1611
Situated in a beautiful old store in historic downtown Norcross, Dominick’s is a neighborhood favorite for family-style gourmet Italian.
Website: http://www.dominicksitalian.com
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Double Zero Napoletana
5825 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328
404-991-3666
Besides the handsome pizzas, the sweeping menu offers a dozen small plates; pastas; and main courses like seared scallops served with fennel and orange salad.
Website: http://www.doublezeroatl.com
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
Eats
600 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30308
404-888-9149
This students’ heaven in a dive location serves fresh vegetables, pasta, and jerk chicken at unbeatable prices.
Website: http://eatsonponce.net
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown, Poncey-Highland
Category: Caribbean, Italian, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Ecco
40 Seventh Street, Atlanta, GA, 30308
404-347-9555
Ecco, with its congenial spirit and multifaceted Italian menu, consistently earns its place as the brightest star in the Fifth Group Restaurants constellation.
Website: http://ecco-atlanta.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Fulton, Midtown
Category: Italian, Mediterranean, Restaurants
Fritti
309 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
404-880-9559
One of Atlanta’s serious pizza destinations, with a range of traditional Italian and creatively topped pies baked in a beautiful Italian-made wood oven.
Website: http://frittirestaurant.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Inman Park
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano
1099 Hemphill Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-347-3874
The menu at Gio’s, which gives off an industrial-funky nonchalance similar to Antico’s, is simple: seven variations on roasted chicken dishes and four pastas, available in single or family-style sizes (both generous).
Website: http://gioschicken.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Italian, Restaurants
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