• Many restaurants in Western Pennsylvania serve Italian cuisine such as pizza, pasta and antipasti.pizza image by Christian De Grandmaison from Fotolia.com
  
  Diners seeking Italian cuisine in Western Pennsylvania have many restaurant choices, including several in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. These Italian restaurants range from casual to formal, and inexpensive to costly. Traditionally, Italian meals consist of three to four courses and most restaurants offer several course selections, such as appetizers, pasta, main or meat dishes, desserts and coffee. Most also offer pizza.
  
  

Augustine's Italian Village -- New Castle

• Augustine's Italian Village is an Italian restaurant and take-out pizza shop in New Castle which offers pizza, sandwiches, salads, side dishes like cheese sticks and dinners to-go such as ravioli. Augustine's Italian Village also makes frozen pizzas for grocery stores in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
  
  

Lidia's Italy -- Pittsburgh

• New York-based Lidia's Italy is located in the Pittsburgh Strip District. It offers traditional Italian meals such as ossobucco; gnocchi; antipasti; zuppa di pesce, a seafood soup with shrimp, scallops, mussels and more; and desserts such tiramisu, biscotti, gelato and sorbet. Lidia's Italy serves lunch and dinner, plus brunch on the weekends.
  
  

Joseph Tambellini Restaurant -- Pittsburgh

• Joseph Tambellini Restaurant features antipasta such as fried zucchini, stuffed banana peppers and eggplant parmesan; salads; handmade pasta such as meatball parmesan and penne with shrimp and scallops; and fish dishes like cioppino, crabcakes and scampi. Desserts include tiramisu, cannoli, crème brulee and cheesecake. The restaurant has three floors. The first floor has a traditional feel, the second floor is contemporary, and the third floor has a room for private parties.
  
  

Chiccarino's Italian Restaurant - Hermitage

• Chiccarino's Italian Restaurants features an extensive menu of Italian specialties for diners in Hermitage, Western Pennsylvania. Appetizers include fried greens, fried cheese and chicken tenders. Pasta selections feature chicken and sausage cacciatore, pasta alfredo and four cheese ravioli. Chiccarino's also has a kid's menu, plus sandwiches like the buffalo bleu cheese hoagie and pizzas like the spinach pie with white sauce.
  
  

Tuscany Square Ristorante -- New Castle

• Tuscany Square Ristorante in New Castle in Western Pennsylvania features cuisine unique to the Tuscan region of Italy, such as flatbread, bruschetta with mussels, Italian wedding soup and pasta fagioli. Pasta favorites at Tuscany Square include fettuccine alfredo, linguine with marinara and pasta primavera. The restaurant also offers pizza, stromboli, sandwiches, desserts and a kid's menu.
  
  

Piccolo Forno - Pittsburgh

• Piccolo Forno, which is Italian for "Little Oven," in the Lower Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh serves traditional Italian dishes such as lasagna, tortelli, wood-fired Tuscan-style pizzas and panini sandwiches. Most of the pasta served at Piccolo Forno is made on site. Favorite menu selections include stuffed calzone, bruschetta, crostini and risotto.