City Consensus · Omaha
Italian in Omaha
Community consensus
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Omaha below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 4 Italian in Omaha
Omaha's Italian shortlist — cross-referenced from Sarah Baker Hansen's 38 Essential Omaha Restaurants 2024 and her Dante 15-year review.
- #1
Avoli Osteria
Dundee
“SBH 38 Essential — the Dundee Northern Italian that 'was one of Omaha's first restaurants to focus on house-made pasta and still does,' with rotating pasta specials, seasonal burrata, and dry-aged rib-eye.”
- #2
DANTE
West Omaha
“SBH 2024 Top 5 Favorite and 38 Essential — her 2025 review positions Dante as a top Italian rather than just top pizza. Rigatoni bolognese simmered 10+ hours, squid-ink taglierini, butterscotch budino.”
- #3
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.”
- #4
Via Farina Downtown
Little Italy
“SBH notes Via Farina's pasta is delicious and their special pies run great — a dual Italian-pizza stalwart in downtown Little Italy.”