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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Portland Old Port and Portland Press Herald. Updated August 2026.
Solo Italiano · Old Port
Genovese chef Paolo Laboa's handmade pasta, crudo, and all-Italian wine list.
Isa Bistro · Portland
Authentic Italian with creative flair from James-Beard-nominated chef Isaul Perez.
The Corner Room Italian Kitchen & Bar · Old Port
A long-running trattoria for housemade pasta in the heart of the Old Port.
Tipo Restaurant · Back Cove
A Back Cove kitchen on Ocean Avenue, Tipo runs affordable bottles of mostly Italian wine alongside house-made pastas, fire-roasted vegetables and brick-oven pizzas that hold their own against the rest of New England, in a room built around casual, unfussy Italian cooking.