Maurizio's, top rated in the Zagat Guide and three time winner of Boston Magazine's Best of Boston Award, has been part of the North End dining experience for over twelve years. Chef Maurizio Loddo hails from the Italian Island of Sardinia and brings a wealth of additional cooking experience from France, Germany and Spain. Wines from Maurizio's exciting list are selected to compliment the food. You will find exceptional and affordable picks from all over the globe.

3 floors of distinct dining rooms and the North End's ONLY seasonal patio and rooftop dining. You'd think that the rooftop might offer you a panoramic view of the North End, but that's not the case. While it is open air, there's a sort of garden wall that runs up high on all sides and pens in a friendly bunch of people who love to chat, drink and smoke. In the summertime the patio is a total meat market, which is perfect if you are loaded with enough cash and the desire to get your buns gooched (girls) and your egos bruised (guys). Don't go if you're the least bit prissy or fussy. This is more like an amusement park than a restaurant, and an experience that you should enjoy at least once in your life.

This is a great place to go if you want to hang out but not dance, featuring relaxed music mixes by Party Ben. The atmosphere is comfortable, you can take your friends or a date. The decor had textured white columns, dark wood furniture with black trim for the bar and tables, rich red seating in the lounge area. Wednesday nights they have a Frank Sinatra impersonator, which you think might be a bad thing, but this guy is excellent and is worth the trip alone. You really have to stop by sometime just to hear him, take my word for it. DJs keep the action moving on the dance floor on the weekends. Red Sky is below the Millenium Hotel in Faneuil Hall. (Why is it at a different address then?)

A small and intimate restaurant that serves modern Italian dishes. Popular choices include the open-faced scallop and lobster ravioli and the pan-roasted filet mignon. It has a wonderful wine list, and you are likely to have the same server on each visit. Terramia is not your typical mom-and-pop restaurant in the North End and a great place for a romantic dinner. Decor is gorgeous. Comfortable, stylish and modern. I wish every room in my house looked this good. If there is a wait for a table (which there often is) they suggest you grab a drink at the bar in Bacco Ristorante, a restaurant just across the street. The hostess will come and get you in Bacco once your table is ready.

If you want a good wood grilled pizza, this is the place to go. They also have a varied menu which is reasonably priced and everything is good, particularly things cooked in the wood oven.

Bacco, in Boston's North End, is a neighborhood restaurant as well as a dining hotspot for the rest of the city. Inside there are 2 floors of dining and bars, with windows opening onto the streets below. The menu is Northern Italian with Mediterranean influences and the wine list is extensive, and predominately Italian. There are usually great happy hour deals with half price appetizers.

Opened in 1931, this is the oldest restaurant in the North End. They offer classic Italian fare in a casual and laid back atmosphere. Headed by local North End chef FIORE COLELLA, who cooks in the tradition of his Italian home village, Avellino.

If the North End first date seems like a tired cliché, you clearly haven't been to Taranta. The minute a helpful waiter seats you in one of the 3 high-ceilinged, brick-walled dining rooms, explains the specials, and presents you with a paper cone full of fresh, moist focaccia, you'll know you're in for a treat. Try the shrimp ravioli with Peruvian mint pesto ($17) or the sumptuous braised veal shank on saffron risotto ($28). For dessert, share the delicate hazelnut mousse drizzled in dulce de leche ($7) with your date, and you'll be gazing dreamily into each other's eyes in no time. The North End never tasted so good. Reservations recommended. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

There are only 7 tables in the whole place, and this is the perfect restaurant if you want a full-on "Lady and the Tramp" spaghetti & meatballs experience. Charming--venetian masks and cupids decorate the bright red walls. They sell jars of their red sauce so that you can impress guests with your cooking at home. Don't worry, I won't tell.

If the Sistine Chapel had a diner, this would be it. The packed booths with paper tablecloths, an extensive menu of hearty Italian fare, and murals on the walls and ceiling combine to make Lucia a quick pit stop in the heart of the North End. Though more of a rowdy last supper than a romantic evening, the variety of Abbruzzese dishes (from the owner's hometown in Italy) are sure to provide something for everyone. The baked mozzarella and prosciutto appetizer is a house favorite, as is the gnocchi with veal and sun-dried tomatoes. Your waiter can help you pick from the list of formaggi, typically served after the second course, or feel free to head straight to dessert; the Amaretto and hazelnut cake ($6.25) is worth a try. Entrees $10-28, appetizers $4-12. Has a sister restaurant in Winchester Lucia Ristorante. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.