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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated August 2026.
Gigi's Italian Kitchen & Restaurant · Candler Park
9.3 #1 on both Infatuation Italian lists. a tiny Candler Park room with checkered tablecloths, housemade cavatelli, and tiramisu that reads like a romance novel.
BoccaLupo · Inman Park
9.0 on both Infatuation lists. Bruce Logue's squid-ink spaghetti and Southern-inflected pastas define Atlanta's modern Italian-American cooking.
Il Premio · Old Fourth Ward
8.5 on both Infatuation lists. The Forth Hotel's Italian steakhouse with Japanese wagyu and an 86%-Italian wine list.
Sotto Sotto Restaurant · Inman Park
8.5 on Infatuation. Riccardo Ullio's long-running Inman Park Italian with a secluded patio and the agnolotti-centered pasta menu Atlanta locals still return for.