These 7 on the map
The 7 restaurants on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 15 are on the map in the Whosly app.
7 of the 15
Da Marco
MontroseUpscale Italian$$$$A splurge in Montrose that feels like a countryside family restaurant. The duck served two ways, with lambrusco sauce and raspberries, is the dish; the pastas match it.
Tony's
GreenwayItalian fine dining$$$$A big, pastel Art Deco Italian room on Richmond, with small plates of fresh pasta, a truffle filet, and a dozen-plus flavors of soufflé for dessert.
Rosie Cannonball
MontroseItalian$$$Dinner starts with a free half-glass of lambrusco poured from a jeroboam. Then pizza, pasta and steak with surprises, like octopus in the gnocchi and duck confit under the cabbage.
Coltivare
The HeightsItalian & wood-fired pizza$$$Rustic Italian with a Gulf Coast accent, cooked from the restaurant's own backyard garden. Eat cacio e pepe on the covered patio under a big fig tree.
Giacomo's Cibo e Vino
River OaksNeighborhood Italian$$A bright, kitschy River Oaks trattoria stacked with wine boxes, run by pro servers who never miss an order. Everyone fits here, including dogs on the garden patio.
Riva's Italian Restaurant
MontroseRed-sauce Italian$$A Montrose cult favorite with dive-bar kitsch and holiday lights year-round. Portions are huge, and every entrée comes with soup and a salad with the house dressing.
Mandola's Deli
East EndItalian deli & red sauce$An old-school red-sauce deli in the East End, wood-paneled and covered in family photos, where the lunch line is full of regulars who've come for decades.
The other 8
The 15 are spread across 9 neighborhoods. Montrose (4), East End (2), Rice Village (2) and River Oaks (2) have the most; Galleria, Greenway, Independence Heights, the Heights and West University have one each.
+8 more in the app
A “100 Layer Lasagna” of oxtail ragu in Rice Village, porchetta sandwiches the size of your face behind an East End strip center, handmade tagliatelle in a railcar-sized room on Weslayan, a white bolognese rigatoni in a 30-seat room, and more.
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Common questions
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All 15, on your own map
This page is 7 of them. The Houston Italian pack in Whosly has all 15 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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