Reviews

“Winner of Best of Big D 2010 Readers' Choice: Best Italian Restaurant”
D magazine

“Best Brunch in Austin”
2010 FAVE Awards

“Taverna epitomizes new generation chic Italian bistros.”
The Dallas Morning News

“In a city starved for Italian food prepared by Italians, Alberto Lombardi reigns. The pizzas were sublime…more sophisticated than the usual thick crusts slathered with tomato sauce. Pasta purses filled with Gorgonzola, pears, walnuts and arugula in a light cream sauce are worth ditching a diet for.”
D Magazine

“Like the best Italian couture, Taverna embodies a kind of effortless hipness . It took vision, planning and effort to create Taverna’s vintage Italian interiors, the I-want-one-of-everything menu and the accessible and enticing wine list. Nothing about Taverna seems contrived.”
Fort Worth Star Telegram

“There’s a reason there’s a wait at Taverna. It’s a great place to eat, watch people and just enjoy yourself. The atmosphere alone is worth a visit.”
People Newspapers

“I would travel the Atlantic for a perfectly tossed, ultrathin crust pizza. Elegant in its simplicity - the secret is in its Italianess. Now – finalmente – this sort of authenticity can be found in Dallas at Taverna Pizzeria and Risotteria.”
Women’s Wear Daily

“Spectacular food with little fuss. This unassuming trattoria looks like an old church. Now a restaurant, once you taste the food you might be convinced it still is a church. The pizzas are like manna, and virtually everything else on the menu could make you a convert.”
The Dallas Voice

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