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The Best Italian Restaurants in Chicago

Chicago’s vibrant Italian restaurant scene offers excellent versions of any regional cuisine you’re looking for, from Tuscan to Roman to Piedmontese. But this is also a city where a nice meal out has long meant Italian, so there’s a homegrown style and repertoire. It’s no wonder that some of Chicago’s longest-lived and best-loved restaurants are Italian. Here are some of the best Italian spots in Chicago.See this and more restaurant guides on Block Party.
Il Porcellino
4.6
(3k+)
If you want a taste of pure Chicago-style Italian American comfort food, then this River North restaurant has what you’re looking for. Try the city’s most famous addition to the canon: Chicken Vesuvio, served with roasted potato wedges and peas, all bathed in an herbaceous garlic sauce. Then move on to the centerpiece-worthy whole roasted artichoke stuffed with crispy Parmesan breadcrumbs, a kitchen-sink Scoozi chopped salad, and the totally insane house specialty of burrata and Bolognese lasagna. This is how Chicago does Italian.
Sapori Trattoria
4.7
(2k+)
This Lincoln Park spot serves elevated versions of the kind of cozy Italian fare you crave on a cold night: spaghetti Barese with veal meatballs and Italian sausage, bucatini carbonara made with both pancetta and smoked bacon, and a ball of creamy burrata cheese served with a full antipasto board of accompaniments. If you’re feeling fancy, try the whipped ricotta toast, accented with smoked honey and fennel pollen. For something homey, the gooey, cheesy lasagna has your name on it.
Antico Posto
4.7
(2k+)
Housemade pastas, hand-stretched brick-oven pizzas, and other comforting dishes have made this Oak Brook restaurant a perennial favorite in the western suburbs. The house-specialty chicken meatballs, bathed in a spicy arrabbiata sauce and topped with fresh basil, are ample and tender. Ricotta gnocchi made in-house come in your choice of four preparations: with meat sauce, tomato-basil sauce, herb-roasted mushrooms, and a rotating offering like truffle-burrata. And make sure to plan around the daily specials, such as shrimp diavolo and Italian pot roast.
Ciccio Mio
4.7
(1k+)
Like other restaurants in the Hogsalt portfolio (Au Cheval, Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf), Ciccio Mio combines equal parts swagger and stick-to-your-ribs comfort foods. Start with the premium burrata — gooey deliciousness you didn’t know you needed in your life. Then move on to heartier dishes: Try the lasagna bolognese rotolo and the truffle bucatini; add meatballs to any pasta because why not? There is also a splendid roast half chicken and some nice wines by the bottle.
Siena Tavern
4.5
(2k+)
Open since 2013, Siena Tavern was loosely inspired by a trip its owners (including Top Chef’s Fabio Viviani) took to Tuscany. Viviani’s pastas headline the menu, and they don’t skimp on luxury. Favorites include tender gnocchi in a truffle sauce with fried sage and crispy pancetta, and squid ink linguine topped with a grilled lobster tail. Salads can be accessorized any which way: The kale Caesar salad with oven-dried tomatoes becomes a meal with added prosciutto, octopus, or lobster tail. Finish with tiramisu and a bottle of wine for good measure.
Piccolo Sogno
4.7
(1k+)
Tony Priolo’s West Loop restaurant may have one of Chicago’s favorite patios, but it has even better pastas. Regulars might never stray from their usual orders, but we’re happy to feast on pappardelle with spiced wild boar ragù one time and move on to the tortelli di zucca (sweet squash ravioli made with amaretto cookies, brown butter, and sage) the next. For a hearty meal, try the rosticciana — short ribs braised in red wine over squash puree with sautéed greens.
Davanti Enoteca
4.7
(1k+)
This Western Springs trattoria specializes in rustic Italian cooking, such as mascarpone polenta with a ragù of the day, a hearty portion of cacio e pepe pasta, and Ligurian-style focaccia di recco served with soft cheese and honeycomb. Davanti also makes terrific thin-crust pizzas and, as regulars have discovered, one of the best gourmet burgers in the western suburbs. Bacon jam, roasted tomatoes, cheese curds, and roasted garlic aioli make it a standout.
Club Lucky
4.7
(2k+)
The best Italian restaurants bottle an era, and for this Bucktown favorite we’re talking the 1990s, when the owners took over an old watering hole. Think entrées portioned for two: sturdy fresh pastas like fettuccine drenched in creamy Alfredo, eggplant Parmesan two inches high with a side of penne, bruschetta heaped with diced tomatoes, and fried calamari served with housemade spicy cocktail sauce. All that’s left to do is add a warm loaf of Famous Club Lucky Bread and the kind of anchovy-flecked Caesar salad that makes you remember why it’s a classic.
Osteria Via Stato
4.6
(2k+)
This centrally located Italian spot from restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You offers more than simple carryout. Here, you can order pantry staples like bottles of olive oil and loaves of bread. You can opt for family meals both inexpensive and indulgent, like pizza, pasta, and gelato for two or four. You can grab a bottle of wine off the list or order generous side dishes of whipped potatoes and sautéed spinach to fill out a dinner at home. The thin-crust pizzas, cut tavern-style, are excellent, as are the pastas.
Osteria trulli
4.5
(400+)
Here’s a suburban treasure: a St. Charles pizzeria where the classic pies are so good that they draw fans from all around. The house-special Trulli pizza is a flavor bomb made with capers, anchovies, and Gaeta olives. For a bit of a splurge, try the zuppa de pesce, a traditional Puglian seafood stew, featuring a rich tomato broth filled with shrimp, mussels, clams, and fish.
Testaccio
4.7
(200+)
Roman-style pastas are the calling card at this Logan Square eatery, but loyalists have learned that the chicken al mattone, with the tender chicken roasted under a brick in the restaurant’s wood-fire oven, is the real star. Order all the vegetable sides the menu has to offer, and share the wild mushroom triangoli with brown butter and rosemary-roasted hazelnuts to start.
Viaggio
4.7
(400+)
Veteran chef Nicolas Biscaglio helmed many of Chicago’s most noteworthy Italian restaurants before landing at this West Loop favorite. While many fans enjoy it before a game or show at United Center, its central location makes it one of the best choices for delivery if you’re hankering for some serious old-school Italian food. Think veal marsala, chicken Milanese, linguine with clams, and the beguilingly named Eight Finger Cavatelli in tomato-basil sauce.
Osteria Langhe
4.8
(200+)
This Logan Square spot specializes in Piedmontese fare made from locally sourced ingredients. You’ll never forget your first time eating their plin — tiny, hand-pinched ravioli stuffed with extra-creamy La Tur cheese. Wowza. Also well worth ordering are the prosciutto-wrapped rabbit loin with creamy polenta, the vegetarian crespella (crêpes), and the house noodles with meat sauce.
Alla Vita
4.8
(2k+)
Boka Restaurant Group’s bodacious West Loop eatery serves the most eye-poppingly huge chicken Parmesan with fire-roasted tomato sauce — and it’s so good you might never even try the fine pizzas or the wild mushroom lasagna. (That would be a mistake!) The kale Caesar salad with sourdough croutons and black pepper–Parmesan dressing puts most other kale salads to shame, and you’d be hard-pressed to think of a tastier app than the arancini filled with melty cheese and served with ’nduja aioli. Simply put, the food here has a lot of swagger.
Italian Village
4.5
(2k+)
You can’t have a list of Chicago Italian restaurants and not mention this nearly 100-year-old classic. You’ll want to cozy up with a meatball or sausage Parmigiana sandwich capped with bubbly mozzarella, an order of garlic bread, some mozzarella sticks, and all the other dishes you’ve loved since you were a kid. If your tastes skew more adult, the restaurant makes a mean Chicken Vesuvio, a half chicken bathed in an herby, garlicky white wine sauce.
Formento's
4.7
(300+)
Think of this swanky-looking West Loop restaurant as a more contemporary version of Gene & Georgetti: It takes the best parts of an Italian supper club and a steakhouse, combining them to appetizing effect. We’re partial to the pastas, such as the tubular canestri with pork neck gravy and the squid ink orecchiette with rock shrimp, hot chiles, and fresh mint. But the steaks, each served with a signature red wine sauce, are quite fine too.
Gene & Georgetti
4.6
(600+)
Sure, this River North institution is one of Chicago’s oldest steakhouses. But let’s not forget that it was founded by Gene Michelotti and Alfredo “Georgetti” Federighi, and it has always been just as much an Italian restaurant. How easy it is to make a meal of the antipasti, such as grilled polenta with Italian porcini mushrooms, minestrone soup, sausage and peppers, and calamari fritti with housemade marinara. But if you want something more substantial, the Chicken alla Joe — a roasted half bird with pepperoncini and sweet peppers — will hit the spot.
etta
4.7
(1k+)
Packed, loud, and as scene-y as it gets in Bucktown, this restaurant draws crowds who order a bunch of plates and share them, family-style. The Bubbling Shrimp, with its soppable smoked tomato–ginger sauce; the fire-baked focaccia with honeyed ricotta and truffles; and the meatballs in a zingy Sunday sauce are all new classics. Add in an order of cavatelli Bolognese and a crisp-crusted pizza, and you’ve got the Etta party at home.
Trattoria D.O.C.
4.7
(900+)
For 16 years, this Evanston mainstay has been turning out a steady stream of thin-crust pizzas, classic pastas, and shareable salads. D.O.C. is the certificate of authenticity that the Italian government bestows on wine and other agricultural products, which should give you some idea of just how much this kitchen looks to the motherland for inspiration. Try the gorgeous pizza with potatoes and rosemary, the pappardelle with porcini mushrooms, and the refreshing celery and apple salad with Parmigiano and radicchio.

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Best Italian Restaurants Nearby in Chicago

The Pasta Bowl
4.7
(9k+)
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5.3 mi
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42 min
$0 delivery fee
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Fettuccine Chicken Alfredo
Made-from-scratch alfredo sauce, grilled chicken, black pepper, and fresh shredded parmesan
$19.27
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Garlic Cheese Bread
Garlic, butter, smoked mozzarella, and marinara.
$6.09
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Farfalle Pollo
Our house specialty! Grilled chicken, sun-dried tomato, garlic-buttered mushrooms, plum tomato, basil, pecorino cream sauce, and shredded parmesan
$18.61
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Rigatoni Bolognese
Traditional hearty meat sauce with mushrooms, basil, cream, and fresh shredded parmesan
$18.68
Tony's Pasta
3.5
(500+)
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3.8 mi
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45 min
$0 delivery fee
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Chicken Alfredo
Chicken over Fettuccini or Ziti pasta covered with alfredo sauce served with garlic bread and Side Salad.
$17.27
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Shrimp Alfredo
Shrimp over Fettuccini or Ziti covered with alfredo sauce served with garlic bread and Side Salad.
$20.30
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Pasta with Meatballs
Choice of spaghetti, fettuccini or ziti covered with marinara sauce served with Garlic Bread and a Side Salad.
$15.85
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Chicken Parmesan
Choice of spaghetti or ziti covered with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese served with garlic bread and A Side Salad,
$17.75
Barnelli's
4.5
(1k+)
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8.8 mi
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41 min
$0 delivery fee
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Rigatoni ala Vodka
A zesty tomato cream sauce tossed with Rigatoni noodles. (Sauce contains meat.)
$16.70
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Fettuccine Alfredo
A creamy roasted garlic Alfredo made simply with cream, butter and Parmesan cheese. Best ordered with grilled chicken.
$17.38
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Spaghetti
An order of spaghetti served with a choice between two homemade sauces. Choice of Small or Large.
$14.06
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Baked Mostaccioli
Mostaccioli, with your choice of homemade sauce, baked with a combination of freshly grated mozzarella and asiago cheeses.
$14.90
Nancy’s Pizzeria
4.7
(20k+)
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2.3 mi
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34 min
$0 delivery fee
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10" Small Classic Thin Crust Pizza
“A tried and true classic. Crispy around the edges and cheese caramelized to perfection”. Serves 1-2.
$17.75
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14" Large Classic Thin Crust Pizza
“A tried and true classic. Crispy around the edges and cheese caramelized to perfection”. Serves 3-4.
$32.15
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12" Medium Classic Thin Crust Pizza
“A tried and true classic. Crispy around the edges and cheese caramelized to perfection”.Serves 2-3.
$23.72
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Boneless Chicken Wings
Served with blue cheese (add cal: 260) or ranch dressing (add cal: 250)
$14.33
Sarpino's Pizzeria
4.4
(4k+)
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2.5 mi
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41 min
$0 delivery fee
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Cheese Pizza Large 14"
Freshly made dough, our signature cheese mix, your favorite sauce option and plenty of toppings to choose from.
$26.33
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Cheese Pizza Personal 8"
Freshly made dough, our signature cheese mix, your favorite sauce option and plenty of toppings to choose from.
$14.90
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Cheese Pizza Medium 12"
Freshly made dough, our signature cheese mix, your favorite sauce option and plenty of toppings to choose from.
$23.29
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Cheese Pizza Regular 10"
Freshly made dough, our signature cheese mix, your favorite sauce option and plenty of toppings to choose from.
$18.20
Barraco's Pizza
4.4
(3k+)
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9.5 mi
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43 min
$0 delivery fee
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Thin Crust Cheese Pizza (16" Pizza)
5 bread sticks, stuffed with mozzarella cheese. served with choice of sauce.
$33.73
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Thin Crust Cheese Pizza (10" Pizza)
5 pieces of pretzel rods. Served with two cups of cheese.
$18.86
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Thin Crust Cheese Pizza (12" Pizza)
Made with red sauce.
$23.48
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Thin Crust Cheese Pizza (14" Pizza)
The bold, refreshing, robust cola
$29.81
Mama Luna's Restaurant & Pizzeria
4.3
(500+)
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7.4 mi
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54 min
$0 delivery fee
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Cheese Pizza (X-Large 16" Serves 4-5 People)
Classic cheese or create your own pizza.
$24.15
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Cheese Pizza (Medium 12" Serves 2 People)
Classic cheese or create your own pizza.
$19.37
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Cheese Pizza (Football 18"x26" Serves 7-8 People)
Classic cheese or create your own pizza.
$41.96
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Fries
Hot.
$5.59
Lacoco's Pizza & Wings
4.4
(3k+)
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4.2 mi
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42 min
$0 delivery fee
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Pepperoni Slice
Giant Slice of Pepperoni pizza
$9.23
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Sausage Slice
Giant Slice of Sausage pizza
$9.23
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Cheese Slice
Giant Slice of Cheese pizza
$7.91
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Medium Italian Ice
Fresh cut fries topped with nacho cheese
$4.79
Dough Bros
4.5
(500+)
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3.0 mi
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35 min
$0 delivery fee
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Pepperoni
Thick-cut pepperoni, house mozzarella, shaved parmesan, red sauce.
$15.76
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Cheese
House mozzarella, shaved parmesan, red sauce, fine olive oil.
$14.43
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Sausage
House ground local pork, aged provolone, roasted garlic, shaved parmesan, red sauce.
$11.62
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Mushroom
Wild mushrooms, fresh mozzarella, shaved parmesan, black truffle.
$10.58
Philly’s Best
4.5
(200+)
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1.9 mi
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29 min
$0 delivery fee
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Seasoned Fries
Zesty fries coated with a light Cajun seasoning.
$7.75
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Philly Steak Roll
Liberty Bell Steak Company tenderloin, hand rolled with caramelized onion, East Coast philly white American cheese, and boss sauce. They automatically come with onions.
$9.79
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Philly Fries
Golden fries dusted with our zesty seasoning mix and served with an herbed cream cheese sauce on the side. Only one size available.
$7.95
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Homemade Cheesecake
Features a thick amaretto graham cracker crust.
$6.97
Pazza Pizza
4.6
(1k+)
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4.2 mi
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41 min
$0 delivery fee
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Pepperoni Pizza
Tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni.
$27.37
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Cheese Pizza
Classic cheese pizza. Tomato sauce and cheese.
$24.26
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Build Your Own Pizza
Build your own pizza, select sauce and toppings!
$27.97
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Mozzarella Sticks
Enjoy our Mozzarella Sticks: crispy golden coating, melted cheese inside, served with zesty marinara dip. Irresistible, gooey, and scrumptious.
$10.42
Pizza Metro
4.4
(2k+)
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3.8 mi
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43 min
$0 delivery fee
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Large - Cheese Pizza
Generous layers of mozzarella cheese over a square Roman-style crust, topped with tomato sauce .
$25.00
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Medium - Cheese Pizza
breaded mozzarella sticks breaded and fried
$17.06
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Cheese Sticks
Italian rice cookeed in homede marinara sauce turn in to a ball stuffed with mozzarella cheese breaded and fried
$8.99
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Medium - Margherita Pizza
Romaine lettuce tossed with our famous homemade dressing chopped tomatoes croutons and parmesan cheese
$16.61
Dimo's Pizza
4.6
(6k+)
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4.4 mi
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85 min
$0 delivery fee
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Pep 2.0
Ezzo pepperoni and whipped ricotta on a marinara and mozzarella base, topped with parmesan, fresh basil and orange habanero honey.
$23.77
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Cheese
Sometimes simple is best. Tossed by a pizza artist, just for you.
$19.35
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Pepperoni
Our marinara base topped with mozzarella and plenty of ezzo pepperoni cups, cute and built to char!
$20.05
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Margherita
Creamy burrata cheese and fresh basil on a marinara base, topped with olive oil.
$18.93
Gigio's Pizzeria
4.4
(1k+)
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8.1 mi
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50 min
$0 delivery fee
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Cheese Pizza with 1 Ingredient (Medium 14")
Comes with one side of marinara.
$12.91
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Mozzarella Sticks
Come with fries. Included lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mustard, ketchup, pickle and mayo.
$5.54
Mr. Submarine
4.5
(2k+)
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10.3 mi
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40 min
$0 delivery fee
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Turkey
Turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, sauce, mayo
$10.86
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Mr. Sub
Ham, salami, chopped ham, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, sauce
$10.21
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Fries
Crinkle cut fries
$4.71
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Garlic Fries
Fries seasoned with homemade garlic seasoning
$7.11

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