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Italian in Cincinnati
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Cincinnati below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Italian Restaurants in Cincinnati
Italian in Cincinnati runs deep — these are Cincinnati Magazine's top-ranked Italian rooms from the Best Restaurants picks plus the picks anchoring their citywide Italian roundup.
- #1
Sotto
Downtown
“Cincinnati Magazine No. 3 Best Restaurant — the Italian roundup calls out the 'justifiably famous short-rib cappellacci' in Falk's below-street-level trattoria.”
- #2
Nicola's
Pendleton
“Cincinnati Magazine No. 4 Best Restaurant — 25+ years of handmade pasta and what the Italian roundup calls 'arguably the best wine list in the city.'”
- #3
Via Vite
Downtown
“Cincinnati Magazine's Italian roundup — Cristian Pietoso's two-story Fountain Square flagship with an open kitchen and authentic handmade pastas.”
- #4
Al-Posto Italian Ristorante
Hyde Park
“A Cincinnati Magazine 2024 Best New Restaurant and Italian-roundup feature — Southern Italian focus with grilled branzino and fresh seafood on Hyde Park Square.”
- #5
Pepp & Dolores
Over-the-Rhine
“Cincinnati Magazine Italian roundup and OpenTable Top 100 — an OTR mainstay from the Thunderdome group with an 'expertly crafted wine list.'”