Avivo Brick Oven Pizzeria
Avivo, which stands amid the west side's bustling New Market Square shopping district, has become a hit among the city's foodies. Pizza toppings include portabella mushrooms, sliced Italian sausage, grilled eggplant, Roma tomatoes and Gorgonzola cheese, just to name a few. The menu also offers pastas, paninis and gourmet salads along with wine and signature martinis to chase it all down.
Avivo Brick Oven Pizzeria
2441 N. Maize Road
Wichita, KS 67209
(316) 558-5555
avivopizzeria.com
DeFazio's Authentic Italian Restaurant
This restaurant, owned by its chef, Pietro DeFazio, and tucked away among the quiet, mid-century modern neighborhoods that line North Amidon Street, offers traditional southern Italian fare in a quaint, cozy atmosphere. The menu features a variety of robust dishes, such as garlic chicken spiedini, lasagna della casa and steak pizzaiola.
DeFazio's Authentic Italian Restaurant
2706 Amidon Street
Wichita, KS 67204
(316) 838-0709
Luciano's Restaurant
Luciano's tagline is "To Italy without a passport." It couldn't be more appropriate. With an ample list of Italian wines and a menu developed by Italian-born chef and owner Luciano Mottola, the restaurant's claim to authentic Italian cuisine goes undisputed. The restaurant and its owner call the suburb of Mulvane home, where Mottola says the nearby fields of wheat and sunflowers evoke his hometown in Tuscany.
Luciano's Restaurant
216 W. Maine St.
Mulvane, KS 67110
(316) 777-0045
restaurantlucianos.com
Marchello's Restaurant
Marchello's channels south Wichita's working-class vibe though ample portions of Italian food that would satisfy the hungriest factory worker or construction foreman. Regardless, its hearty dishes attract customers from all over the city. The menu features Italian staples such as jumbo ravioli, meat lasagna, fettuccine alfredo and spaghetti with meat sauce.
Marchello's Restaurant
3107 S. Seneca St.
Wichita, KS 67217
316-522-6662
Savute's Italian Ristorante
Owner Pete Savute's grandparents were first-generation Italian immigrants who used to haul coal from southeastern Kansas to Wichita. In 1944 they noticed a property for sale on North Broadway and so their story began. What evolved was a family-run restaurant featuring the food they'd grown up with, such as beef scaloppini, spaghetti and meatballs and baked chicken cacciatore, plus sizzling steaks.
Savute's Italian Ristorante
3303 N. Broadway St.
Wichita, KS 67219
(316) 838-0455
