Urban Italia

Urban Italia, from chef Carla Pellegrino, frames its cooking as Italia-Merica: the Italian-American cuisine born when immigrant cooks — many landing in New York — remade old recipes with whatever ingredients America gave them. That lineage shows up in dishes like spaghetti and meatballs, chicken Parm, and baked ziti, alongside hand-tossed pizzas from a wood oven, housemade pastas, and arugula salads. The restaurant sits in Uptown Dallas and leans into the genre's familiar comforts while presenting them with a more polished hand.