Pre-ordering homemade lasagna and scheduling your next antipasti delivery are some of the ways you can support Sydney’s Italian food community right now.

As the world changes around us in the wake of the rising COVID-19 global pandemic, our beloved Italian restaurants, bars and grocers face an uncertain future.

Not unlike the spirit of Italian’s taking to their balconies to sing with their neighbours in quarantine, local businesses are searching for a silver lining. Despite forced shutdowns as part of Sydney’s current level 2 quarantine restrictions, they’re inventing creative and delicious ways to keep their businesses alive.

As well as supporting local biz through delivery apps like Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Hey You, this post features businesses you can support that are operating direct delivery & pickup, some bringing pasta into your home for the first time.

Get inspired, get hungry, and support your local Italian food heroes.

This list will be constantly updated. Please leave any additions you’d like to see featured in the comments below.

Via Napoli: The pizza you love available for pickup and delivery, plus a pop-up Italian grocery store.

As well as delivering their classic pizzas from restaurants in Lane Cove, Surry Hills and Hunters Hill, Via Napoli are here to save you from the empty pasta shelves of Coles. Their now empty restaurants are lined with tinned Italian tomatoes, imported pasta, dream-sized Nutella and other Italian finery – they’ll even deliver for a small fee.

Follow them on Instagram and find details in their bio.

Love Tilly Devine: Homemade lasagna with matching wine; delivery for Darlinghurst locals, pickup available.

Honestly is there anything better than lasagna and wine? Love Tilly Devine know there isn’t, and are offering a limited amount of lasagna, available for daily pickup or delivery with matching wine.

Follow them on Instagram to find the email to request yours.

Crown St Grocer: Antipasti hampers and authentic Italian pasta.

Quality cured meats, Italian cheeses and local baked bread are just some of the goods that will find their way to your home with Crown St Grocer’s individually packed hampers.

If you’ve been craving a particular type of pasta, Crown St has long been one of the best stockists of every shape and size. Find their number on Instagram.

Vincenzo’s Plate: Pre-made meals based on Nonna’s recipes, delivered straight to your door. 

A local legend at Orange Grove Organic Markets, Vincenzo from Vincenzo’s plate is now offering his much loved Nonna’s recipes (with classics like lasagna and arancini) for home delivery.

Order through his website for delivery to Sydney and Woolongong. Orders made before 12pm Monday will be delivered the following Friday.

Ragazzi Wine and Pasta: Fresh pasta meal kits available for pick up and delivery

A legendary spot for fresh pasta and authentic Italian wine, Ragazzi is now offering a limited amount of fresh pasta meal kits and takeaway Italian wines for pickup at their CBD location between 4-7pm.

Follow them on Instagram or find their takeaway wine list here.

Pasta Emilia: Sauces, stocks and fresh pasta, available to pickup or delivery from their Surry Hills location.

The famous local pasta school is continuing to sell their famous fresh produce, including handmade pasta, sauces and hearty stock – head to their Instagram or straight to their online shop to see what’s available.

Dear St Eloise: Natural wine and classics like pasta and burrata, available for pickup and local delivery.

Known for their dreamy selection of natural wines, Potts Point wine bar Dear St Eloise is making sure not one needs to self-isolate without burrata with local delivery and pickup.

Find their contact details on their bio on Instagram.

Society Pizzeria: The full glorious pizza and pasta menu available for delivery and pickup within the eastern suburbs.

Daily pasta specials and pizza from Catanian pizza gods Society are now available through their app. Find the details on Instagram.

Lucio’s Paddington: Legendary fresh pasta and local produce, now available for pickup and delivery.

Fresh pasta genius Lucio is adapting the restaurant’s menu to be eaten at home – with antipasti, fresh pasta and daily classics now available.

Find the menu on Instagram and give them a call to order.

Bella Bruta: Atypical, mind blowing pizza, available for pickup and delivery from their Newtown restaurant.

The adventurous will gravitate towards topping including fresh clams and speciality sardines. The traditionalists will need nothing more a simple marinara or pepperoni pizza. Get inspired on Instagram or place an order through their website.

La Favola: Fresh pasta and fresh or frozen sauces available via an online shop that is the stuff of dreams.

A range of fresh pasta from rigatoni to linguini is now available via Favola’s dreamy online shop, as well as fresh and frozen sauces.

Fratelli Paradiso: A curated menu with traditional classic, designed to be eaten at home.

Fratelli’s new home menu has been thoughtfully chosen with classics like Cotoletta Milanese and Parmigiana di Melanzane. Find the menu, which is available for pickup, on Instagram.

Totti’s: Pasta, antipasti and cocktails available for pickup.

Yep, even Totti’s famous flatbread is part of the menu available for pick up at the Bondi restaurant. Starts at 5pm and runs through until 10pm, 7 days per week. Find the menu on their website here or follow them on Instagram for daily inspiration.

Capriccio: Fresh takes on the pasta classics, available for pickup from Leichhardt’s Norton St.

While dining with a fresh pasta on a beautiful balmy evening at Capriccio on Norton St will be on hold for a while, the team at Capriccio are making their authentic experience possible at home with discounted pickup. Follow them on Instagram or find the new home menu on their website.

These examples are just a fraction of the community going to incredibly lengths to bring amazing Italian food into your home. Add others in the comments below!