Readers' Choice Winner: Italia Pizzeria Restaurant

Norwalk Patch and found a venerable business that's been serving up Italian food for more than three decades to be their choice for the best in the city: Italia Pizzeria Restaurant.

The Main Avenue restaurant claimed 21 percent of Norwalk's 109 votes. Runners-up in the new, weekly poll include Osteria Romana (11 percent) and (13 percent).

And Norwalk Patch readers were sure to weigh in with more suggestions that found their way into the contest, such as these:

: Your leaving one off that people forget even is there. It's The Tivolli Resturant in the Son's of Italy building on 162 New Canaan Ave Norwalk,Ct. One of the few places around that still has a salad bar.

: Please add Via Sforza on Westport Avenue! They are wonderful! Every dish delicious!

Here's some more information about Italia Pizzeria Restaurant: The menu includes pizza, pasta, salads and sandwiches. It is open seven days a week, and offers a Tuesday special and free delivery.

Next week, Norwalk Patch is looking for the "Readers' Choice: Best Preschool." The voting begins Monday morning.

Editor's Note: An Internet poll is not the most ideal vote-collection system in the world, as we all know. That's why we always strive to be 100 percent clear with our readers at Patch that this is not in any way a scientific poll. Our readers' choice features are designed to be a fun and completely friendly expression of our collective passion for great food, great service or a great product, all close to home. It's also a fantastic way for small and medium business owners — the lifeblood of our local economy — to show how much they appreciate their customers.  We take a look at comments, reviews as well as the poll, not just any one aspect, in communicating back to readers who among the group of businesses may rise to the top in readers' minds.And even if one business mobilizes more "votes" over another, everyone comes away with a lot of visibility, great displays of loyalty and, best yet, our corner of the web now has a great deal more information about local businesses.  We live and shop here too, so if anyone wants to learn more about how they can interact with their customers on Patch or have any suggestions for future readers' choice features, don't hesitate to reach out to your local editor or Regional Editor Michael Dinan at michaeld@patch.com.