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Nicola's
Italian
An Italian restaurant on Sycamore where the bread basket arrives housemade, breadsticks and focaccia folded in together, and the menu moves through antipasti, pasta, and secondi at a pace that discourages rushing. The crispy potato gnocchi has a following, and the malfatti comes cacio e pepe style, which is either a provocation or a compliment depending on your Roman loyalties. Tiramisu closes things out.
The awards strongest first
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Cincinnati Magazine 2025 · Gnocchi · Best of the City
One number, weighted & current 79
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Gnocchi
“A plate of gnocchi graces many Italian restaurant menus around town but when compared to Nicola’s version?”
Cincinnati Magazine, 2025 -
Eggplant parmigiana
“Save room for such tempting antipasti as their classic eggplant parmigiana”
AAA -
Scallops saltimbocca
“then progress to entrees like the scallops saltimbocca”
AAA
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