Best Italian on Staten Island
The 10 best Italian restaurants on Staten Island for 2026, from Enoteca Maria's rotating nonnas to Basilio Inn's 1921 carriage house. Picked by locals.
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- 1St. George · $$$ · 27 Hyatt St, Staten Island, NY 10301
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A tiny St. George dining room where the menu changes nightly depending on which grandmother is cooking, from Sicilian lasagna to a Belarusian nonna's salat Odessa. It is the real restaurant behind Netflix's 2025 film Nonnas and carries a Michelin Bib Gourmand in the current guide.
It tops the list because no other restaurant in the city runs on a rotating cast of real grandmothers and still holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Order Lasagna di Adelina with zucchini and basil pesto if it is on, otherwise whatever the visiting nonna made that night