Top Italian Restaurants in Chicago
Chicago hosts some of the most talented Italian chefs in the US, who pair their cuisine with grand wine lists. In the home of Chicago style Deep Pizza there’s a growth of first-rate Neapolitan pizzerias, with especially built ovens and ingredients imported from the Campania region. The new trend? Pizza al taglio.
Piccolo sogno
464 North Halsted Street - Chicago
A clean, simple, rustic style. Piccolo Sogno's cuisine is traditional Italian, using the finest ingredients: organic vegetables, Mediterranean fish, and mozzarella and tomatoes from Naples for the restaurant's thin-crust pizza....
Forno Rosso Randolph
1048 W Randolph St. - Chicago
The creature of Nick Nitti keeps growing at full speed. Both the location in the old industrial West Loop neighbourhood or the one on Harlem Avenue are more than worthy...
Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio
1020 W Madison St - Chicago
Monteverde is the name of one of the most charming quarter in Rome, a well beloved area among journalists and writers. In this case we're in the West Loop neighborhood,...
Vivere
71 W. Monroe street - Chicago
Vivere is one of the three restaurants associated with Chicago's long-established (from 1927) Italian Village. The restaurants share a wine cellar with an impressive range of wines from around the...
Coco Pazzo
300 West Hubbard Street - Chicago
25 years of quality and experience. Chef Federico Comacchio brought a welcome breeze of innovation to Coco Pazzo. His origins in Lodi, in Lombardy, give him a special feeling for...
RPM Italian
52 W Illinois St - Chicago
A concept that works by the famous TV couple Bill and Giuliana Rancic. We were impressed by the wine list that contains very rare vintages of the great wines of...
Pelago Ristorante
201 East Delaware Place - Chicago
Wine lovers know this place well. This is because the wine list is one of the best in the United States for depth of vintages and research. The markups are...
Disotto Enoteca
200 E Chestnut St - Chicago
An underground Italian wine bar with a Chicago twist. DiSotto, the enoteca owned by Scott Harris, is located under francesca's on Chestnut. The atmosphere is warm and intimate, with a...
Due Lire Vino & Cucina
4520 North Lincoln Avenue - Chicago
A corner of Italian simplicity on Lincoln Square. Due Lire is an unfussy trattoria serving generous, hefty and affordable dishes. Start with fried calamari or cavatelli that reveal Massimo di...
Osteria Langhe
2824 West Armitage Avenue - Chicago
Within less than four years, Osteria Langhe has found its way into the hearts of Chicago’s food and wine lovers. It has a precise identity and a focused, solid menu....
Riccardo Trattoria
2119 N Clark St - Chicago
Riccardo Michi’s reassuring mellow attitude is reflected in his solid Milan-inspired cuisine. In the US for the past 30 years, he has never forgotten about his roots and traditions. His...
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria
1769 West Sunnyside Avenue - Chicago
What a pie. Jonathan Goldsmith trained and hardly studied under Enzo Coccia and other great pizza masters. He travelled all over Italy and he suddenly opened his celebrated pizzeria in...
