CharlotteFive readers and staff recommended the best local Italian restaurants.
From 42 nominees, we’re down to the Top 2 places for Italian food in the Charlotte area.
Vote in the sixth and final round of our contest until noon Thursday, April 30.
We want to crown the best Italian restaurant in Charlotte, and this is your last chance to help pick the winner.
First, CharlotteFive invited readers to recommend the top local places to eat Italian food. Then, we reviewed the nominations and asked our staff’s food experts for other restaurants that deserved to be in the running.
We started with 42 nominees, and now we’re down to the Top 2. Below, you can vote for the Charlotte-area Italian restaurant you love the most.
If you really want your favorite restaurant to win, feel free to refresh this webpage and vote over and over again. We use captcha to help determine that votes are coming from readers and to deter bot activity.
The sixth and final round of the contest is currently live and will be until noon Thursday, April 30.
Here are the Top 2 restaurants, in order of how many times they were picked in Round 5:
Osteria LuCa
Antico Italian Restaurant
This contest is meant to be fun rather than a scientific poll. To participate, nominees had to have a presence in or near Charlotte and have fewer than 20 locations nationwide.
Here were the Top 5 restaurants, in order of how many votes they received in Round 4 of the contest:
Osteria LuCa
Antico Italian Restaurant
Open Kitchen
Giacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant
ESO Artisanal Pasta
Here were the Top 10 restaurants from Round 3:
Antico Italian Restaurant
Osteria LuCa
Open Kitchen
Giacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant
Basilico Italiano
Portofino’s
ESO Artisanal Pasta
Mano Bella
Mama Ricotta’s
Capishe: Real Italian Kitchen
There were several ties in earlier rounds of this contest. Here were the Top 21 restaurants from Round 2:
Antico Italian Restaurant
Open Kitchen
Osteria LuCa
Basilico Italiano
Giacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant
Portofino’s
Little Mama’s
Mama Ricotta’s
Aqua e Vino
Mano Bella
Ever Andalo and Stagioni - tie
Dolce Osteria
Fiamma Ristorante
Luce
Enrico’s Italian Restaurant and Toscana - tie
Angeline’s, Capishe: Real Italian Kitchen, Caruso’s and ESO Artisanal Pasta - tie
Here were the Top 30 restaurants from Round 1:
Antico Italian Restaurant
Basilico Italiano
Osteria LuCa
Giacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant
Open Kitchen
Little Mama’s
Mama Ricotta’s
Portofino’s
Aqua e Vino
Ever Andalo
Toscana
Dolce Osteria
Fiamma Ristorante and Stagioni - tie
Zio Casual Italian
Angeline’s
Mano Bella
Il Bosco and Via Roma - tie
Aria Tuscan Grill, Caruso’s and ESO Artisanal Pasta - tie
Bistro D’Antonio, Flour Shop, Pizzeria Omaggio and Spaghett - tie
Capishe: Real Italian Kitchen, Enrico’s Italian Restaurant, Luce and Oggi Ristorante Italiano - tie
Here are the original 42 nominees, in alphabetical order:
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