Italian Restaurants in Rochester, New York

Italian Restaurants in Rochester, New York
Rochester, a large city in western New York, is home to a variety of places for an outdoors enthusiast to explore. Instead of spending your time in the bustling city, you might want to check out Highland County Park and Cobbs Hill Park. Both parks offer visitors the chance to walk or bike along a variety of nature trails. Highland County Park also has a nature walk through its arboretum. These make for excellent adventures before dining at an Italian restaurant.

Bacco's Ristorante

Bacco's Ristorante is an upscale restaurant located in historic Rochester that is open daily for lunch and dinner. Though the restaurant is small and cozy, the portions of the food are large. Numerous authentic appetizers, entrees and desserts are offered on the menu, such as grilled calamari, penne quattro formaggio and tiramisu. If, however, you do not find something on the menu that suits your fancy, the chef would be happy to prepare a meal for you to your specifications upon request. The restaurant is typically very busy for dinner, so attempt to make a reservation if you plan on dining here for supper.

Bacco's Ristorante
263 Park Ave.
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 442-5090

Bazil's Restaurant

Bazil's Restaurant is a casual restaurant that is open for lunch on Saturday and Sunday and dinner everyday of the week. The restaurant is known for its funnel cakes that can be ordered for dessert, as well as several of its authentic dishes, such as minestrone soup and eggplant parmigiana lasagna. A traditional Italian menu is offered, as well as gluten-free, low carbohydrate, reduced calorie and vegetarian menus. The house salad and bread sticks as well as many of the dinner entrees are served all-you-can-eat, allowing you to properly refuel after a long day outdoors.

Bazil's Restaurant
749 E. Henrietta Road
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 427-7420
bazilrestaurant.com

Da Vinci Restaurant

Da Vinci Restaurant is a quaint, upscale restaurant open daily for lunch and dinner. Authentic dishes including escarole with sausage, Julienne salad, hot eggplant sandwich, chicken scampi, veal saltimbacco and Sicilian casserole are offered on the menu. A wine list, including a variety of rare wines such as antinori cervaro della sala chardonnay and michele castellani cinque stelle, is available to order from. When possible, it is highly advisable to make reservations to avoid having to wait to be seating.

Da Vinci Restaurant
1550 Ridge Road
Rochester, NY 14615
(585) 663-3360
davincisrestaurant.com‎

Article Written By Leigh Wittman

Leigh Wittman has been writing professionally since 2007. She writes primarily on health, career advice, outdoor pursuits and travel for various websites. Wittman is a licensed nurse and studied nursing at Arizona State University.

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