Ciao Restaurant & Bar

Ciao Restaurant & Bar is a family-owned Italian restaurant in downtown Lynn serving Neapolitan-style pizza from a brick oven. The dough is made in house from imported 00 Italian flour, water, salt and yeast, with a higher water ratio than other pizza doughs, and it matures for 24 to 72 hours. The result, the restaurant says, is a light, soft Neapolitan-style dough with a thin crust that bakes up slightly charred on the bottom.

Owners Sonia and Sean run the place as a husband-and-wife team. Sonia learned the business at D’Amici’s, the family bakery run by her parents Joe and Sarah, and later ran her own D’Amici’s location in Reading before returning to cooking. When the family needed a bartender, they turned to Sean, the only Irishman in the family. Beyond pizza, the menu offers creative appetizers, sandwiches, gourmet pastas and entrees.

What to Know

• The full-service bar pours signature cocktails, including an Italian Old Fashioned, plus local craft beers on draft and domestic and Italian wines.
• Lunch, brunch and dinner are served, with dine-in, takeout, delivery and online ordering.
• The restaurant hosts functions and private events and offers catering.
• The restaurant describes its cuisine as award-winning.