Feeling Italian? Try North Italia

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If you're looking for some good Italian comfort food, you have to check out North Italia. Located in Santa Monica, this spot is beautiful with both indoor and outdoor seating.

They have a great happy hour, Monday - Friday 3 P.M. to 6 P.M. & half-off bottles of wine on Mondays (excludes reserve wine) in the bar.

They also have some good food options for Happy Hour, meat & cheese boards, pizza, bruschetta, and Italian meatballs.

Depending on my mood, I'll either get a glass of their white wine, their Vermentino is my favorite, or I'll pick a cocktail from their nice selection.

The Sicilian margarita is amazing, it has milagro reposado tequila, solerno blood orange, nonino amaro, and fresh citrus.

I also love their Vulcanello, with bahnez mezcal, italian elderflower, peychaud's, and fresh lemon.

In terms of food, start with a few appetizers if you don't make it to Happy Hour. I love their grilled bread and olive oil made with grana padano & herbs as well as their Arancini is delicious, made with crispy mushroom risotto, scamorza, fontina, and rustic tomato sauce.

The house special bolognese is a great pasta option made with traditional meat sauce, tagliatelle noodle & grana padano cheese.

Wagyu skirt steak tagliata with grilled asparagus, arugula, cambozola polenta & red wine mushroom ragu is almost a must.

If you prefer seafood, try their roasted salmon with pesto farro, caramelized cauliflower, broccolini, lemon gremolata, saba. Or the Diver Scallops with parmesan risotto, roasted corn, asparagus, pancetta, crispy shallot, and calabrian agrodolce.

After your meal stay for for an espresso and dessert, my favorite desserts are the Hazelnut Torta with Nutella cream, hazelnut toffee, and salted caramel gelato. If the nutella didn't get you then, I'm not sure what to tell you.

And of course, the Tiramisu is a must with it's incredible espresso-soaked ladyfingers, and mascarpone mousse.

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