Luigi's Italian Bistro, Green Bay

On the front of Luigi’s menu, patrons read an Italian adage: a day without pasta is like a day without sunshine. It’s fitting then, that they serve more than 20 different pasta dishes. Diners can select noodles entangled with hickory smoked bacon or baby clams, or entreat the kitchen to put together a favorite that’s not on the menu—if they have the ingredients, they’ll gladly make it. Elsewhere in the kitchen, a stone oven bakes pizzas built from fresh dough and tomatoes packaged within six hours of being plucked from the vine. Like the best-smelling apartments, creations can be decorated with custom toppings or signature blends such as mushrooms and thinly sliced steak.