CIAO ITALIAN GRILL – Restaurant

On North Harbor City Boulevard in Melbourne, this neighbourhood Italian kitchen and pizzeria quietly folds a Greek accent into its repertoire. Pizzas run the expected margherita and carnivore alongside the Hellenic with feta and spinach, the Yerro with gyro meat, and Lefki, which skips sauce for olive oil, garlic, feta and oregano. Pasta arrives with bread and soup or salad: tortellini ala Ciao in gorgonzola cream, fiocchetti stuffed with pear and gorgonzola, penne alla vodka, fettuccine bolognese. Start with calamari fritti, eggplant fries or mussels in red or white sauce. Open from late morning through dinner, casual, portioned for leftovers.

Cuisine: Restaurant