Best of Boston

Best Italian Restaurant

2003 Best Italian Restaurant

Teatro

Boston
If dining is theater, then Teatro is the consummate Italian drama. Scene One: bold openers like over-the-top fresh antipasti and simple, but intensely flavored, steamed [...] read more»
2003 Best Italian Restaurant, West

La Campania

Waltham
Owned by a Neapolitan family, this trattoria offers a delicious gustatory holiday along the southern Italian coastline—right smack dab on Main Street in Waltham. Most [...] read more»
2002 Best Italian Restaurant

Trattoria à Scalinatella

Boston
Tucked away on a second floor above Hanover Street, this tiny slice of Sicily is proof there's more to an authentic North End restaurant than [...] read more»
2001 Best Italian Restaurant, South

Tosca

Hingham
Don't even utter the word marinara. Octopus, seared sea scallops, smoked pork chops, and delicate raviolis are the breed of Italian served here. The ambience—high [...] read more»
2001 Best Italian Restaurant

Maurizio’s

Boston
Ah, civility—a welcome change on a street known for interminable lines and cutthroat competition for tables on Saturday nights. Maurizio's is intimate but not stuffy, [...] read more»
2000 Best Italian Restaurant

Pomodoro

Boston
On any given night you can find crowds gathered on the sidewalk outside this cramped, noisy, hole-in-the-wall North Ender, jostling for the chance to dive [...] read more»
1999 Best Italian Restaurant

Ristorante Toscano

Boston
No place else in Boston captures the simplicity and lack of fuss of real country Italian food, specifically food from Tuscany. That's because nowhere else [...] read more»
1998 Best Italian Restaurant, Contemporary

Marcuccio’s

Boston
Boldly layered flavors, as in charred calamari with black olive puree and red pepper jus, and imaginative twists on staples, as in fusilli in a [...] read more»
1998 Best Italian Restaurant, Take-Out

Cremaldi’s

Cambridge
Food so good you won't want to go out for dinner. Although the containers should feed two or three people, don't underestimate the hog factor [...] read more»
1998 Best Italian Restaurant, Traditional

Mamma Maria

Boston
Don't be misled by the name: this ain't no spaghetti house. Bringing high-end Northern cuisine to the North End, chef Bill Wallo is a maestro [...] read more»