But Billy Lawless’s latest spot would struggle to stand out among the horde of new Italian restaurants in town.
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Lettuce Entertain You phones one in for the whole family
Mike Sula reviews Lettuce Entertain You’s Il Porcellino.
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Chicago’s most essential pasta destination is Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio
Mike Sula reviews—and recommends—Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio.
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Acanto is the un-Italian Italian
Acanto’s busy, big, cheffy dishes should win over the tourists on the Magnificent Mile.
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In “Destroy the Picture,” a violent attack on the canvas
A new Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit collects abstract artists’ impassioned responses to World War II.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 1/28: Off the Record, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and The Sound, the Soul, the Syncopation
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2013
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Pasta on (and off) Damen: Nando Milano Trattoria and Briciola
Reviews of two newish Italian restaurants
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Salatino’s steps back in time
Scott Harris resurrects the longtime Taylor Street red-sauce joint Gennaro’s.
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7/29 — Free Pizza and Wine at WineStyles
WineStyles offers free samples of wine and pizza Thu 7/29.
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Alessandro Bosetti
Italian saxophonist and sound artist Alessandro Bosetti vigorously explores the possibilities of his instrument. Last year’s Zona (Grob) is a stunning representation of his extended technique as well as an expression of his interest in electronics: he recorded the piece using six microphones positioned at various distances, then digitally sewed the tracks together. Shifting from […]
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A Bronx Tale
Robert De Niro’s honorable directorial debut takes on Scorsese material–Chazz Palminteri adapting his own play about growing up Italian in the Bronx during the 60s–without copying Scorsese’s style; the results may be soft in spots, but it’s encouraging to see De Niro going his own way. The narrator-hero, seen at the ages of 9 and […]