Best Italian, city by city.
Shortcuts show. Italian cooking is the hardest to fake because it has nowhere to hide — no sauce heavy enough, no portion large enough to disguise mediocre pasta. Harry cares whether it was made in-house. The red-checked tablecloth is irrelevant.
Ten-place guides ranked by the Harry Score, with a Worth It rating for every pick, in 17 cities. No paid placements. No affiliate links.
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Best Italian in New YorkNY
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Best Italian in Los AngelesCA
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Best Italian in ChicagoIL
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Best Italian in San FranciscoCA
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Best Italian in New OrleansLA
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Best Italian in AustinTX
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Best Italian in MiamiFL
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Best Italian in SeattleWA
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Best Italian in LondonGB
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Best Italian in WashingtonDC
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Best Italian in VancouverCA
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Best Italian in WinnipegCA
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Best Italian in MelbourneAU
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Best Italian in SydneyAU
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Best Italian in San JoseCA
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Best Italian in DenverCO
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Best Italian in PortlandOR
Questions Harry gets about Italian restaurants
- Which cities does Harry rank Italian restaurants in?
- Harry has a full ten-place Italian guide for New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, Austin, Miami, Seattle, London, Washington, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Melbourne, Sydney, San Jose, Denver and Portland. Each is ranked by the Harry Score, with a Worth It rating for every pick.
- How does Harry Hungry score Italian restaurants?
- The Harry Score blends ratings from Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor, and critic mentions into a single 0–100 rating. A separate Worth It Score ranks restaurants by value for money. No paid placements, no affiliate links — the ranking is built from public data only.