Top Best Italian Restaurants in Belleville

"Anthonino’s Taverna is the first St. Louis takeout restaurant on our list that is currently accepting dine-in customers. But who wants to go out when you can eat fresh ravioli from the comfort of your couch?. If you’re in the mood for Greek and Italian style comfort food, view their menu online and call (314) 773-4455 for curbside pickup."

"Anthonino's was stablished in 2004 and can be found in an Italian-American community called The Hill where a lot of Sicilians settled in the 19th century. It is primarily Italian and Greek cuisine with a touch of American. The restaurant takes pride in serving delicious Italian and American food in a friendly atmosphere with fast service."

"The Hill's Anthonino's Taverna, located at 2225 MacKlind Ave., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the Greek and Italian spot, which offers pizza and more, 4.5 stars out of 838 reviews."

"Every once in a while, a restaurant comes along that is perfect. For St. Louis, that restaurant is Louie. The team behind it has created a space that is modern yet classic, inventive but traditional, formal and informal all at once."

"You could go just for the unique appetizers alone, but it wouldn’t be fair to yourself to leave without trying a gourmet pizza or entree. Curbside carryout is available, and you can pick up your order between 5 p.m."

"Achieving that rare, successful balance between elegance and comfort, LoRusso's attracts couples looking for a romantic night out and families who come to enjoy the spacious dining area. Authentic, flavorful entrees from the cucina are inspired by the owner's grandmother's cooking. Veal saltimbocca, chicken Teresa (breaded breast meat with broccoli, cheese, and white wine sauce), and linguine in tomato and lobster sauce are a few favorites."

"With Italian standards and new ideas on that theme, LoRusso’s is one of the most vegetarian-friendly restaurants in town. $$$, 101 Best Restaurants 2016, Best Restaurants 2018, Carry Out, COVID-19 Temporary Dining Guide, Curbside, Delivery, Italian, South City, The Hill. Photography by Kevin A. Roberts"

"Charlie Gitto's has been serving up casual Italian fare in downtown St. Louis for more than three decades. The restaurant's menu is filled with traditional favorites like spaghetti bolognese, fettuccine alfredo, and lasagna. The Gitto's salad paired with toasted ravioli also makes a great meal."

"This elegant, old world-style restaurant features dark woods, a fountain, and a comfortable ambience. Risotto makes as fine an appetizer as it does an entree. Start with the creamy seafood risotto made with salmon, shrimp, and scallops."

"You can’t come to St Louis and not try St Louis-style pizza or toasted raviolis—both city staples. It would also be a mistake to not visit The Hill, an Italian neighborhood full of mom and pop Italian restaurants and corner bars. Guido’s serves some of the best STL style pizza and T-Ravs in The Hill..."

"Gian-Tony's specializes in the tastes of Southern Italy, served in a comfortable setting. The menu includes many favorite pastas—ravioli, tortellini, and fettuccine—along with beef, chicken and seafood dishes. For dessert, try the cannoli or tiramisu."

"This family-run coffee shop has been going for the last six years or so and is one of the best you will find in the city. Their family spirit comes out in the service and the atmosphere, as they treat everyone like family themselves. This is a very warm and welcoming place, where everyone and anyone can sip on their specialty coffee, eat a freshly made pastry, and feel like you are in your own living room."

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"Ever since I've moved to Maplewood last year, I have been coming to Living Room for a quick bite or a needed caffeine buzz. I love their rotating lunch…”more"

"Taking, an old-fashioned style of baking, pint size has reinvented the phrase “eat local.” All of their ingredients come from local farms and they don’t use any additives or preservatives. Their caramel croissants are their best-sold Saturday special and they will absolutely blow you away!. Besides offering a variety of all-day snacks of tarts, pies, blondies, brookies, brownies (and I could continue, but I’ll spare you the hunger pang you’ll get after you finish reading this paragraph), they serve morning eats such as quiche, scones, and breakfast muffins."

"The Saturdays-only salted caramel croissants are St. Louis's version of Cronuts. There's always a line, you can't preorder them and they're bound to sell out. Just ask none other than Rick Lewis of local joint Grace Meat + Three, who calls the pastries life changing."

"Pint Size Bakery is a small shop in south St. Louis that's really making a name for itself. The shop specializes in serving up small batches of traditional treats with the best local ingredients. The shop sells a variety of muffins, cookies, brownies and scones."

"The definitive place to enjoy and imbibe gin from around the world, The Gin Room is located inside Cafe Natasha, a Persian restaurant on South Grand. Masterfully run by Natasha Bahrami (yep, the restaurant is named after her too), it offers quite possibly the most complete, exhaustive, curated collection of over 100 gins to be found in the US and certainly the Midwest. “The Gin Girl,” as Bahrami is called, is a true ambassador of the spirit, and her enthusiasm over the history, distillation process, and particular qualities of the different gins she offers is infectious to anyone with a soul."

"Café Natasha’s serves incredible, authentic Persian cuisine with subtle international influences. Enjoy finely prepared dishes such as the Beef Shish Kabob & Koubideh Kabob, Gormeh Sabzie (classic Persian herb-based lamb stew), or Savory Tongue of Beef. Café Natasha’s story begins in 1983, when founders Executive Chef Behshid Bahrami and his wife Hamishe Bahrami opened a small restaurant called “The Little Kitchen."