Intimate Steak House. One of my favorite places in Chicago for Steak and Italian.
I always enjoy the Ribe Eye and the Chicken Vesuvio.
Very intimate for business meetings with leather booths and fish tanks.
Great Wine Lists !!

Viva Italia!. 10.21.09 - Housed in the Italian Village, La Cantina Chophouse is the restaurant on the basement level. The atmosphere was very romantic with a dimly lit setting and narrow walkways between tables. The bread with oil and parmesan cheese to start was delicious. The waiter's pace was painstakingly slow though. Perhaps he was trying not to rush us, but the Village has a Loop location and the patrons surrounding our table seemed to be coming from work as well, so we thought the service should have been quicker. We were missing one looper for this lunch excursion, so the remaining two of us enjoyed joking about the date-like atmosphere. One ordered the Sausage Sandwich Parmigiana served with cottage fries and he was very pleased with the order. The other looper had the Tortelli Tre Formaggi and was expecting to find tortellini based on the name. In fact, the entree turned out to be ravioli-type pasta, which the looper was delighted by anyway. The waiter quickened his pace a bit after we ordered, but then disappeared again when we were trying to ask for the check. Maybe this is a customary style of service for Italian restaurants, even at lunchtime, because you may recall our previous Gioco review sounding similar to this one. Regardless, the food was good and the location is not too far from our work building so we might give it, or one of its sister restaurants in the Village, a go in the future. Ciao, bellas!