Is There Still a Place for 'Old-School' Italian Restaurants in 2025?

Classic red sauce Italian food goes right back to the mobster days of Las Vegas — and we've got a long list of old school Italian-American restaurants that thrive in the halo of nostalgia. But the recent closure of Battista's Hole in the Wall got us wondering: How well do they hold up with the new wave of chef-driven, ingredient-forward Italian cuisine taking over our fine dining scene? Co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler chat with food critic John Curtas to discuss the best and the worst of Las Vegas' Italian food scene.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Capo’s Restaurant and Speakeasy

• Piero’s Italian Cuisine 

• Battista’s Hole in the Wall (temporarily closed)

• Chicago Joe’s

• Italian American Club

• The Bootlegger Italian Bistro

• Casa Di Amore

• Ferraro’s Ristorante

• Nora’s Italian Cuisine

• Monzú Italian Oven + Bar

• Vetri Cucina

• Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano

• Brezza

• Basilico

• Esther’s Kitchen

• Azzurra Cucina

• Roma Deli

• Mother Wolf

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