Italian places in Northern Ontario

A Calabrese family restaurant on Bay Street — big portions, slow sauces and the kind of welcome that comes with the bread.

A small Cumberland Street trattoria serving dinner five nights a week — the North Shore's quiet Italian room.

Modern Italian in the Bay and Algoma district — handmade pizza and pasta in a room that stays busy all day.

Brothers Tom and Chris Comegna's Queen Street fine-dining room, serving the Sault since 2011.

Handmade Italian cooking on Trunk Road since 1979 — pasta, pizza and a dinner buffet six days a week.

A Lakeshore Drive ristorante across from Lake Nipissing, serving Italian cooking from a hotel dining room.

The Algonquin Avenue original of a North Bay pizza family — pies, pasta and a dining room that takes reservations.

A downtown Italian deli and lunch counter on Main Street East — house-made meals, sandwiches and groceries.

An Italian restaurant and banquet hall on Cedar Street South — lunch and supper two days a week, takeout all afternoon.

Thirty years of fresh pasta on Wilson Avenue — take-home noodles, sauces and Italian staples.

Thunder Bay's Italian bakery and deli since 1983 — breads, pastries, Persians, custom cakes and imported groceries on Red River Road.