Last chance to pick best Italian restaurant in Charlotte, NC

Vote for your favorite place to eat Italian food in the Charlotte area.

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We want to crown the best Italian restaurant in Charlotte, and this is your last chance to help pick the winner.

First, CharlotteFive invited readers to recommend the top local places to eat Italian food. Then, we reviewed the nominations and asked our staff’s food experts for other restaurants that deserved to be in the running.

We started with 42 nominees, and now we’re down to the Top 2. Below, you can vote for the Charlotte-area Italian restaurant you love the most.

If you really want your favorite restaurant to win, feel free to refresh this webpage and vote over and over again. We use captcha to help determine that votes are coming from readers and to deter bot activity.

The sixth and final round of the contest is currently live and will be until noon Thursday, April 30.

Here are the Top 2 restaurants, in order of how many times they were picked in Round 5:

Osteria LuCaAntico Italian Restaurant

This contest is meant to be fun rather than a scientific poll. To participate, nominees had to have a presence in or near Charlotte and have fewer than 20 locations nationwide.

Here were the Top 5 restaurants, in order of how many votes they received in Round 4 of the contest:

Osteria LuCaAntico Italian RestaurantOpen KitchenGiacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian RestaurantESO Artisanal Pasta

Here were the Top 10 restaurants from Round 3:

Antico Italian RestaurantOsteria LuCaOpen KitchenGiacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian RestaurantBasilico ItalianoPortofino’sESO Artisanal PastaMano BellaMama Ricotta’sCapishe: Real Italian Kitchen

There were several ties in earlier rounds of this contest. Here were the Top 21 restaurants from Round 2:

Antico Italian RestaurantOpen KitchenOsteria LuCaBasilico ItalianoGiacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian RestaurantPortofino’sLittle Mama’sMama Ricotta’sAqua e VinoMano BellaEver Andalo and Stagioni – tieDolce OsteriaFiamma RistoranteLuceEnrico’s Italian Restaurant and Toscana – tieAngeline’s, Capishe: Real Italian Kitchen, Caruso’s and ESO Artisanal Pasta – tie

Here were the Top 30 restaurants from Round 1:

Antico Italian RestaurantBasilico ItalianoOsteria LuCaGiacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian RestaurantOpen KitchenLittle Mama’sMama Ricotta’sPortofino’sAqua e VinoEver AndaloToscanaDolce OsteriaFiamma Ristorante and Stagioni – tieZio Casual ItalianAngeline’sMano BellaIl Bosco and Via Roma – tieAria Tuscan Grill, Caruso’s and ESO Artisanal Pasta – tieBistro D’Antonio, Flour Shop, Pizzeria Omaggio and Spaghett – tieCapishe: Real Italian Kitchen, Enrico’s Italian Restaurant, Luce and Oggi Ristorante Italiano – tie

Here are the original 42 nominees, in alphabetical order:

Angeline’sAntico Italian RestaurantAqua e VinoAria Tuscan GrillBasilico ItalianoBistro D’AntonioBuona Vita Restaurant and BarCapishe: Real Italian KitchenCaruso’sCicchettiDolce OsteriaEnrico’s Italian RestaurantESO Artisanal PastaEver AndaloFiamma RistoranteFlour ShopForchettaGiacomo’s Pizzeria & Italian RestaurantIl BoscoIndaco CharlotteLeo’s Italian SocialLittle Mama’sLuceMama Mia TooMama Ricotta’sMano BellaMovida Pizza PubOggi Ristorante ItalianoOpen KitchenOsteria LuCaPizzeria OmaggioPortofino’sPrimo PrimeSalmeri’s Italian KitchenSpaghettStagioniStella Nova Restaurant & BarThat’s AmoreToscanaVia RomaZinicolaZio Casual Italian

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