The best Italian restaurants in Fort Greene, New York City — 3 ranked picks with ratings and must-try dishes.
3 picksFort Greene has 3 Italian restaurants we would send anyone to, ranked here by rating and review depth. Evelina sits at the top with 4.8 stars. If you only order one thing, make it the cacio e pepe at LaRina Pastificio & Vino. This is a higher-spend list — plan accordingly. 1 of the 3 take online reservations, and the live availability badge on each card shows what is actually open tonight.
Fort Greene eats well and calmly — DeKalb Avenue and the blocks around it carry a strong, mostly independent restaurant scene.
Italian in Fort Greene — 4.8 on Resy across 9,396 diner reviews
📍 211 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Handmade pasta and a garden on Myrtle Avenue — Silvia Barban's Fort Greene trattoria
Must-try: Cacio e pepe, Lasagna, Tiramisu
📍 387 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
A Dekalb Avenue Italian restaurant with a menu that changes daily — natural wine and seasonal cooking since 2010
Must-try: Daily pasta, Aperitivo, Whatever is on the blackboard
📍 243 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Evelina — 4.8 stars across 9,396 reviews, the highest on this list. Italian in Fort Greene — 4.8 on Resy across 9,396 diner reviews.
1 of the 3 book online — Evelina. The rest are walk-in or phone-only. Each card here shows live availability for tonight where the restaurant publishes it.
The cacio e pepe at LaRina Pastificio & Vino and the daily pasta at Roman's. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 3 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.