Italian places in Toronto

Michelin-listed Italian from chef Rob Rossi — wood-fired cooking and impeccable pasta steps from the St. Lawrence Market.

Michelin-starred Amalfi cooking on the 38th floor of the Westin Harbour Castle — a tasting-menu occasion with a harbour view.

Old Town Sicilian from the ownership behind Buca — wood-fired plates, arancine and a warm King East room.

Toronto's old-guard Roman ristorante since 1993 — white tablecloths, impeccable service and a deep Italian cellar.

Michelin-starred Northern Italian on Avenue Road from the team behind Giulietta — precise pasta and a polished room.

Three decades of upscale Italian cooking in the historic St. Lawrence Hall on King Street East.

Yorkville's coastal Italian dining room — crudo, house-made pasta and wood-fired plates in a polished, low-lit space behind the Four Seasons.

An old-Hollywood Italian bar and restaurant on Queen West — red sauce, handmade pasta and a room built for a long night.

Chef Marvin Palomo's Italian dining room on Queen West, folding Korean, Japanese and Filipino notes into handmade pasta.

A 24-seat pasta speakeasy behind an unmarked door on Church Street — a chef's tasting menu and four-course prix fixe.

New York Italian on Roncesvalles — velvet banquettes, an open kitchen and red-sauce classics done from scratch.

Stelvio's next chapter on Dundas West — northern Italian cooking with a seasonal, quietly experimental menu.

David Rocco's Yorkville aperitivo bar — spritzes, homemade gelato and a 3–6pm happy hour every day but Monday.

Neapolitan pizza and Southern Italian plates on St Clair West — a Corso Italia dining room with a wood oven at its centre.

Geary Avenue's pizza-and-bar room — Greater Good Bar, 75 seats, slices until two in the morning on weekends.

Eataly's cooking school — hands-on fresh pasta, pizza and tiramisu classes (and demo-and-dine sessions) across four Toronto locations.

Kensington Market's Neapolitan pizzeria on Augusta — wood-fired pizza, Italian plates and a sidewalk patio in the heart of the market.

Roman-inspired enoteca and wine bar on Dundas West — Bib Gourmand pasta, salumi and 90-plus bottles.

Rustic Italian and a deep wine list on King West — shareable plates and a room built for late nights.

Three generations of old-school Italian hospitality in a Victorian house on Prince Arthur Avenue.

Jen Agg's Dundas West wine bar in the old Black Hoof space — Michelin-listed pasta, natural wine and a late room.

Riverside trattoria bringing the cooking of Basilicata to Queen Street East — handmade pasta and southern Italian flavours.

A Yorkville original down the stairs on Bellair Street — traditional Italian cooking with old-school hospitality.

Modern Italian fine dining in a restored College Street bank — a Michelin-starred tasting-menu destination.

Contemporary Italian bisteccheria near St. Lawrence Market — steakhouse tradition through an Italian lens.

A family-run Italian fine-dining room on a quiet Financial District side street — house-made pasta, veal and a deep Italian cellar.

Old-school Italian fine dining on Elm Street — white tablecloths, classic pasta and secondi, and service that has not changed its manners.

Chef Alida Solomon's Tuscan ristorante on Adelaide West — hand-made pasta, seasonal Tuscan cooking and a prix fixe lunch.

Terroni's grandest room, inside the former York County Courthouse — southern Italian pasta and pizza under soaring ceilings.

Leslieville's new Italian trattoria on Queen East — handmade pasta, Italian classics and an open kitchen in the old Ascari room.

A Bib Gourmand Italian restaurant and wine bar on Gerrard East — handmade pasta, seasonal plates and natural wine.

Little Italy's pasta-and-chops room on College — handmade pasta, tableside touches and Italian-Canadian family cooking.

An Italian-leaning aperitivo bar from the Pompette team on College Street — wine, cocktails and small plates until late.

A modern Italian-Canadian room in Little Italy — handmade pasta, expressive vegetables and a Monday prix fixe.

A candlelit Little Italy wine and pasta bar on the corner of College and Clinton, pouring Italian bottles by the glass.

Sicilian-inspired seafood and pasta in the old Trattoria Giancarlo room, with one of Little Italy's biggest patios.

The Mercatto group's room inside the MaRS Discovery District — Italian pasta, pizza and wine for the Discovery District lunch crowd.

Contemporary Italian fine dining in the Theatre District — white tablecloths, a marble wine bar and live music at weekends.

The original Buca in a King West laneway — house charcuterie, handmade pasta and one of the city's deepest Italian cellars.

INK Entertainment's casual Italian bar at Adelaide and John — Roman pizza, Famiglia Baldassarre pasta and a long wine list.

The Ritz-Carlton's Italian dining room — hand-made pasta, a cheese cave and one of the more polished rooms in the South Core.

A Tuscan grill on King West since 1984 — wood-fired cooking, a deep Italian cellar and a room built for pre-TIFF dinners.

Contemporary Italian on Bay Street steps from Scotiabank Arena — pasta, pizza and a dining room built around a red tree.

The Piano Piano group's St. Lawrence room — the familiar menu of pasta, pizza and big flavours, seven days a week.

The ARDO team's Sicilian cocktail bar on King East — small plates, bitter cocktails and a marble-and-velvet room.

Italian fine dining beside Union Station — a big, modern room doing pasta, veal and seafood for the business crowd.

A tiny Cabbagetown pizzeria doing Roman-style squares, craft beer and wine by the glass on Parliament Street.

Terroni's Summerhill room above Bar Centrale — southern Italian pasta and pizza in a midtown dining room, with breakfast downstairs.

A cozy midtown Italian room on St. Clair West — scratch-made Roman pasta and Neapolitan pizza, dough made with Italian sparkling water.

A family-run culinary event space beside St. Lawrence Market — hands-on pasta and pizza nights from $95, plus a monthly wine night.

Chef Klidi Lazimi's Italian restaurant, café and mercato in the Design District — wood fire, butcher counter and private dining.

An upscale Italian room on Bayview in Leaside — hand-made pasta, seafood and a patio, open all day.

Hand-made pasta and wood-fired pizza in the Village of Etobicoke — an intimate room on Dundas Street West.

An Etobicoke fine-dining landmark on The Queensway — contemporary Italian, a serious wine bar and a Scotch list.

A Greenwood Avenue shop with Better Half Bar attached — pizza by the slice, cocktails and 55 seats.