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‘Mina’ Padellino (pan-baked pizza) with white bolognese, rosemary, parmesan, finished with pecorino sauce and lemon zest.

Pan pizza is back, but not like you remember. Here’s where to find it in Sydney

Put aside your preconceptions about greasy deep-dish pies. The latest pan-baked pizzas are made from quality ingredients.

  • Scott Bolles
Gambino’s dining room, with its blue velvet and marble, is geared to special occasions.

Explosive pepper steak, date-night vibes, rooftop bar: Glen Waverley’s new Italian hangout

This new kid on the block wants to compete with the drawcard restaurants of Windsor and the city. And it’s got more than a few tricks up its sleeve.

  • Emma Breheny
Handmade pasta is a focus at Abbiocco.

10 of Melbourne’s best Italian restaurants (and how to dine for less at each)

Find $16 margherita pizza, weekend lunch menus with endless focaccia and drinks, and a date-night deal with a price that’ll have you feeling loved up.

  • Good Food Guide reviewers
Cricca restaurant manager Alessio Nogarotto.

The Good Food Guide to 10 of Sydney’s best hatted Italian restaurants

The Harbour City’s top scoring spots for pasta, pizza and all things pomodoro from the Good Food Guide 2025.

  • Callan Boys and Good Food Guide Reviewers
Jon Adgemis (left) with Guy Grossi outside the Clifton Hotel in Kew in July 2023.

Grossi jumps Kew following split with high-profile hospitality group

Puttanesca at the Clifton Hotel is in the hands of a new operator as Public Hospitality’s financial unravelling continues.

  • Dani Valent
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Casa Lu’s porchetta sandwich.

Casa Lu

Italian-style sandwiches on stone-baked schiacciata.

Where’s Next Honey pizza topped with hot salami, honey and fresh chilli.

Gather your friends and head to this big breezy tin-roofed shed in an industrial estate

This summer, skip the tents and pitch a meal at Campground Kitchen to your friends instead.

  • Dani Valent
Gigi Rooftop overlooks suburban Thornbury and beyond.

There are plenty of new rooftop bars in Melbourne, but there’s still nothing like Gigi

The suburban view is not spectacular, exactly – but there’s something special about golden hours spent on this summer-only sundeck.

  • Dani Valent
Co-founder Asha Lourie (left) at Luna Blu.

This tiny gelato shop in the ’burbs proves Melbourne’s lickability rating is rising

Over the years, the big gelati brands have opened more branches and there are many cool new players, but Luna Blu has become more special for staying small.

  • Dani Valent
Bobbie Peels is bringing the dining specials.

From $15 buffets to bottomless drinks: The skint diner’s guide to January’s best deals

From an outrageous-value buffet, to free bottles of wine at a trailblazing hatted restaurant, these are the summer deals your friends will love you for finding.

  • Tomas Telegramma

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/italian-lco