Readers' Choice 2026 winner · Best Italian, Pizza, Seafood, Happy Hour, Burgers and Caterer 1622 Thomaston Ave, Waterbury203-574-1041

Voted Waterbury's Best Italian Restaurant

Thin crust pizza, red sauce dinners and a bar that stays open late.

Pizza, pasta, veal, chicken and seafood the old Italian way. Sit in the dining room, grab a stool at the bar, or order for pickup and delivery.

Every dinner entrée comes with pasta, salad and homestyle bread.

Margarita pizza with fresh mozzarella, sliced tomato and basil Shrimp over linguine with tomatoes and capers Golden calzone with a cup of red sauce

Pizza night deal

Buy 2 large pizzas, get a small cheese pizza or a large salad free.

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Republican-American Readers' Choice 2026

Thank you for voting us the best, again.

Best Italian Restaurant six years in a row through 2025, and again in 2026. This year you also picked us in five more categories.

Best Italian Restaurant

Best Pizza

Best Seafood

Best Happy Hour

Best Burgers

Best Caterer

From the kitchen

What people come back for

A few favorites from a menu that runs from garlic knots to a 16 oz rib-eye.

See the full menu
Thin crust pizza with pepperoni and fresh basil
Build your own pizzafrom $9.99

Thin crust, any toppings you want

Grilled rib-eye steak with two stuffed jumbo shrimp and lemon
Surf & Turf$40.99

Rib-eye with two jumbo stuffed shrimp

Shrimp baked with peppers and artichokes under melted provolone
Shrimp Palermo$25.99

Garlic, peppers, artichokes, provolone

Thin crust pizza topped with roasted peppers, onions, mushrooms and broccoli
Primavera Pizza$16.99

Eggplant, broccoli, peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives

Every day has a deal

See all specials

Lunch specials

Full plates of pasta at lunch prices. Ask what's on today.

Monday to Thursday dinners

Weeknight dinner specials regulars call the best in Waterbury.

Happy hour

Drinks and food deals at the bar. Voted Best Happy Hour in 2026.

"The happy hour and daily specials can't be beat!"

Leslie Hunter, Google review

"Great food. Try the chicken Capone. Best I ever had."

Google review

"The old Italian style of eatery still exists."

Robert C., Google review

"Nice neighborhood bar and restaurant. People are very friendly. They have an old school jukebox."

Sean Gatison, Google review
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Giovanni's bar with a long counter, stools and a full back bar

Best Happy Hour 2026

The dining room closes. The bar doesn't.

Cocktails, local beers and a jukebox people actually use. Order off the late menu at a pub table. Open until 1 AM weeknights and 2 AM on weekends.

Best Caterer 2026

Feeding a crowd? We do that too.

Office lunches, birthdays, showers and holiday parties. Pizza, baked pastas, chicken, veal and seafood, made in our kitchen and ready to serve.

Shrimp over linguine Pepperoni and basil pizza

Come by

Address

1622 Thomaston Ave
Waterbury, CT 06704

Phone

203-574-1041

Kitchen

Mon to Sat11 AM to 9 PM
Sunday11:30 AM to 9 PM

Bar (limited menu)

Mon to Fri11 AM to 1 AM
Saturday11 AM to 2 AM
SundayNoon to 2 AM

On Thomaston Ave, with its own lot.

Lots of parking right out front, and the whole place is wheelchair accessible.