This contemporary Italian-American restaurant adjacent to the Hotel Allegro does brisk business with both hotel guests and people heading for the Cadillac Palace Theatre next door. The fare is elegant yet straightforward and appealing to a wide variety of palates: a starter of pepper-seared beef carpaccio, for example, is paired roasted peppers and arugula, and a main course of sauteed halibut...
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Diners seeking a romantic evening should request a window booth, affording twinkling city views. In warm months, coveted seats are at the seven or eight sidewalk tables.
For $1,000, you can enjoy an at-home cooking class or dinner party for eight people prepared by chef Dean Zanella. All proceeds go to The Land Connection, an organization that works to cultivate healthy farms, food and communities.
In Short An ideal location in the bustling theater district plus traffic from Hotel Allegro guests equals a perfect date spot before curtain call. Mahogany and marble appointments complement modern light fixtures, while floor-to-ceiling windows peer out to the street scene and skyline. Dishes embrace classic Italian fare. Rustic stick-to-your-bones meats like rabbit sausage marry with...
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Posted by Contributor
on April 21, 2009, (Edited March 09, 2004)
photo: Clifton Henri Smack dab in the center of the Loop is a restaurant that the likes of which for too long have been relegated to other areas of town. Open from power lunch time to after-theater munchy time, 312 has, among other things, some of the largest tables I've had the pleasure of dining off of. The ambience is scotch whiskey, perhaps even bourbon, more than martini, and although...
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We had dinner after the Mary Poppins matinee at the Cadillac Palace Theater. My four year old daughter was excited to be in Chicago and we were staying at the Hotel Allegro. My daughter was treated like a princess and had a wonderful time. Her food off the Children's Menu was nothing to write home about, but our meal was phenomenal We had an eggplant and portabella mushroom appetizer and...
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Posted by JoyL
on April 21, 2009, (Edited April 02, 2009)
My boyfriend and I came here to celebrate our anniversary and were completely put off to find this place was a "hotel restaurant". The place was nearly empty at 8 PM on a Saturday evening! I was shocked.. to say this place is a "Top 50" restaurant would be an exaggeration - the decor is antiquated and hokey, and the food was average at best. Even the service was slow for the few tables that...
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Posted by nolachitown
on April 21, 2009, (Edited July 21, 2008)
My partner and I found this place by accident on a Sunday night when everything else seemed closed. We had a lovely experience. Even though they were closing in 15 minutes, we never felt rushed or unappreciated. We shared a delicious scallop appetizer and a salad. My partner had a seafood dish that was conspicuously missing the advertised blue crab - but it was really nice nonetheless. I had...
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Posted by northshorefoodies
on April 21, 2009, (Edited August 06, 2007)