Nope! No way. I've been to Italy lots of times, but I don't go to Italy expecting better food than in the US.
De gustibus of course. Two words - tomatoes and cheese.
I was on a business trip in Naples in 1992. At dinner time, I had the option of walking a couple miles to the Naval Support Activity to get some common American food or figuring out how to eat the way the local Italians do. The local restaurants publish the meal being served that evening. You like it or find another place serving something you like. Too much random hit or miss for my liking, so I took the long walk and ate typical US food. I almost had a big "oops" at the guard shack. When my ITO (orders) were cut for the trip, the travel office put the wrong middle initial on my paperwork...didn't match my passport. On return to San Diego, I learned that there was another person by my name working in building D with the middle initial D. I worked in Building C and my middle initial is C. The screw-up by the travel office was better understood at that point.
My trip to Rome in 2005 was more friendly in the food department. Plenty of variety and easy to find something that hits the spot. The gelato places were very nice.