• Pizza, wine and salad are popular Italian foods.Italian food image by bkaiser from Fotolia.com
  
  The Italian restaurant scene is prominent in Boston, and it's not just confined to the North End. Although the North End is full of Italian restaurants, cafes and pastry shops, you can also find Italian restaurants downtown, in the Back Bay and on the waterfront. Some restaurants are sit-down while others serve quick yet satisfying carryout items.
  
  

Lucca Restaurant

• Lucca Restaurant, with one restaurant located in the North End and a sister restaurant in the Back Bay, serves Northern Italian food with touches of originality. The restaurant uses local, fresh ingredients. The menus include an array of antipasti of soups and salads, main dishes of pasta, fish, pork and chicken, and Italian desserts of gelato and tiramisu. It also has extensive wine and cocktail lists.
  
  The North End restaurant offers a main dining room and three private dining rooms---two trio rooms and one wine room---while the Back Bay location offers a main dining room, lounge and mezzanine. Reservations and valet parking are available.
  
  Lucca Restaurant
  
  226 Hanover St.
  
  Boston, MA 02213
  
  617-742-9200
  
  luccaboston.com
  
  

Viga Italian Eatery and Caterer

• Viga Italian Eatery and Caterer has three locations in Boston---Washington Street, Devonshire Street and Stuart Street. The menu includes fresh hot and cold seasonal and daily specials with pizza, sandwiches, pasta and pastries as everyday staples. All dishes are carryout and are prepared to order. In addition to carryout, Viga offers a catering menu for large parties which include breakfast, hot and cold platters, pizza and bagged lunches.
  
  Viga Italian Eatery & Caterer
  
  275 Washington St.
  
  Boston, MA 02108
  
  617-742-8442
  
  304 Stuart St.
  
  Boston, MA 02116
  
  617-542-7200
  
  291 Devonshire St.
  
  Boston, MA 02110
  
  617-482-1113
  
  vigaeatery.com
  
  

Sorriso Trattoria

• Sorriso Italian Trattoria, located on Boston's waterfront, serves traditional Italian meals. The interior is decorated with paintings of Italy's countryside with bottles on the high ledges and twig chandeliers. The restaurant has a main dining room, a private dining room and a small café.
  
  The lunch menu consists of paninis, pasta, salads and wood-fired pizza while the dinner menu is more substantial, serving risotto and gnocchi along with pizza. Dessert includes cheeses, cannolini and panna cotta. The restaurant also has a wine and cocktail menu and a bar menu with smaller plates such as fried zucchini blossoms and tomatoes and mozzarella. Reservations are recommended.
  
  Sorriso Trattoria
  
  107 South St.
  
  Boston, MA 02111
  
  617-259-1560
  
  sorrisoboston.com