Mom-and-Pop Italian? (Baltimore, Gaithersburg, Rockville: restaurant, price, eat)

[windycity82]

Hello,

We're visiting Rockville/D.C. for the next several days, and it's been a long time since I've found a really great mom-and-pop Italian restaurant -- anyone have suggestions in the Rockville/D.C. area? I know there's a Little Italy section, but I don't know if those are all very pricey? Thanks so much for your help!

[hokiejane]

Since nobody else replied, I can name one in the Gaithersburg/Rockville area that I used to frequent 20 years ago.

Zio's Italian Restaurant

There was another one in Little Italy that was really great (and inexpensive), but I see that it closed last year.

I'm sorry to say, though, that compared to Chicago, you're probably not going to be impressed.

[itlchick]

Zio's is so good! Get the pizza.

There is another place (which I shouldn't post online because I don't want people to go there) called Il Pizzico. It is to die for, seriously. Do not be fooled, it looks like a small average looking storefront or something but it so good.

http://www.ilpizzico.com/home.html

[trying2moveup]

If you have a car and time, drive up 95N to Baltimore (about 45-1 hour depending on traffic and how fast you want to drive!). Go to Little Italy and eat at Sabatino's.

THE BEST Italian restaurant in Baltimore - been there FOREVER and in the heart of Little Italy.

Worth the $ and the drive and better than anything in Rockville.