The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix

"Chef Giovanni Scorzo has been turning out some of the city’s best Italian food for decades, long before he landed a James Beard nomination for Best Chef Southwest in 2022. Though imported meats, cheeses, and other ingredients line shelves and fill cases in this casual, old-world-style restaurant, most people come for Scorzo’s ridiculously good dishes, including sandwiches, a rotating list of pastas, his own burrata and salumi, bistecca alla Fiorentina, freshly baked bread and beautiful desserts, Order the exquisitely rich gnocchi alla Romana if it’s available." - Mcconnell Quinn, Chris Malloy, Nikki Buchanan