Recommend your favorite Italian restaurant!

[Anonymous]

We just spent a weekend in NYC, and ate in a very good Italian restaurant. So far we were not lucky with Italian food in DC area. Would you please recommend your favorite Italian restaurants in our area?
TIA!

[Anonymous]

My dd is moving to NYC -- and she said she couldn't find a good Italian restaurant there...where did you go?

In Georgetown, we like Ristorante Piccolo and Paper Moon across the street. Both have good food. We also like I Ricchi in Dupont Circle. I don't know suburban restaurents here sorry.

[Anonymous]

Sorriso in Cleveland Park
Posto on 14th
Obelisk for special occasion

[Anonymous]

I love Geranio's in Old Town Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

high end-- Tosca
less expensive- Dino

[Anonymous]

A La Lucia in Old Town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dd is moving to NYC -- and she said she couldn't find a good Italian restaurant there...where did you go?

In Georgetown, we like Ristorante Piccolo and Paper Moon across the street. Both have good food. We also like I Ricchi in Dupont Circle. I don't know suburban restaurents here sorry.

Paper Moon is some of the worst food in DC , we live in geogetown. I would recommend Filomena

[Anonymous]

I like Listranis (I also have kids - so if you were alking about fine dining it changes things)

Neighborhood italian- DeCarlos
(they do not want kids as demonstrated by not having highchairs

[Anonymous]

go to little italy in baltimore. I havent found any impressive authentic italian restaurant in the whole DC area.

I will give a thumbs up to Arucola in DC though - great veal w/ red sauce OMG!! (but at least 1 owner is greek). So I guess I'd say go here.

[Anonymous]

I love Assiago in Bethesda and Bibiana and Filomena in DC. I'm not a fan of Listriani's.

[Anonymous]

I forgot to note that my friends from Italy/Sisley frequent:

Cafe Oggi (McLean)
Esposito's (Oakton)

I think the owner is the same (and from Italy). Esposito's is pretty good, so Oggi must be the same if not a little nicer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dd is moving to NYC -- and she said she couldn't find a good Italian restaurant there...where did you go?

In Georgetown, we like Ristorante Piccolo and Paper Moon across the street. Both have good food. We also like I Ricchi in Dupont Circle. I don't know suburban restaurents here sorry.

Paper Moon is some of the worst food in DC , we live in geogetown. I would recommend Filomena

Not the PP, but I cannot stand Filomena's. I'll never see what others recommend about it. IMHO, it's very over-rated. Have traveled to and around Italy many times. Filomena's reminds me of that old AV Ristorante. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

FYI - gerannios or germanios or whatever in old town - actually, every italian restaurant ive been to in Alexandria, is disgusting. And Listranis is just like a family restaurant - nothing fancy.

[Anonymous]

Despite the lackluster service, Al Dente (by crazy Roberto Donna) is very, very good.

[Anonymous]

Agree and I'm the pp. Filomena's is so gross. I got food poisoning there on the salmon and would never go back! And, I live in Georgetown too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dd is moving to NYC -- and she said she couldn't find a good Italian restaurant there...where did you go?

In Georgetown, we like Ristorante Piccolo and Paper Moon across the street. Both have good food. We also like I Ricchi in Dupont Circle. I don't know suburban restaurents here sorry.

Paper Moon is some of the worst food in DC , we live in geogetown. I would recommend Filomena

Not the PP, but I cannot stand Filomena's. I'll never see what others recommend about it. IMHO, it's very over-rated. Have traveled to and around Italy many times. Filomena's reminds me of that old AV Ristorante. Yuck.