These Are The Best Italian Restaurants In CT: OpenTable

Immortalized by the great Billy Joel in his iconic "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant," Italian restaurants are as American as, well, American restaurants.

Connecticut, with its rich Italian history, is fortunate to have a host of amazing ones, but to the folks at the fine dining website OpenTable, these 15 are the best.

Eight of the 15 are located in Fairfield County, and all of them offer delectable Italian cuisine.

"A bottle of white, a bottle of red. Perhaps a bottle of rose instead..." indeed.

Here's the OpenTable list; see if one of your favorite spots made it, and click on each link below to make a reservation and to read what OpenTable has to say about the restaurant:

• Assaggio, Branford
• Tarantino Restaurant, Westport
• Bricco Restaurant, West Hartford
• Osteria Romana, Westport
• TerraSole Ristorante, Ridgefield
• Applausi, Old Greenwich
• Quattro Pazzi, Stamford
• Valbella Connecticut, Riverside
• Il Palio, Shelton
• Carbone's Ristorante, Hartford
• Ballo Italian Restaurant, Uncasville
• Columbus Park Trattoria, Stamford
• Rustica Ristorante, Chester
• Osteria Romana, Monroe
• Bricco Trattoria, Glastonbury

Click here to read the full list of the Best Italian Restaurants in Connecticut on the OpenTable website.

Photo of Valbella in Riverside via its Facebook page

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