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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Coastal Virginia Magazine. Updated August 2026.
Luce · Downtown Norfolk
Coastal Virginia Magazine's 2024 Culinary Awards Top 50. The sole Italian honoree in the Norfolk column, known for hand-rolled pastas like squid-ink fettuccine with clams and wild boar ragù.
Sorellas: An Italian Eatery · Oceanfront
Multiregional pastas, Neapolitan pizza, and a 160-bottle wine program.
Basilico Pizzeria & Ristorante · Oceana
Sicilian-leaning kitchen. a chopped antipasto salad, homemade pasta, and eggplant rollatini.
crudo nudo · Ghent
Coastal Virginia Magazine's 2024 Culinary Awards Top 50. The Ghent room built around crudo and hand-cut 'nudo' pastas, CoVa's pick for Norfolk's modern Italian-Spanish crossover.