Italian Restaurants in Des Moines, IA

Italian in Des Moines at a glance

• Italian is the 9th largest food category in Des Moines, after bars and mexican.
• Its 2.5% share compares with 2.1% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 24 listed below, 20 are independent and 4 belong to chains; 24 list a website.

Italian Restaurants in Des Moines

• Aposto
  Restaurant · Italian · 644 18th St
• Baratta's Restaurant and Catering | Italian
  Restaurant · Italian · 2320 S Union St
• Centro
  Restaurant · Italian · 1003 Locust St
• Christopher's
  Restaurant · Italian · 2816 Beaver Ave
• Lucca
  Restaurant · Italian · 420 E Locust St
• Now Or Later Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 3750 E University Ave
• Olive Garden
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 6157 SE 14th St
• Tumea & Sons Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 1501 SE 1st St
• Fazoli's
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 3600 Merle Hay Rd
• Gray’s Pub & Patio
  Restaurant · Italian · 210 SW 11th St
• Scornovacca's Ristorante
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 1930 SE 14th St
• Noah's Ark Ristorante
  Restaurant · Italian · 2400 Ingersoll Ave
• Bianchi's Hilltop Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 2820 Hubbell Ave
• Allora Cafe
  Restaurant · Italian · 1459 Grand Ave
• Basil Prosperi
  Restaurant · Italian · 801 Grand Ave
• Cafe Di Scala
  Restaurant · Italian · 644 18th St
• Corigliano's Pizza
  Restaurant · Italian · 4249 Fleur Dr
• Fazoli's
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 3815 E 14th St
• Latin King Italian Dining
  Restaurant · Italian · 2200 Hubbell Ave
• Something Italian
  Restaurant · Italian · 400 Walnut St Ste 2
• Orlondo's Bar and Grill on Park
  Restaurant · Italian · 4377 Park Ave
• Riccelli's Italian Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 3803 Indianola Ave
• Sam & Gabe's
  Restaurant · Italian · 600 E 5th St
• Scopri
  Restaurant · Italian · 401 Locust St.

Italian elsewhere in Iowa

Among the Iowa cities in this guide, the most italian listings are in Cedar Rapids (14) and Davenport (7).

Run a italian spot in Des Moines?

You share this list with 23 other italian listings. The ones guests reorder from are the ones that are easy to order from directly. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu, flyers and posts to go with it. Run your numbers with the commission savings calculator.

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