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Top 7 Italian food in Urbana, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Best Italian restaurants nearby. Discover the best Italian food in Urbana. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Italian restaurants near you.. Urbana /ɜːrˈbænə/ is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 41,250 at the 2010 census. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is included in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.
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7. Pizzeria Antica
Overall Ratings
4 based on 58 reviews
Antica practices the 130 year old art of traditional Neapolitan pizza made in accordance to the rules and regulations of master pizza mak- ers of Naples, Italy through their Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana (AVPN). We start with the world's best flour
Reviewed By X9342XYrichardr
We attempted to visit Black Dog (Downtown) but was not willing to wait 90 minutes for a table (granted it was a Saturday night). We walked instead to Pizzeria Antica.Their website indicates they were founded in 2015. It shows. Our hostess was new - who then was our server, then not. It's a funky payment process - as you pay for your meal at the hostess stand.We started with a shared Italiano (large) salad ($10). Then the pizza came - Melanzana - described as Fresh Mozzarella, Roasted Eggplant, Sun Kissed Tomato, Chevre ($16).Both items were very tasty.Last - we had the gelato - very reasonable @ $3 for about a 4 oz. portion.Overall - a pleasant experience - but on the pricey side.
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6. Monical's Pizza
Reviewed By Cello12345
If you're looking for pizza in Urbana, this is the place to go. Sure, it's a chain restaurant, but the food is good and the service is friendly. I especially like the thin crust option. The Family Pleaser comes with salad and a pitcher of soda...good choice.
5. Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza
Overall Ratings
4 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By FromSea2ShiningC
Their deep dish pepperoni and sausage pizza was very good. We ordered a medium, but could of ordered a small. We had 5 pieces left over. Their prices were reasonable for deep dish. The only negative I can say is that we ordered through Grub Hub, and delivery took 2 1/2 hours! We were ready for bed before it came, so it was a huge inconvenience. Thankfully, it tasted good.
4. Manolo's Pizza & Empanadas
Overall Ratings
4 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By Clevlander
Very popular place with students. They have thin pizza with various toppings by the slice, and the slices here are generous, and very reasonable for the price. Limited seating inside, but its best when the weather permits to sit outside.
3. Biaggi's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 330 reviews
Biaggiâs is a casual, Italian restaurant offering large portions of affordably-priced pastas, soups & salads, pizza, seafood, steaks and desserts in a comfortable, relaxing environment. Interested in placing an order for carry-out? Ask about our curbsid
Reviewed By Taylor B
Biaggi's is a chain of Italian restaurants that isn't well known in Chicago. Maybe that's because there are no locations within the city limits, only three in faraway suburbs. There also are locations in eight other states. My wife and I discovered Biaggi's in Bloomington, Illinois, a few months ago. So we were eager to sample the location at 2235 South Neil Street in Champaign. The lunch/dinner menu is huge--and that doesn't include the chef's monthly specials. There are plenty of steaks, chops, seafood and pasta to choose from. We started with bruschetta with plum tomatoes, mozzarella, garlic and basil, sherry tomato soup, vegetable minestrone and Caesar salad. It was hard to pass up the August specials--Sicilian meatballs, potato parmesan crusted tilapia and key lime pie--but we were delighted with our entrees, grilled eight-ounce filet mignon with sauteed mushrooms, asparagus, garlic mashed potatoes and tomato cream sauce and crab-stuffed cod, wild caught North Atlantic cod fillet with lump crab meat stuffing, sauteed vegetables and lemon butter sauce. For dessert, also passed up traditional tiramisu, creme brulee and white chocolate pudding in favor of new delicious creations, mini chocolate pot de creme with bittersweet and milk chocolate custard and vanilla bean mousse and a mini turtle sundae with vanilla bean gelato, warm Columbian chocolate ganache, caramel sauce, roasted walnuts, vanilla bean mousse and an amorena cherry.
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2. Nando
Overall Ratings
4 based on 142 reviews
Reviewed By 415luanns
So good, we went back a second night during our 4 day stay in Champaign. Jenny was a superb waiter. She knew everything in minute detail. The dish I enjoyed most ...meatballs on the appetizer menu. Youâre thinking...a meatball? These little gems were infused with mushrooms and so moist, they melted on my tongue. Arrabiata sauce... hurt me.
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1. Timpone's
Overall Ratings
4 based on 103 reviews
Reviewed By Taylor B
Ray Timpone was a well-known in Champaign-Urbana as Ray Eliot and Pete Elliott and Dick Butkus and Jim Grabowski and Dave Downey in his hey day. When I lived and worked in the twin cities from 1958 to 1966, Timpone was the pioneering restauranteur who operated Timpone's on 6th Street, the Thunderbird on Daniel Street across from Kam's and the Jolly Roger on Water Street in downtown Urbana. Ray died in 2012 at age 92. His restaurants are gone, too. But his son and daughter-in-law, who met and married in 1962 while working at the Jolly Roger, opened Timpone's restaurant at 710 South Goodwin in Urbana in 1986. It's a tribute to Ray, who made thin crust pizza and Italian beef sandwiches like no other. He'd be proud of this Timpone's. For appetizers, my wife and I had tomato bisque with mozzarella and basil, a quarter loaf of fresh baked bread, Caesar salad and grilled Gulf shrimp For entrees, we chose a 12-ounce grilled primed ribeye steak with bacon-scallion mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus and pan roasted Rhode Island black bass with rock shrimp, asiago polenta and Littleneck clams. For dessert, we shared a big helping of vanilla bean creme brulee with fresh berries, which was the creation of the late Ginger Timpone, the co-owner who died in 2018. In Champaign-Urbana, the Timpone tradition continues.
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