Why You Should Go: These days it seems like the nicer the restaurant, the fewer menu items are offered, as chefs put all their efforts into several signature dishes. Fortunately, the Italians have never been known for limiting their output in the kitchen, which is why chef Carlo Podda has stocked his menu full of authentic, regionally inspired dishes from Lombardy to Sicily at Campagnola Trattoria.

What You Should Know: Podda has brought his tremendous culinary talents from his home of Sardinia right here to LA, in the elegant-yet-cozy Campagnola Trattoria. This award-winning Westwood spot has been delighting Italian lovers for over a decade with a mouth-watering menu and a wine list with some of Italy and California’s finest reds and whites.

What You Should Try: Meat and seafood lovers will find no shortage of options like the veal scaloppini, New Zealand lamb chops, grilled Alaskan salmon and Risotto Al Frutti Di Mare. But any true Italian restaurant does its best work with pasta, so try the Farfalle alla Panna, spaghetti with tiger shrimp, black mussels and manila clams, or the artichoke and ricotta-filled tortelloni.