Italian & Pizza

Gumby’s Pizza

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306-A West Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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phone (919) 968-3278

Open Tues 4pm-2am; Wed 4pm-1am; Thur-Sat 4pm-2am.

Serves pizza, pizza rolls, breadsticks and soft drinks.

I Love New York Pizza

106 West Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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phone (919) 968-4224

Open Mon-Fri 10:30am-2pm & 5pm-9:30pm; Sat noon-9:30pm; Sun noon-9pm.

Brooklyn-style gourmet pizza with all the trimmings, including spinach and eggplant, plus lasagna, pizza rolls, stromboli, calzone and soft drinks. ‘We toss ‘em; they’re awesome!’

Il Palio Ristorante

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1505 East Franklin St (in The Siena Hotel)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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phone (919) 929-4000

Open for breakfast daily, 6:30-10am; for lunch Mon-Fri&Sun, 11:30am-2pm; for dinner Sun-Thur 5:30-9pm; Fri&Sat 5:30-10pm.

North Carolina’s only AAA Four-Diamond Italian restaurant. Executive Chef Adam Rose’s Italian cuisine is modern, seasonal and innovative, offering à la carte or special tasting menus and courses paired with fantastic wines. Awards earned from Condé Nast and Wine Spectator magazines. Special two-course lunch special Mon-Fri, $15.95. All ABC permits. Free parking. Entertainment: Pianist or guitarist Thu-Sat, 7-10pm.

Italian Pizzeria III

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508 West Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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phone (919) 968-4671

Open Mon-Thu 11am-10:30pm; Fri-Sat 11am-11:30pm; Sun noon-10:30pm.

Since 1980. Serves pizza, pasta, subs, salads and traditional Italian dishes.

Loop Pizza Grill (The)

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1800 East Franklin St (Eastgate),
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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phone (919) 969-7112

Open Sun-Thu, 11:30am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 11:30am-11pm.

Offers a wide variety of California- and Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, garden salads, soups, burgers and other sandwiches (all grilled), homemade onion rings and steak fries, and milkshakes. Meals for kids (up to 12).

Panciuto

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110 South Churton St (Downtown)
Hillsborough, NC 27278

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phone (919) 732-6261

Open for dinner Wed-Sat, 5:30pm until.

Offers Southern-influenced Italian dining using local produce and meats, imported Italian products and wines. Elegant, charming dining room. Offer wine & beer primarily, but also a limited number of mixed drinks. Credit cards. Free parking.

Panzanella Restaurant & Bakery

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200 North Greensboro St (Carr Mill Mall)
Carrboro, NC 27510

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phone (919) 929-6626

Open for lunch Tue-Sat, 11:30am-2pm; Sun brunch, 10:30am-2pm; for dinner Tue-Thu, 5:30-9pm; Fri-Sat, 5:30-9:30pm; Sun, 5:30-9pm; closed Mon.

Serves Italian and Mediterranean specialties and appetizers, built around fresh vegetables and breads, pastas, pizza, polenta and rice, with microbrews on tap and an excellent selection of wines by the glass and bottle. Outdoor dining. All ABC permits. Free parking. Entertainment. Smoke-free.

Pazzo! Trattoria & Pizzeria

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700 Market St (Southern Village)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

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phone (919) 929-9984

Open daily. The pizzeria opens at 11am and the dining room at 5pm.

Offers traditional Italian-bistro menu, including complete dinners with antipasti, fish, steaks, salads, soup, homemade dessert, espresso and cappucino, plus pizza, stromboli, calzone and more. Full bar. All ABC permits. Outdoor dining.

Pepper’s Pizza

107 East Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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phone (919) 967-7766

Open Mon-Sat, 11am-midn; Sun, 4-10pm.

Watch pizza being made through the front window. Features pizza with 30 toppings, appetizers, salads, calzones and stromboli. Beer & wine only. Smoke-free.

Piola

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1101 Environ Way (East 54)
Chapel Hill, NC 27517

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919 537-8488

Open Mon-Wed 11am-11pm; Thur-Sat 11am-midnight; Sun 11am-10pm.

At Piola, the most genuine Italian tradition of simple and delicious food combines cleverly with a contemporary service style and ambiance for the most discerning foodies. The cuisine is rigorously Italian, specializing in thin-crust, brick oven pizza prepared with homemade dough and original combinations of the freshest ingredients. Also offering a selection of fresh made salads, carpacci and Italian pastas.