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Home » Italian restaurants

Tag: Italian restaurants

Posted inFood & Drink

Saba is stealthy Italian that might surprise traditionalists

by Mike Sula May 31, 2018August 18, 2021

A new chef and a new outpost from low-key Logan Square restaurant group One of a Kind Hospitality make a case for themselves.

Posted inBlogs

Lockdown at the Illinois State Capitol delays house override of Rauner’s budget veto, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago is raising $2.5 million less than anticipated from its seven-cent bag tax.

Robert De Niro in Mad Dog and Glory
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Place to Pretend You’re Robert De Niro

by J.R. Jones June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Pretending he’s Louis Prima, that is

Handmade orecchiette with fennel sausage, kale, and slivers of toasted garlic
Posted inFood & Drink

Brendan Sodikoff’s new Italian spot enters a crowded field

by Mike Sula May 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Cocello, Brendan Sodikoff’s new Italian spot, enters a crowded field.

Soupy risotto, the grains perfectly distinct, sweetened with sun-dried tomatoes and crowned by fat grilled shrimp
Posted inFood & Drink

Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers

by Mike Sula May 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers.

Whole roasted branzino needs nothing but a shaved-fennel salad to showcase its beauty and deliciousness.
Posted inFood & Drink

Baffo tries to bring a bit of Mario Batali’s Babbo to the midwest

by Mike Sula March 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Eataly’s fine-dining restaurant would benefit from a higher dose of simplicity.

You can easily get lost in the squid-ink bucatini—in a good way.
Posted inFood & Drink

At Paul Kahan’s Nico Osteria, two worlds collide with a bang

by Mara Shalhoup February 1, 2014August 18, 2021

At Paul Kahan’s Nico Osteria, two worlds collide.

Posted inBlogs

Tesori: A treasure indeed

by Kate Schmidt January 10, 2014August 18, 2021

An excellent casual-Italian restaurant has come to a prime Loop location inside Symphony Center.

You can make a satisfying night out by picking over some of the nearly two dozen small-plate options.
Posted inFood & Drink

Azzurra EnoTavola is the season’s Italian sleeper

by Mike Sula December 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Azzura EnoTavola offers simple, soulful Italian food from the folks behind Anteprima and Bar Ombra.

The grilled octopus is a highlight on the hot-appetizers menu, which also includes baseball-sized burrata imported from Italy.
Posted inFood & Drink

Stick with tradition at J. Rocco

by Gwynedd Stuart July 8, 2013August 19, 2021

Pick a meatball, any meatball (but probably not the shrimp kind) at J. Rocco.

Fried dough pufflets with truffle-honeyed sheets of prosciutto and a creamy lump of stracchino cheese
Posted inFood & Drink

Siena Tavern spells Italian sbagliato

by Mike Sula March 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Another Italian food factory—this one from Top Cheftestant Fabio Viviani—occupies River North.

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