Trattoria Carina

From the team behind Pub & Kitchen, this corner spot on 22nd and Spruce is the kind of casual Italian that Fitler Square needed. Chef Melissa McGrath keeps the menu tight and focused: housemade pastas like ricotta gnocchi with brown butter and sage, a mafaldine bolognese built on beef, pork, and veal, and a Sunday Gravy that arrives over spaghetti with braised short rib, meatball, and sweet Italian sausage. The wine list pulls mostly from Italian regions, the cocktails lean Aperol-forward, and the room feels like a neighborhood place that earns repeat visits.