Best Italian Restaurant New Haven Near Me

4worldlovers: Annunziata and Salvatore Consiglio probably never expected that 83 years after they opened a small neighborhood Italian restaurant in 1938 that their granddaughter and ever their great grandchildren would proudly continue their legacy. After immigrating to the Wooster Street area from Amalfi, Italy, Annunziata and Salvatore opened The Big Apple in 1938 just steps away from their home and enlisted the help of their eight children to operate the restaurant. As the family worked long hours as chefs, hosts, bartenders, waiters, kitchen help and everything in between, its good reputation and popularity grew, extending beyond the neighborhood and becoming a New Haven favorite. When New Haven’s redevelopment program forced the restaurant to move from its original location to across the street, the family changed the name to Consiglio’s and moved a few doors down to its current location in the early sixties. Today, Trish Consiglio Perrotti, along with her husband and children, continues the decades long tradition that her grandparents, father, aunts and uncles began. Today we continue to offer authentic, delicious, homemade Italian fare with friendly service.

Welcome to Consiglio’s and from our family to yours, “Buon appetito”!!

PARKING - Turn right onto Brown Street, second driveway on the right.

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The entire staff welcomes you to Brazi's Italian Restaurant. Since 1993 Brazi's Italian Restaurant has provided great food and a dining experience beyond expectations all at a very reasonable price.


Brazi's restaurant is a family friendly restaurant. Without compromising an exceptional dining experience, Brazi's provides a flare for outstanding Italian dishes served in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.

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L’Orcio is an upscale dining establishment located in New Haven, CT. We serve authentic and savory Italian cuisine. Our contemporary fine dining restaurant features wonderful menus of dishes that use fresh, seasonal, and local ingredients.


Located in a refurbished historical home, our restaurant offers three unique spaces for contemporary fine dining. Whether you’re having a cocktail at the beautiful bar, an intimate Italian dinner in the elegant dining room, or appetizers with your friends in our outdoor dining area, all of your senses are sure to be pleased. The relaxing and elegant ambiance with a European flair that we offer is the perfect backdrop for a romantic meal or a great bottle of wine.

As a family-owned-and-operated restaurant, L’Orcio has a lot to offer. Best of all, we have the eye for detail that adds to the overall dining experience. Come in for an Italian dinner, a drink, or just to say “Ciao.”

The husband-and-wife team Francesco d’Amuri and Alison De Renzi moved from Florence, Italy to New Haven, CT in 2002 to open L’Orcio Restaurant. After spending years eating their way through the Italian countryside, the idea for L’Orcio came up one day over a particularly delicious dish of wild boar ragù in one of their favorite spots. The idea was a simple one: they wanted to share the culinary wealth of the many regions of Italy in one restaurant. They decided to stick with classic Italian food, the kind you would expect when visiting a small local eatery in a small charming town where no one speaks English.

After scouting locations, the couple chose a property at 806 State Street in New Haven, CT. It was a historical building called Thomas Kelly House, which was built in 1889. The property is one of few Queen Anne Victorian style residences in the area. To them, it was the perfect location to share their Italian food because of the unique space that offered warmth and comfort that other commercial spaces simply couldn't provide.

The couple then set their sights on a name for their new restaurant. Chef d’Amuri chose the name L’Orcio (lorcho’) because he felt that it embodied the concept of their new restaurant. An Orcio is a terracotta urn with a large opening used by Etruscans to store food, including olive oil. It is a modern-day artifact that has maintained its original form and function. It is still used by Tuscans today. It is earthy, rustic, and functional.

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