Italian Village
A Chicago institution since 1927! Family run for 80 years! Haunt of visiting opera stars! Dark! We got pasta!
I don't know, how to you rate an old fashioned Italian restaurant, that is not only old fashioned, but just plain old? Our group of six was seated in a snug booth in a dark corner (well, the whole place was dark, part of the "atmosphere"). All the "traditional" Italian restaurant touches (paintings of "ruins", "marbleized" walls, yadda yadda). "Bottle of red, bottle of white, it all depends on your appetite" (whoops, that's Billy Joel).
Our table started out with a huge plate of serviceable spicy calamari; I added a side salad and for a main course had a nice chicken risotto.
All well and good; good service; but not quite my cup of Chianti.
Meal: Dinner
Rating: **
Date Visited: 12 July 2009
Address: 71 W Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60603
Website: http://www.italianvillage-chicago.com/
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