6 italian rooms in Chicago we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chicago | Italian across every city.
Italian food in Chicago splits between the white-tablecloth room and the Italian beef stand, and the city is fiercely loyal to both. Monteverde in the West Loop and Gene & Georgetti in River North hold up the restaurant tradition, while Mr. Beef on Orleans and Al's Beef on Taylor Street in Little Italy keep the beef-sandwich heritage alive. Johnnie's Beef in Elmwood Park is a suburban pilgrimage for the same dish.
Monteverde ★ 4.5
west-loop · 1020 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60607
Monteverde in Chicago is Sarah Grueneberg's Italian dining room on Madison Street in the West Loop, a pasta-led menu with all the dough rolled in the open.
Gene & Georgetti ★ 4.3
river-north · 500 N Franklin St, Chicago, IL 60654
Gene & Georgetti in Chicago is the 1941 Italian-American steakhouse under the elevated tracks at Franklin and Illinois, opened by Michelotti and Federighi.
Daisies ★ 4.5
logan-square · 2375 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Daisies in Chicago is Joe Frillman's Logan Square pasta-and-vegetable dining room on Milwaukee Avenue, with grain and produce sourced directly from Illinois.
Mr. Beef on Orleans ★ 4.4
river-north · 666 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60654
Mr. Beef on Orleans in Chicago is the no-frills Italian-beef counter that inspired The Bear, opened by Joe Zucchero in 1979, with a sandwich line out past.
Al's Beef (Taylor Street) ★ 4.3
little-italy · 1079 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607
Al's Beef on Taylor Street in Chicago is the original 1938 storefront opened by Al Ferreri, the Italian-beef sandwich on Gonnella bread that defined.
Johnnie's Beef ★ 4.6
elmwood-park · 7500 W North Ave, Elmwood Park, IL 60707
Johnnie's Beef in Elmwood Park is the suburban-edge Italian-beef counter on North Avenue since 1961, known for the combo (beef and sausage) and the Italian.