City Consensus · Louisville
Italian in Louisville
Community consensus
The consensus is still forming.
Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Louisville below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 4 Italian in Louisville
The Louisville Italian picks — cross-referenced from LEO Weekly food critic Robin Garr's picks and LEO's Readers' Choice Italian rankings.
- #1
Volare Italian Ristorante
Clifton
“LEO Readers' Choice's perennial Best Italian — the seasonal, wine-led Frankfort Avenue room whose 16-layer lasagna and Capellini Limone are the house signatures.”
- #2
Pizza Lupo
Butchertown
“LEO food critic Robin Garr's lead-off in his dedicated review — 'a top-tier pizzeria that's also a splendid Italian/international eatery,' handmade pasta and a serious natural-wine list.”
- #3
Ciao Ristorante
Irish Hill
“LEO critic Robin Garr's creative-Italian pick — a Rome-born chef's neighborhood restaurant on Payne Street, LEO Readers' Choice top-3 Italian finisher.”
- #4
bar Vetti
NuLu
“LEO's NuLu entry on both the Italian and pizza short lists — Neapolitan pies, pasta, and the Margherita that led Robin Garr's list in the dedicated pizza critic's piece.”