Good Italian

 Philip K. wrote in message ...
 >It is so hard to find good italian food in the Burgh
 lately.....well I
 >gave up.

 You've gotta be kidding. There's good Italian food all over the
 city. Just to name a few:

 The Pleasure Bar (Bloomfield)
 Pasta Piata (Shadyside)
 Picolo Picolo (Downtown)
 Juno's (Downtown)
 Caffe Giavonni's (Mt. Lebanon)
 Del's (Bloomfield)
 Carimasi's Tuscany Grill (Downtown)
 Tomato's (Scott Township)
 Scolio's (Downtown)

 All of the above are good Italian food. Several of them have
 very, very good Italian food.

 Jim Mann

 I went to D'Amico's fairly recently and wasn't too impressed.

 Del's has an "early bird" special from Monday through Thursday that
 lasts until 8(!) pm.  You get soup, salad, a really yummy selection of
 entrees and desert.  The prices are pretty good [sorry, can't recall
 exact numbers :(].

 I'm a big fan of Primadonna in McKees Rocks.  I think their fried
 zucchini is fantastic and their pastas are wonderful and often
 interesting.

 one more restaurant to add - alexander's pasta express in bloomfield.
 saturday, my fiance had the penne w/sausage and my friend and i each
 tried the spinach and ricotta ravioli w/marfredo sauce (marinara &
 alfredo). each of the entrees cost less than $9.00 and included
 delicious fresh bread.they also had a nice selection of salads.

 i've been to many of the restaurants included in the list, but at least
 half of those of fairly high in price for what you get.

 of course, my polenta, gnocchi and risotto (from gram's recipe) beats
 most of the americanized-italian food i've found in pgh.

 when my fiance & i visited rome, i was shocked at the differences
 between italian restaurants in the states (outside of little italy in
 nyc) & authentic italian cuisine -- whether from my family's recipes or
 from restaurants in italy. the trattorias in italy are often less formal
 and quite reasonable in price when compared to italian cuisine in the
 states.

 my two cents,
 tracey