Trattoria Il Panino

"There are a lot of restaurants in the North End serving reliable Italian-American food with solid wine lists and a good staff. Trattoria Il Panino is the best of the bunch, thanks to dishes like fluffy gnocchi tossed in a tomato sauce speckled with fresh herbs, stuffed zucchini flowers, and a veggie antipasto plate with six different vegetables and crostini that you might as well call dinner. This is the spot to take your friend visiting from the Midwest who wants an “authentic North End experience,” or your family after a long day of sightseeing around town." - tanya edwards, joel ang, dan secatore

"There are a lot of restaurants in the North End serving reliable Italian-American food with solid wine lists and a good staff. Trattoria Il Panino is the best of the bunch, thanks to dishes like fluffy gnocchi tossed in a tomato sauce speckled with fresh herbs, stuffed zucchini flowers, and a veggie antipasto plate with six different vegetables and crostini that you might as well call dinner. This is the spot to take your friend visiting from the Midwest who wants an “authentic North End experience,” or your family after a long day of sightseeing around town." - Tanya Edwards

"Customers can enjoy lunches and dinners of gnocchi and stuffed zucchini blossoms on the covered patio at Trattoria Il Panino in the North End, even on days featuring the most miserable weather. The heat lamps only bolster the cozy — as does the house special: chicken parmesan topped with creamy, melty mozzarella." - Nathan Tavares, Erika Adams

"Rinaldi, a Naples native, moved to Boston seven years ago, according to the Globe. His restaurant resume in the city includes years spent working under veteran North End restaurateur Frank DePasquale, including managing DePasquale’s Hanover Street mainstay Trattoria Il Panino." - Erika Adams

"So, you really want to go to the North End for a meal. We swear we’ve heard that one before, somewhere. If you’re looking for a rooftop patio as well, then Ristorante Fiore is your only choice. Let’s start with the good news - this patio can be fully covered, if your lunch or dinner happens to be interrupted by an afternoon thunderstorm. The bad news? It’s a fully enclosed space surrounded by brick walls, so you won’t have anything to look out at. But hey, look, there’s some bombolotti on the table!" - joel ang, dan secatore