Dining - Italian
Connect: Connect: Cafe Spiaggia is an intimate neighborhood café, perfect for an elegant business lunch, casual dinner or break from shopping on The Magnificent Mile. James Beard award winner Tony Mantuano serves Italian classics, from luscious wood-roasted fresh figs to hand crafted potato gnocchi, rooted in the most traditional flavors of Italy. 980 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 Connect: Since 1994, Rosebud's place for fun and spirited nightlife has delivered on the promise with live music, celebrity sightings and a lively canopied patio for the best people watching in the city. 1043 N. Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611 Connect: Scott Harris -- the force behind the Francesca's restaurants, including Francesca's on Chestnut, located upstairs -- is behind this small-plate, wine-focused restaurant. Offering a brick-walled, cave-like feel (the name means "underground wine bar" in Italian), the intimate Gold Coast eatery serves Italian-themed bites. Menu offerings include more than a half-dozen types of bruschetta -- creative combos using pear and taleggio and prosciutto, porcini and fontina cheese -- plus olives and other antipasti. 200 E Chestnut Street, Chicago, IL 60611 Connect: In a city of bigger and bigger, Eduardo's Enoteca, restaurant and wine bar, breaks the trend. A hidden gem in the Chicago Gold Coast featuring small production wines, craft spirits and light authentic Italian fare. Located in the old Sandburg Theatre space, antique reclaimed wood sets a romantic scene perfect for a date or just enjoying a glass of wine with the locals. 1212 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610 Connect: Many people thought we were mad. To open another Italian restaurant in Chicago? You must be mad. But we're not mad, just committed. Committed to a belief in what we do and how we do it. Committed to a belief in Italian food and wines and style and service. The best of produce, cooked and served in a way that's relevant to the way we want live our lives now. Authentic Italian food simply prepared to let the freshest of ingredients sing. Food to share. Menus that are flexible. A wine list that matches and challenges and is built to satisfy the full range of tastes while being neat in its numbers. With a killer cocktail list that understands the classics, knows how to push the new, and also knows that sometimes all you need is a great glass of wine or a great beer. 221 N. Colombus Drive, Chicago, IL 60601 Connect: Francesca's on Chestnut features an intimate trattoria setting with an antique Brunswick bar and a 40 person private dining room. Chef Armando Suar leads the kitchen, providing Francesca's classic fare of zesty, earthy cuisine of Rome and surrounding areas of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio. Located at 200 E. Chestnut on the ground level of The Seneca Hotel & Suites. Live entertainment is featured Tuesday through Saturday. 200 E. Chestnut Street, Chicago, IL 60611 Connect: In a stylish dining room away from the busy pace of the prestigious 900 North Michigan Shops, Frankie's 5th Floor Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria features one of Italy's most beloved and appealing dishes, scaloppine. Frankie's 5th Floor Italian Restaurant serves classic pastas, seasonal fish, fresh salads and Chicago's most extensive list of scaloppines. Choices include: chicken, veal, vegetable and seafood. The restaurant offers six different rooms for dining, a full bar, free wifi and discounted parking. Celebrity signed plates hang from the walls, while thick orange drapery and calm lighting set the mood for catching up with old friends or closing that career changing deal. Juddino's cookie cart finishes off every meal as it is rolled up tableside with it's offering of different cookies and aperitifs including Frankie's homemade Lemoncello. Frankie's Fifth Floor Pizzeria serves salads, antipasti and Neopolitan style pizzas. Individual ten inch pizzas can be made Sardinian style or traditionally. Sardinian style pizzas are made with grana padano cheese and no sauce and served with olive oil. Choose from Fennel and Rosemary or the Sardinian Red Onion. Traditional pizzas, made with Frankie's red sauce, include more than just the classics: Sausage, Pepperoni, Real Cheese or Margherita. The Rita D is made with ricotta, asparagus, egg and truffle oil, and the Alla Checca has fresh roma tomatoes, mozzarella, basil and garlic. 900 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 Connect: Chef-prepared Italian-American dishes served in Little Italy style dining room. Chicago location also has nine private dining rooms able to accommodate parties from 10 to 400. Carryout and delivery are available to the downtown area. Dining room and banquet space have outdoor patios, as well. The original Maggiano's, a Chicago tradition, celebrating 20 years of making guests feel special. 516 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654 Connect: Executive Chef David DiGregorio and LEYE founder Rich Melman traveled through every region of Italy sampling Italy's best. It was through these travels that they ate at the greatest rustic Italian restaurants that ultimately provided the inspiration for today's Osteria Via Stato menu. Osteria Via Stato captures the best of Italy with seasonal dishes, an all-Italian wine list and a la dolce vita spirit of hospitality. With new specialties to mark each season, Osteria's extensive alla carte menu and its guest-favored, three-course 'Italian Dinner Party' menu suit every occasion from family celebrations to an intimate evening for two. Like family-owned osterias in Italy, Osteria Via Stato celebrates quality, simplicity and authenticity. We welcome you to be part of that celebration. 620 N. State Street, Chicago, IL 60654 Connect: Chef Mauro Mafrici and his wife, Architect Kimberly Anguil Mafrici help their guests experience Italian food and dining in a whole new way. Their newest venture, PELAGO, redefines up-scale Italian dining with a focus on homemade pastas and seafood. For every guest, Italian cuisine will be redefined. The traditions of Italian cooking from the North to the South of Italy have been translated with a local twist and modern cooking flair to create a contemporary menu for an outstanding culinary journey. 201 E. Delaware Place, Chicago, IL 60611 Connect: A classically glamorous glimpse into the 1940s, Petterino's offers lively libations, prime steaks, fresh seafood and favorite specialties such as Shrimp de Jonghe and Fettuccine Alberto. Centered in the heart of the theatre district, Chef Francis Brennan's menu is perfect before a performance, ideal for business lunches, private events or even a break during a tour of the city. Exciting pre-theatre and after work specials are available daily. 150 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60601 Connect: Quartino Pizzeria Ristorante and Italian Wine Bar opens daily at 11:30am and serves food until 1:00am. Chef/Partner John Coletta has developed a menu representing the best of Italy's culinary regions, including house recipe salumi, Neopolitan thin crust stone oven pizza, housemade fresh pasta and seasonally prepared specialties. The Quartino menu, served in reasonable portions and designed for sharing, is perfect for large groups and adventurous diners ready for a unique experience. 626 N. State Street, Chicago, IL 60654 Connect: Music to the mouth in a former music institute. A renovated brownstone is the perfect setting for the harmonious Rosebud dishes served here, such as handmade pappardelle, cavatelli, as well as the renowned Rosebud standards. Their famous signature martinis will round out your meal in perfect style. 720 N. Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611 Connect: Located in the Three First National Plaza building, Rosebud Theater District has been continuously selected as the ultimate lunch spot and pre-theatre dining destination. There's no better place in all of Chicago to grab a drink after work. Just steps away from the office, meet colleagues after hours Monday through Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 pm to indulge in our appetizer buffet. Come with friends, come alone, it doesn't matter—by the time you leave, you'll feel like you know everyone in the place or take advantage of the pre-theater menu, guaranteed to satisfy your hearty appetite and leave you plenty of time before the curtain rises. 70 W. Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602 Connect: 52 W. Illinois Street, Chicago, IL 60654 Connect: Scoozi focuses on high quality and made-from-scratch cooking perfect for sharing. Start with one of the fine, brick-oven pizzas - maybe a white pizza bianca with homemade fresh mozzarella - then move on to one of several antipasti, perfect for sharing with friends. Pastas are imported from Italy or made in house, with so many delicious choices you may opt to try one of the three-version plates of kitchen-fresh gnocchi or ravioli. Scoozi's Wine Spectator-award-winning wine list ranges from half-bottles to three-liter giants, and you'll find over 30 wines by the glass, as well as Italian specialty cocktails and cordials made in-house from fresh fruit. 410 W. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60610 Connect: The private dining rooms of Spiaggia is considered one of Chicago's premier event spaces. Our exclusive dining rooms extend the exquisite offerings of Spiaggia. The authentic Italian cuisine of James Beard and award-winning Chef Tony Mantuano makes Spiaggia the finest luxury dining experience in the country. 980 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
Cafe Spiaggia
Carmine's
The restaurant's famous signature martinis, a rotating menu of seafood and chops and renowned signature pasta dishes, epitomize the Rosebud experience of stellar food and generous portions.
DiSotto Enoteca
Eduardo's Enoteca
Filini Bar & Restaurant
Francesca's on Chestnut
Frankie's Scaloppine
Maggiano's Little Italy
Osteria Via Stato
Pelago Ristorante
Petterino's
Quartino
Rosebud on Rush
Rosebud Theatre District
RPM Italian
Not only are RPM Italian's dinner, drink, wine, dessert, gluten-free and special events menus all unique to fit the Italian cuisine, but there is something to fit your specific taste. Located in the heart of Chicago, you will never have to worry about finding something to do.
Scoozi
Spiaggia
- American
- American Contemporary
- Asian
- Bars/Lounges
- Casual Dining/Quick Bites
- Dinner Cruises
- French
- Indian
- Italian
- Latin
- Pizza
- Steak/Seafood
