I am Italian and very picky about my Italian food.
When I go to an Italian Restaurant I do not usually enjoy eating out because I constantly compare their food to what I or Grandma or Mamma can cook at home.... which is usually far superior to anything I can get in a restaurant.
That being said, my 3 favorite Italian food restaurants in OC are as follows alphabetically:
Capone's Cucina
19688 Beach Blvd #10
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Telephone: (714) 593-2888
Fax: (714) 593-2889
Mangia-Mangia
16079 Goldenwest St
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 841-8887
Vittorio's Italian Restaurant & Pizza
5921 Warner Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
(714) 846-9606
All three have the standard Italian fair but also offer regional specialties proving to Californians that Italian food isn't all Spaghetti, meatballs and pizza!
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