Mansetti’s Shoreview Wins Big in 2025 Shoreview Press Awards — Vote for Us Again in 2026
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Mansetti’s Shoreview Celebrates 2025 Shoreview Press Wins
Help Us Win Big Again in the 2026 Best Of Contest
At Mansetti’s Pizza & Pasta in Shoreview, we measure success one loyal customer, one perfectly crisp pizza, and one heartfelt “thank you” at a time. This year we have even more to celebrate. In the 2025 Shoreview Press Readers’ Choice Awards, our community voted us:
🥇 Best Italian Restaurant
🥇 Best Happy Hour
🥇 Best Lasagna
🥈 Finalist – Best Pizza
🥈 Finalist – Best Salad
These honors mean the world to us. They reflect four decades of showing up for Shoreview, North Oaks, and Vadnais Heights with consistent quality, genuine hospitality, and food that tastes like home. Now the 2026 Best Of contest is underway, and we need your help once more. Voting closes tomorrow — Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 5 p.m. You can vote once per day, and every single vote counts.
A Proud 2025 for Shoreview’s Favorite Italian Spot
Winning Best Italian Restaurant for 2025 feels especially meaningful. It recognizes everything we do under one roof: homemade pizzas, fresh pastas, fresh salads, and the warm atmosphere that has made Gramsie Square a gathering place since 1986. Pair that with Best Happy Hour and Best Lasagna, plus strong finalist finishes in Pizza and Salad, and you can see why we are so grateful.
These awards did not happen overnight. They are the result of daily commitment. Our pizza dough is rolled in-house every morning. Our sauces — zesty marinara, rich meat sauce, and creamy Alfredo — are crafted from scratch. Our famous Mama’s Lasagna is built with four generous layers of seasoned meat, cheese, noodles, and sauce, then baked until the top is golden and bubbling. That consistency is what earned us Best Lasagna in 2025, and it is the same care we bring to every dish that leaves our kitchen.
Why These Awards Matter to Our Community
Shoreview Press Readers’ Choice awards are special because they come directly from the people who live here. When neighbors choose Mansetti’s as Best Italian Restaurant or Best Happy Hour, they are saying that our restaurant is part of the fabric of daily life in the north suburbs. We see it in the regulars who stop in for the lunch buffet, the families who celebrate birthdays over a House Special pizza, and the friends who unwind during happy hour with cold drinks and shareable appetizers.
Owner Dave has been part of that story since 1994, when he started as a 17-year-old cook. He took ownership in 2001 at the age of 24 and has never stopped treating Mansetti’s like an extension of his own family. He is still in the kitchen every day rolling dough, stirring sauce, and making meatballs by hand. That personal touch shows up in the way we remember your usual order, accommodate dietary needs, and show up for local schools and community events. The 2025 awards are a public thank-you from the same community that has supported us for nearly forty years.
Signature Dishes That Keep Winning Hearts (and Votes)
If you have not tried us lately, here is a quick reminder of what makes Mansetti’s stand out:
Mama’s Lasagna — Four layers of comfort. This is the dish that took home Best Lasagna in 2025 and continues to convert first-time visitors into regulars.
Homemade Pizzas — From the Triple Pepzilla (triple the pepperoni, zero regrets!) to the legendary Papa Pizza created by Dave in 1996, and the House Special loaded with Italian sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, and black olives, our pizzas are made with dough prepared fresh daily.
Cheese Zetti — Our legendary 16-inch menu classic that started as a break-time pretzel and evolved into a Shoreview favorite.
Antipasto Salad and House Salads — Fresh ingredients, bold flavors, and generous portions that earned us a Finalist nod for Best Salad in 2025.
Happy Hour Favorites — Affordable bites and drinks that make the end of the workday feel special, recognized as Best Happy Hour last year.
Lunch Buffet — One of the largest pizza and pasta buffets in the north suburbs, available on select days and perfect for a satisfying midday meal.
Whether you dine in, order takeout, or request delivery, the quality stays the same. We also offer catering for parties, office lunches, and celebrations of every size. Many local families and businesses already know that when they call Mansetti’s, the food arrives hot, fresh, and exactly as ordered.
2026 Nominations: Eight Categories, One Big Opportunity
Building on last year’s success, Mansetti’s Pizza & Pasta has been nominated in eight categories for the 2026 Shoreview Press Best Of contest:
Best Appetizer Selection
Best Happy Hour
Best Italian Restaurant
Best Lasagna
Best Lunch
Best Pizza
Best Restaurant
Best Salad
Being nominated in this many categories is both an honor and a responsibility. It means the community still sees us as a top contender across the board. Now it is time to turn those nominations into wins.
How to Vote — It Takes Less Than Two Minutes
Voting is simple, free, and open until Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 5 p.m. You can vote once every day, so even if you already cast a ballot earlier this week, you can vote again today and tomorrow.
Go to the official voting page:
https://www.presspubs.com/shoreview/bestof/#/gallery?group=547357
Search for Mansetti’s Pizza & Pasta or Mansetti’s Shoreview in each category you want to support.
Select us in as many of the eight nominated categories as you like.
Submit your votes. That is it!
Please take a moment right now — and again tomorrow — to show your support. Share the link with friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors. The more voices that speak up, the stronger our chance of bringing home more gold in October when the winners are announced.
More Than Awards: A Shoreview Institution for 40 Years
In 2026 we are proudly celebrating forty years of serving authentic Italian food in Shoreview. What started as a neighborhood pizza place has grown into a true community hub. Generations of families have marked milestones in our dining room — first dates, graduation dinners, after-game celebrations, and quiet weeknight meals that simply needed good food and friendly faces.
We have never chased trends. Instead we have stayed focused on the basics that matter: fresh ingredients, consistent recipes, fair prices, and genuine hospitality. That approach earned us Best Italian Restaurant, Best Happy Hour, and Best Lasagna in 2025, along with Finalist recognition for Pizza and Salad. It is the same approach that keeps customers coming back year after year.
If you are looking for the best Italian restaurant in Shoreview, the best lasagna near North Oaks, or simply a reliable place for great pizza and pasta, we hope you will think of Mansetti’s. And if those experiences have meant something to you, we hope you will take sixty seconds to vote.
Let’s Finish Strong Together
The 2025 awards are already on the wall, and they look great. Now we have one more day to make 2026 even better. Voting closes tomorrow at 5 p.m. Every vote for Best Italian Restaurant, Best Lasagna, Best Pizza, Best Salad, Best Happy Hour, and the rest of the categories helps write the next chapter of our story.
Thank you for forty years of loyalty, support, and friendship. From all of us at Mansetti’s Pizza & Pasta — Dave, the kitchen team, the front-of-house staff, and everyone who has been part of this journey — we are deeply grateful.
Cast your votes today and tomorrow:
Search for Mansetti’s Pizza & Pasta. Select us in every category that feels right. Then come visit us soon at 3999 Rice Street in Shoreview. We will have a table ready, a pizza in the oven, and a sincere thank-you waiting.
Let’s bring home more gold in 2026. Shoreview, we could not do it without you.
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Mansetti’s Pizza & Pasta
3999 Rice St., Shoreview, MN
Serving the community since 1986
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