Johnny's Ristorante Italiano

• 2010 Winner

  Best Italian Restaurant

Johnny’s Ristorante Italiano is one of Reno's great Italian restaurants. The atmosphere offers a version of Mediterranean chic, with white linen tablecloths and walls painted the sandy color of a seaside villa. The menu offers classic appetizers like bruschetta mista, calamari fritti and the best polenta you’ve ever tasted. Choose from a variety of pizzas and pastas, as well as meat dishes like vitello all piccata and calamari all’ abalone. Fettuccine Alfredo is classic Italian-American comfort food. Pasta swirls in a gooey, rich sauce of cream, Parmesan and butter. The agnello alla griglia features grilled lamb medallions accompanied by sautéed arugula and polenta. Johnny’s offers popular Italian desserts like tiramisù, spumoni and cannoli. After more than 30 years at its West Fourth Street location, Johnny’s remains a worthy part of the Reno restaurant scene. If you’ve been saving yourself for good Italian food, Johnny’s is the place to find it.

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