Not all heroes wear capes -- others wear napkin bibs. We searched in the North Country, the Southern Tier, Western New York and the Capital Region for the best Italian restaurant Upstate New York has to offer. After hundreds of nominations and votes for semifinalists, the readers narrowed down our list to six finalists.

Here are the winners of Upstate New York's Best Italian Restaurant: 

Judges' Choice: Nonna Maria's Italian Kitchen in Halfmoon

Readers' Choice: Little Venice Restaurant in Binghamton Read on for the judges' ranking of the finalists and more details on all six of the eateries.