It’s great that Monte Cello’s Italian Restaurant & Pizza has come from Pennsylvania to Arizona, with its pretty, Italian-plaza-like interior and high-quality Italian food. The restaurant has faux-cobblestone floors, beautiful murals, twinkling lights and granite tables, with some sculptures thrown in, too. Start your meal with the spinach rolls, dough filled with spinach, mozzarella, provolone and ricotta. Meals include hot hoagies, pizzas and pastas, and you can sample everything during the lunch buffets.

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