While New York City is known for having some of the best restaurants for pizza and old-school Sicilian cuisine in the country, in recent years, Los Angeles has upped the ante for Italian food.

Here are the 20 best Italian restaurants to try in Los Angeles. Note: For this guide, we’re mostly omitting pizzerias or restaurants that primarily serve pizza as Eater already has a pizza map.

Name any neighborhood in Los Angeles and Chan — with a few thoughtful blinks — will produce the name of a Chinese restaurant within a few miles. His expertise has brought him renown.

At Alba, one of the city’s splashiest new Italian restaurants, chef-partner Adam ... they planned for Los Angeles. They flipped a Melrose art gallery and a parking lot into a chic multilevel ...

The Ponte in Beverly Grove marks celebrity-chef Scott Conant's return to Los Angeles. Conant presents a contemporary Italian restaurant featuring a soulful menu and a mix of classic and modern ...

New to the global and growing Eataly restaurant empire, Capri is the latest addition to Century City’s beloved temple of Italian fare. Naples-born chef Giuseppe Manco whips up spaghetti alla ...