Italian Restaurants in Rochester, NY

Italian in Rochester at a glance

• Italian is the 8th largest food category in Rochester, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 3.2% share compares with 2.1% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Rochester leans toward italian.
• Of the 32 listed below, 31 are independent and 1 belong to chains; 32 list a website.

Italian Restaurants in Rochester

• Veneto Pizza & Pasta
  Restaurant · Italian · 318 East Ave
• La Luna
  Restaurant · Italian · 60 Browns Race
• Fiamma Centro
  Restaurant · Italian · 4 Elton St #1216
• Tony D's
  Restaurant · Italian · 1290 University Ave
• Grappa Italian Nouveau
  Restaurant · Italian · 30 Celebration Dr
• Branca Midtown
  Restaurant · Italian · 280 E Broad St
• Mr. Dominic's at the Lake
  Restaurant · Italian · 4699 Lake Ave
• Pane Vino On The River
  Restaurant · Italian · 175 N Water St
• Park Avenue Paninoteca
  Restaurant · Italian · 230 Monroe Ave
• Polizzi's
  Restaurant · Italian · 274 N Goodman St #108
• Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar
  Restaurant · Italian · 1290 University Ave
• Ristorante Lucano
  Restaurant · Italian · 1815 East Ave
• Rocco
  Restaurant · Italian · 165 Monroe Ave
• Vern's
  Restaurant · Italian · 696 Park Ave
• Rizzis Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 411 Merchants Rd #6702
• Wildflour
  Restaurant · Italian · 620 Winton Rd N
• Fiorella
  Restaurant · Italian · 5 Rochester Public Market
• Sagra Italia
  Restaurant · Italian · 155 St Paul St
• Nino's Pizzeria
  Restaurant · Italian · 1330 Culver Rd
• Merchants Wood Fired Pizza & Bistro
  Restaurant · Italian · 564 Merchants Rd
• Antonetta's
  Restaurant · Italian · 1160 Jay St
• Stromboli's Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 130 East Ave
• Bacco's Ristorante
  Restaurant · Italian · 263 Park Ave
• Gusto
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain
• Gusto
  Restaurant · Italian · 277 Alexander St
• Henry B's Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 140 East Ave
• Monroe's at One
  Restaurant · Italian · 1 Bausch and Lomb Pl
• Panzaris Italian Bistro
  Restaurant · Italian · 321 Exchange Blvd
• Roncone's Italian Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 232 Lyell Ave
• Rosey's Italian Cafe
  Restaurant · Italian · 350 E Main St
• The Pasta Shoppe
  Restaurant · Italian · 277 Winton Rd N
• Tony D's Coal Fired Pizza
  Restaurant · Italian · 288 Exchange Blvd

Italian elsewhere in New York

Among the New York cities in this guide, the most italian listings are in New York (1634), Yonkers (41), Buffalo (38), Albany (24), Syracuse (22) and New Rochelle (21).

Run a italian spot in Rochester?

You share this list with 31 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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