Top 5 Italian restaurants: OC’s Best Places to Eat 2020

Critic Brad A. Johnson says Bologna, Rome, Puglia and even South Philadelphia are having their moments in Orange County.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • October 8, 2020
Going out for an oversized bowl of New York-style spaghetti and meatballs and a bottle of Chianti will never grow old, but the Italian restaurant scene in Orange County has grown vastly more diverse than that in recent years. Bologna, Rome,...
Restaurants In This Story
Oliver's Osteria
Bello
Pizzeria Mozza
Ciao Pasta
Filomena's
The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

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