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Best Italian restaurants in the West Loop, Chicago.
The West Loop carries one of the higher concentrations of Italian restaurants in Chicago, with everything from a Roman-style pizza counter to a wine-bar trattoria to a multi-room red-sauce destination. Below is a curated short list with every pick linking to its full business listing.
Trattorias and wine bars
Smaller-format Italian — pasta, pizza, and substantial wine programs.
Full-service Italian
Bigger rooms and broader Italian menus.
- Bar Siena Italian restaurant on West Randolph — pizzas, pastas, and a large dining room.832 W Randolph St 1 & 2, Chicago, IL, 60607
- Formento's Nonna's B. Hospitality Co.'s Italian Steakhouse on West Randolph (est. 2015) — Formento's main dining room plus Nonna's Pizza & Sandwiches sister concept for grab-and-go.917-923 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL, 60607
- Loft Lucia Italian restaurant on West Lake Street.1-9 N Carpenter St 3 & 4, Chicago, IL, 60607
- Labriola Italian Italian restaurant from the Labriola Bakery family.854-856 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL, 60607
Pizza specialists
Italian places where pizza is the headline.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the best Italian food in the West Loop, Chicago?
- There's no single answer — for a wine-bar trattoria, Bar Tutto. For a red-sauce big-group destination at an Italian Steakhouse, Formento's & Nonna's. For Roman pizza by the slice, Bonci. For modern Italian with handmade pasta, Alla Vita.
- Is there authentic Italian in the West Loop?
- Bonci is the American flagship of Roman-pizza maker Gabriele Bonci, with recipes brought from Rome. The other Italian restaurants on this list are Italian-American to varying degrees — most are Chicago-owned and lean modern Italian rather than strictly regional.
- Where can I get pasta in the West Loop?
- Alla Vita and Bar Tutto are the most-cited pasta-focused kitchens in the West Loop. Bar Siena and Formento's also carry substantial pasta menus. Most full-service Italian restaurants on this list serve handmade pastas.
- Is there Italian fine dining in the West Loop?
- Alla Vita and Formento's are the higher-end Italian-specific picks in the West Loop; for full tasting-menu fine dining (not strictly Italian), see Smyth. West Loop Italian otherwise skews to "modern neighborhood Italian" — solid wine programs, polished service, but not the strict fine-dining-only format.
- Where can I get Italian wine in the West Loop?
- Bar Tutto leans heavily Italian in its wine program. La Serre / Bar La Rue is French-focused but stocks Italian bottles. Most full-service Italian restaurants on this list carry substantial Italian wine lists.