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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Sarah Baker Hansen (OWH food critic), The Reader, and Omaha Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Avoli Osteria · Dundee
Northern Italian cooking in Dundee, with house-made pasta, rotating specials, seasonal burrata, and dry-aged rib-eye.
DANTE · West Omaha
Italian cooking goes beyond the pizza oven: slow-simmered rigatoni bolognese, squid-ink taglierini, and butterscotch budino.
Orsi's Italian Bakery & Pizzeria · Little Italy
Omaha's oldest Italian restaurant. The Little Italy institution since 1919, supplier of Italian cheeses, bread, pasta, and meats alongside its rectangular 'Omaha-style' pie.
Via Farina Downtown · Little Italy
A Little Italy kitchen built around wood-fired pizza and house-made pasta. Sauces and dough are made in-house, with locally sourced meats, cheeses, herbs, and vegetables.
Spezia · 72nd and Center
The Italian menu includes fried spicy calamari with pepperoncini, roasted peppers, and olive oil butter garlic.