Lo Conte’s Italian Restaurant

Lo Conte’s Italian Restaurant is a traditional Italian restaurant on Salem Street in Boston’s North End, open since 1987. The spacious restaurant has three mahogany-trimmed dining rooms, each with its own character, suited to both intimate dinners and larger gatherings. The menu sticks to traditional Italian cooking in generous portions, including homemade pastas like fettuccine, gnocchi and ravioli plus seafood and meat dishes, and a pesto sauce of fresh basil with a light garlic base.

Menu highlights include the artichoke orata appetizer of crispy, lemony fried artichoke hearts; stuffed veal bracciolettini with prosciutto, mushrooms, peppers and mozzarella in a white wine sauce over ziti; and cheese tortellini pesto with roasted pine nuts. Customer reviews shared by the restaurant mention warm bread with dipping sauce, attentive service and a romantic atmosphere. Critics quoted on its site have praised it as a traditional North End spot serving big portions of pasta at low prices.

What to Know

• A private function room on the second floor hosts events and celebrations.
• Gluten-free options are available on request.
• Catering is offered for gatherings from intimate to large.
• Its stretch of the North End is often called Boston’s Little Italy.