Italian Restaurants in Rockford, IL

Italian in Rockford at a glance

• Italian is the 9th largest food category in Rockford, after bars and pizza.
• Its 3.5% share compares with 2.1% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Rockford leans toward italian.
• Of the 20 listed below, 17 are independent and 3 belong to chains; 19 list a website.

Italian Restaurants in Rockford

• Franchesco's Ristorante
  Restaurant · Italian · 7128 Spring Creek Rd
• Sam's Ristorante & Pizzeria
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 6075 E Riverside Blvd #4413
• Mr. J's Restaurant and Pizzeria
  Restaurant · Italian · 3701 Auburn St
• Olive Garden
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 6367 E State St
• Plume
  Restaurant · Italian · 1132 Auburn St
• Salamone's North
  Restaurant · Italian · 2583 N Mulford Rd
• Deli Italia on North Main
  Restaurant · Italian · 3004 N Main St
• DiTullio's Italian Market & Cafe
  Restaurant · Italian · 2207 E State St
• Panino's Italian Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 2725 N Main St
• Linos Pizza and Italian Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 5611 E State St
• Maciano's Pizza and Pastaria
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 5801 Columbia Pkwy #101
• John's Restaurant & Pizzeria
  Restaurant · Italian · 2914 11th St
• Panino's Italian Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 5403 E State St
• Villa Di Roma
  Restaurant · Italian · 915 S Alpine Rd
• Lino's
  Restaurant · Italian · 5611 E State St
• Giuseppi's Pizza
  Restaurant · Italian · 950 Halsted Rd
• New Italia
  Restaurant · Italian · 4415 Harrison Ave
• Schiro's Restaurant and Lounge
  Restaurant · Italian · 1201 N Springfield Ave
• Villa Di Roma
  Restaurant · Italian · 1620 Harrison Ave
• Cucina Di Rosa
  Restaurant · Italian · 1620 N Bell School Rd

Italian elsewhere in Illinois

Among the Illinois cities in this guide, the most italian listings are in Chicago (311), Naperville (20), Springfield (18), Arlington Heights (17), Champaign (12) and Bloomington (12).

Run a italian spot in Rockford?

You share this list with 19 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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