La Lupa Romana Pizza e Gnocchi Bar

Montrose scores serious Roman cooking at this relaxed foothill spot, pairing blistered wood-fired pizza with tender house gnocchi. Diners routinely steer toward the slow-cooked ragù and four-cheese bowls, where pillowy potato dumplings take center stage alongside thin, crisp crusts loaded with toppings like fennel sausage and pancetta. It runs with the warmth of a neighborhood trattoria—tables fill early with date-night couples sharing Negronis and families passing around arancini. Out on the patio, meals unwind against a peaceful backdrop of Mount Dandenong before finishing on house-made tiramisù or crisp ricotta cannoli.