Top Italian Restaurants In South Florida

Italian food is always a great choice whether family, friends or a couple are going out to eat. The menu items can be rich, filled with heavy sauces and meats or can be light with deliciously made fish and seafood. All over South Florida, restauranteurs give natives and tourists a sample of Italian food straight from the kitchens of Italy in how they are prepared and served. The service also is warm and leaves a signature of how Italian culture has added to the American landscape.

Quattro Gastronomia Italiana
1014 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 531-4833
www.quattromiami.com

Go with your best dress and suit on to Quattro Miami and walk down Lincoln Road at sunset as the lights of businesses turn on, the music gets louder to flow along with the the crowd noise. Lincoln Road is a world-famous boulevard and the pedestrian traffic is amazing. Then, after seeing these visual sites, sit down to eat a meal at Quattro Miami. Try the Fontina Ravioli drizzled with white truffle oil or the braised beef ravioli with piemontese sauce. Drink a prosecco cocktail and enjoy special time with family or a significant other at this beautiful location.

Scarpetta In The Fountainbleau Hotel & Resort
4441 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33140
(305) 538-2000
www.fontainbleau.com/scarpetta

Scarpetta restaurant, located inside the Fountainbleau, provides a visual feast as the setting is clean with its lines, its seating and its color theme. Then, the dinner transports its patrons to the Italian coastline to indulge in its cuisine in one of its most high-profile restaurants in Miami.

Moye Restaurant
829 S.W. 1st Ave.
Miami, FL 33130
(305) 372-5168
www.moyemiami.com

With a very simple presentation of its restaurant, Moye takes any working professional through a gastronomic masterpiece and will influence them to change their eating habits forever. The menu breaks it down simply--the salads, the antipasti, the pasta, the fish, the meat, the soup, etc. Go for dinner after work, even if there is dinner waiting at home. Sit and decompress from the day at Moye, eating course after course.

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Valentino's
620 S. Federal Highway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 523-5767
www.valentinocucinaitaliana.com

A best kept secret of foodies for years, Valentino's location appears on the outside not to call attention to anyone, but inside are menu selections made with the freshest ingredients and customers who enter will receive the best service. It is a restaurant that many people would return to again and again for baby showers, wedding receptions, family dinners and marriage proposals.

Franco & Vinny's Italian Restaurant
2884 E. Sunrise Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304
(954) 564-9522
www.francoandvinnys.com

In between Broward Blvd. and Sunrise on A1A, is Franco & Vinny's World famous pizza shack. Don't let the "shack" fool you, though. Franco & Vinny's makes all their dishes from scratch and has a grand following of customers. The atmosphere is family-friendly, reminiscent of a New York Italian restaurant, customers are seated immediately and leave satisfied.

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