I grew up in Forest Hills, lived on Pacific Avenue. It was a good town to live in. Been gone a long time.
Best Italian restaurant in the Pittsburgh area
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This place is great... best sauce I’ve had in the city. My son and I go there all the time. Huge portions too. Beth and Katie bleed blue and gold.
I was two streets up.. Decatur.
I moved out 20 years ago.. heck we may know each other.
It seems most on here are red sauce people. My mother was too. It was fine when I was a kid.
I have come to favor Northern Italian over Southern Italian. I have come to favor a combination of sophisticated elements rather than just spaghetti and meatballs, etc.
People have different tastes.
I have come to favor Northern Italian over Southern Italian. I have come to favor a combination of sophisticated elements rather than just spaghetti and meatballs, etc.
People have different tastes.
I love me a good red sauce. And pasta cooked right. But yeah, like Northern Italian for sure.
My wife is a stickler for cooked right. Makes it or breaks it for her.
Nothing better than pasta that have a bit of a bite to it. I hate mushy, over cooked pasta.
You sound like my wife. She feels most Pittsburgh restaurants over cook.
We ate at Fresco by Scotto in NYC. She said finally someboby that understands how to cook pasta.
you are describing every graduation pasta I have ever been at.
We've been eating Banza, the chickpea pasta.. loaded with protein and a different consistency that took a little time to get used too..
If traditional pasta, Dicecco's is our go to..
Exactly. Not exactly including over cooked rigatoni with a Prego meat sauce as "good pasta".
I would love to add Il Pizzaioli to the North Suburban Cucina Italia food desert but their prices are just too ridiculous. $18 for a personal sized pizza? No way. The old Tuscan Inn on Wildwood road was probably one of the better ones before it closed. Rico's? Not a big fan.
West View: DiPietro’s. Good Italian food. Family atmosphere.... It’s perfect for you, good food, everyone minds their business. Try the veal...... it’s the best in the city.
I’m gonna speak Italian to Mike
I like those. The places where the leave the bullets in the wood chairs and walls after a mob hit. Sparks in NYC was a good one for that after the Paul Castellano mob hit. Bullet holes all over the restaurant. It became a mob groupie tourist trap after that.
Dish Osteria on the south side is definitely what you can (and I did) eat in Sicily: arancini, squid ink pasta, pasta 'ncasciata, caponata, red mullet with sauce, salads with fennel, lots of Norman and Arabic influences. More veggies and seafood than red meat. I believe the owners are Sicilian immigrants?
It was destroyed in the war bombed by the Germans.
It was the only place they could hit? Those bast-rds.
Anyone remember the New Meadow Grill? Really authentic including the the husband and wife fighting in the kitchen.
I don’t know much about the rest of their menu but Carbonara’s in Mt Lebanon used to make a killer meatball sandwich. They still may - haven’t been there in quite some time.
Talking about Mineo's - has anyone heard about their new location in Hampton? Admittedly haven't driven by the building in a while, but the whole thing seemed to stall and this was before the shutdowns.
About Italian restaurants in Pittsburgh, I've had a similar experience. While some places were good, they just couldn't replicate that cozy mama's kitchen vibe. Even when I visited Italy, I found the food to be okay, but it's like searching for a lost treasure, right?
We used to go to LaTavola in Mt. Washington. I haven’t been there in about 10 years, but it was good authentic Italian back then.
Primadonna was king!!!!
I expect a good smooth red sauce cooked down on the menu to show they are serious.
Their service has improved a lot. Not as good as Squirrel Hill, but that was my go to in high school so I might be biased.
Almost ate at Mineos in Lebo the other day. Then realized they are still cash only. Who carry’s cash in 2023 other than strippers and meth dealers?
1902 is not good. Primadonna’s was tremendous. Best seafood linguine and they had the best fried zucchini
