Step into anyItalian restaurant, and you’ll be presented with an array of pasta dishes.
Once you try baked ziti, you may never order regular pasta again.
to get to make that determination for yourself, you have to try the best of the best.
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That’s where this roundup comes in.
Here you’ll find a lineup of popular restaurant chains that serve the absolute best baked ziti.
These chains span the nation and include smaller regional businesses and major national brands as well.
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ItsTaylor Street Baked Zitiis made with Italian sausage and tomato ragu, then topped with mozzarella cheese.
I order the baked ziti every time and get lunch for tomorrow!"
There’s practically every pasta dish under the sun available at Buca di Beppo, includingBaked Ziti.
Buca di Beppo
The pasta is tossed with mozzarella and provolone cheese, along with a rosa sauce.
It’s then topped with ricotta and Italian-style bread crumbs before baking in the oven.
One happy customer said onTripadvisorthat the Baked Ziti “was this delicious!
Olive Garden
It was amazing; soft, creamy, tasty, and more than enough.
After a hearty round of breadsticks and salad, it’s time for the main course.
Thefive cheese ziti al fornois an Olive Garden classic.
Biaggi’s
As if that wasn’t perfect enough already, this baked ziti comes with garlic bread on the side.
One is a spicy baked ziti with chicken tossed in a spicy tomato pepper sauce.
The Spaghetti Warehouse leaves little to the imagination on itsmenu.
BJ’s Brewhouse
The usual suspects are all there to satisfy those carb cravings, including baked ziti.
Anybaked pasta dishcomes served tossed in either the signature housemade tomato sauce or housemade meat sauce.
I’m coming back for that dish next time.”
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Pastini
Pastini is a small Italian restaurant chain found exclusively in Oregon.
One of those dishes diners speak highly of is thebaked ziti with Italian sausage.
The pasta comes tossed with grilled Italian fennel sausage and a tomato-cream sauce before baked with parmesan cheese.
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OneYelpreviewer noted that the baked ziti was “fresh and delicious.”
It’s the perfect blend of cheese and meat, and cooked to perfection every time."
Another customer praised the fresh ingredients, sharing, “The ricottaisfresh, made in-house to perfection.
Mama Romano’s
The sauce is meaty, with flavor that only comes from a scratch recipe and fresh ingredients.”
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