Best Italian Food in Ann Arbor
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Mani Osteria on Liberty Street is the benchmark for Italian in Ann Arbor — proper Neapolitan pizza and hand-rolled pasta in a room that knows what it's doing. Jolly Pumpkin's food program draws on Italian technique. The Italian-American tradition is also represented by longer-standing spots across the city.
Below is Plate & Press's full Italian dining coverage.
Alpino Fills the Hardest Space in Corktown and Makes It Look Easy
In the brick building where Lady of the House used to be, an Alpine-inspired kitchen is melting raclette, pouring northern Italian reds, and earning its own reputation.
Alpino occupies the former Lady of the House space at 1426 Bagley St in Corktown. Dave Mancini's Alpine-inspired restaurant has raclette, wood-fired cooking, and a wine list that doesn't apologize for butter.
Aubree's Dexter Gives Main Street Its Pizza Option
At 8031 Main St, the franchise that Ypsilanti built finds its footing in a small town.
Aubree's Pizzeria & Grill at 8031 Main St in Dexter brings the same pizza, feta bread, and beer formula that has worked in Ypsilanti since 1972 to Dexter's Main Street.
The Best Italian in Ann Arbor
Handmade pasta, wood-fired pizza, and a tapas bar that learned from Spain. Three restaurants worth knowing.
Ann Arbor's Italian dining runs from handmade pasta on East Liberty to late-night pizza on Church Street. Here are the three restaurants that matter.
Aubree's Has Been Holding Down Depot Town Since 1972
At 39 East Cross, a pizza-and-beer joint that outlasted everything around it.
Aubree's Pizzeria & Grill at 39 E Cross St in Ypsilanti has been serving pizza, feta bread, and cold beer in Depot Town since 1972. The feta bread is the sleeper hit.
The Slice: Mani Osteria's Wood-Fired Pizza
The first entry in our Best Pizza series comes from a pasta restaurant. That tells you something.
Mani Osteria is known for handmade pasta, but the wood-fired pizza from its East Liberty kitchen deserves its own spotlight. Our first entry in The Slice.
Pizza House Has Been Feeding Ann Arbor at 2 a.m. for Decades
On Church Street near campus, a pizza institution that outlasted trends, turnover, and the death of the late-night dining economy.
Pizza House at 618 Church St has been feeding Ann Arbor's students, families, and late-night crowds for decades. The deep dish, the breadsticks, and the 2 a.m. delivery window are institutions in their own right.
Mani Osteria and the Case for Handmade Pasta in a College Town
At 341 East Liberty, a kitchen rolls its own pasta every day. In a city full of good restaurants, that still matters.
Mani Osteria makes its pasta by hand every day. In a college town with no shortage of Italian options, that commitment still sets it apart.