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Alla Vita
Italian
Crystal pendants, hand-painted tile floors, and an amber sculpture drifting overhead set the tone at this West Loop Italian from the Boka Restaurant Group. The menu moves through freshly made pasta, puffy-edged pizzas, and a confident roasted half chicken, with a long stone bar doing brisk sandwich work at lunch. It's the kind of room where you can linger over a bottle or be in and out in forty minutes, and the staff reads the difference without being asked.
The awards strongest first
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater Chicago’s Best Italian Restaurants
One number, weighted & current 75
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Cappelletti with asparagus and morels
“Seasonal pastas, like cappelletti with asparagus and morels, are a must, but don’t sleep on the thin-crust pizzas and wood-oven specialties such as lasagna verdi and chicken Parm.”
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Scamorza cheese-stuffed arancini
“At this quietly chic West Loop Italian restaurant, he adds in starters like scamorza cheese-stuffed arancini, wood-fired meatballs, and fritto misto.”
Eater -
Rigatoni alla vodka
“There’s the crowd favorite rigatoni alla vodka—at once sweet, creamy, and toothsome—as well as a confident half chicken, roasted and served with grilled lemon.”
Michelin Guide -
Lasagna verdi
“don’t sleep on the thin-crust pizzas and wood-oven specialties such as lasagna verdi and chicken Parm.”
Eater
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