Pizzerias and Italian Restaurants in Queens, NY

Acquista Trattoria in Fresh Meadows, Queens, is a great neighborhood restaurant. It serves Italian food — classic southern Italian dishes, pizzas, fish, and more.

Family-run Il Toscano serves up delicious Northern Italian cuisine in Douglaston. Go for a special occasion or at the end of a regular day: Il Toscano will always feel like a celebration.

On Ascan Avenue in Forest Hills, Nick's Pizza serves some of the best pizza in all of NYC. Nick's is casual, reasonably priced, and one of the best places to eat in Forest Hills.

For great-tasting Italian pastries and cookies, you can't do much better than Lu Lu's Italian and American Bakery in Fresh Meadows. Stick around at this popular neighborhood bakery and enjoy some biscotti and espresso, or be the most popular guest at your next dinner party by showing up with a box of Lu Lu's goodies.

Rosa's Pizzeria is a neighborhood pizzeria in Middle Village that surpasses neighborhood pizzerias with its overall quality, pizzas, calzones, heros, and especially its Sicilian slices. Dee-lish!

Catalano Brothers Bakery in Middle Village, Queens, is great for fresh Italian breads, cookies, pastries, and even Italian ice cream cakes. But no matter what tempts you in the display case, make sure to pick up at least one loaf of semolina bread.