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Discover Restaurants offering the best Italian food in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Located just 10 minutes east of downtown Phoenix, Tempe exudes its own personality and the youthful spirit of a college town. Home to Arizona State University, the largest public university in the United States, Tempe has a vibrant downtown that’s active day and night. You’ll find locally-owned eateries and microbreweries, annual festivals, arts and cultural events. And plenty of opportunities to enjoy over 300 days of sunshine a year on a bike, hiking trail or stand-up paddleboard.
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9. Picazzo's Healthy Italian Kitchen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 89 reviews
Healthy Italian cuisine and much more, artfully handcrafted. Pizza, Pasta, Salad, Quinoa Bowls, etc. Dedicated to serving an extensive, refined gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian menu. Full bar serving freshly juiced cocktails and local craft beers with a
Reviewed By HeidiD451
We visited Picazzoâs on a Sunday evening. With few other choices in town the wait was about 45 minutes. Plenty of choices on the menu, all healthy and allergy free. We had the Mother Earth salad with greens, beets, sweet potato and pear. It was very big and a nice combination. Our pizza choice was the fig, which had Gorgonzola cheese and arugula. It was also tasty, but the crust just ok. Service was distracted. In all good not great.
8. Venezias New York Style Pizzeria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 78 reviews
Reviewed By Maria M
Addictive flavors. I never eat there, I always get delivery. From the carb friendly bowl options to the gluten free crust. I love the flavors in the sauce. The gluten free menu should have a choice of crust sizes because the current one is not sharing friendly, too small, and buying two gluten free crusts is a bit expensive. I eat at home mainly, and this is my go to Pizza joint when I'm in the mood for pizza that I didn't make at home.
7. Oregano's Pizza Bistro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 74 reviews
Reviewed By 989renem
We were greeted right away and sat down our server was Anthony which did a very very good job we all ordered something different shrimp scampi Diablo shrimp Alfredo the dark and favorite salad everything was very delicious he made a recommendation for canyon Merlot wine which me my wife love a lot we will return to this location for sure it was one of the best oregano we've been too and we've been to a quite a few
6. Caffe Boa
Overall Ratings
4 based on 246 reviews
Reviewed By NewRecipesForLife
Among the sports bars and laid back eateries along and perpendicular to Mill Ave., we discovered Boa. How fortunate! Warm, rustic, and profoundly inviting, the patio and dining room at Boa tempt you to linger for hours. The bottomless mimosas and belinis ($15) were mixed with a brut Spanish cava (although for some reason not declared a cava) certainly enhanced the lingering!The deconstructed Salmon Salad Niçoise ($14) was ample and of top quality. The wild salmon was perfectly poached and the black Niçoise olives were abundant and perfectly briny. The meaty white anchovies were superb. Every ingredient in this salad was perfectly fresh and flavourful.The Polenta Bowl ($10) was good but nothing spectacular, and the Steak & Eggs ($14) topped with Feta cheese were grand. The star of the show, by far, was the Voodoo Penne ($17). I can't begin to describe the complexity of flavours and aromas in this hand-made pasta and chicken dish. It was smoky, rich, aromatic, and simply outrageously delicious. Magic, one might say.The desserts, albeit pricy ($12 and $13) were lovely. Not too sweet and enough to share, the Nicciolata (Nutella-like hazelnut and chocolate spread) filled pancakes and crepes, dusted with powdered sugar and browned butter were delightful, and the accompanying fruit were lusciously ripe, fresh, and sweet.Check out the Serbian and Greek Rakia, after-dinner-sips. Most are made from grape seeds as by-products of wine production. Quite heady and unique in taste.This was our first visit to Caffé Boa. We will return for dinner, certainly.
5. Spinato's Pizza
Overall Ratings
4 based on 143 reviews
Reviewed By Bkbak
This location has moved to 96 S Rockford Dr in Tempe. It has increased in size tenfold. They have added things to their menu and they now have a bar. The new building is reminiscent of Culinary dropout. It's industrial decor makes for a very noisy environment even if it's not too busy. The booths are comfortable but each booth has two chairs that are not comfortable at all. The patio looks nice but is extremely noisy as it's right over the road and air traffic goes right over it. The patio also has these uncomfortable metal chairs only these are black. If you're not from here, then you might not know that you can't have black metal chairs in sunlight for over 75% of the year. They've only been open a week or two but the outside black metal chairs were covered with dust. We had the happy hour stuffed mushrooms which are huge and delicious. The house wine was very good. The Penne alla Vodka was good although it could have used more sausage, it was $13.50. The 4 Cheese Ravioli was delicious and was $13.50. Both of these might be considered a little high in price but the servings were large enough that we had leftovers for lunch the next day. It would be nice if a small salad were included with the meals.
4. La Bocca Urban Pizzaria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 203 reviews
Reviewed By Emily T
This was my husband and iâs first trip to Arizona and we went here for dinner on a Saturday night. I made reservations the day before with no issues and we were seated right away even though we were early. This seemed like it was in a neighborhood around ASU with more casual restaurants and bars and this was a nice and contemporary Italian restaurant which seemed a little more upscale but was still relexed. I had a delicious build your own pizza and he did a build your own calzone. Our waitress was very nice and we were behind a large party in terms of food prep order so the chef gave us a tiramisu on the house which was really kind of him. The prices were good for the quality and portions and I would recommend if you want a nice dinner in the area (they also had pastas and bruschetta dishes).
3. Oregano's Pizza Bistro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 518 reviews
Reviewed By Bkbak
We really enjoy the pasta meals at Oregano's. We opted for take out this time and ordered pizza, Alfredo the Dark, Sausage and Peppers, a huge Caesar salad, and two cookies. We enjoyed all of our food. There was a bit of a snag regarding the timing of things coming out as the pizza had been out for 19 minutes before the pastas came out. Sullivan is very helpful. The pizzas are a bit pricey but the pastas are reasonably priced.
2. RigaTony's Authentic Italian
Overall Ratings
4 based on 439 reviews
RigaTonyâs is a family-friendly, family-owned Italian restaurant serving the Valley for 20+ years. Serving the Valley Authentic Italian Since 1994 Arizona's Best Italian -'13 &'14 AZCentral and '17 & '18 MSN.com Lunch | Dinner | Catering | Takeout | Large
Reviewed By wendyhC9237AY
We actually went twice this month, with different family members. Both occasions were on a Sunday. They have specials for $8.95 (choice of lasagne, rigatoni, chicken parmigiana and so much more)! They provide fresh bread to dip in seasoned olive oil for dipping and an amazing salad. The marinara sauce is not acidic at all and actually a little sweet. Both time we went, we were satisfied!!!
1. Vincitorio's Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 462 reviews
Reviewed By Mawmawjane
Finishing off the weekend at Vincintorios is perfect. Marcie is a fabulous waitress and always remembers what you like. The atmosphere is so welcoming and the pizza is amazing. When Sarah and Billie play in the wine bar it only adds to the restaurants charm.
