Via Carducci La Sorella
Chicago
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Felt like in a cosy restaurant in Italy. Got the homemade shrimp ravioli, fried calamari and the roma pizza. Great food and good portions sizes. Would definitely visit again!
Via Carducci knocks it out of the park every time! After loving this place for 15 years, we chose Via Carducci to host our dad’s surprise 75th. It was absolutely perfect. They made planning a breeze. No small feat when hosting 70 out of town guests. If you are considering a buyout, this is the place. The food is always delicious. The staff was so fun and acted with precision to create the absolute best Italian family experience we will be raving about forever. Thank you to the entire team! We couldn’t have done this without Maria, Giovanni, Nabil and Carlos!
I love old school Italian, the simplicity and fresh ingredients, it is all about the love that was put into the recipe from generation ago. You will find exactly that here. It is a cozy joint with cramped spaces, on a Saturday night before the Chicago Marathon, there were many large tables and loud noises in the main dining room, we were seated in the side room which was much more quieter. There was some confusion with the tables service but after the initial chaos, we started to get our orders. The service was actually quite fast considering how busy they were. We loved the Grilled Calamari Calabrese Style, I had very good grilled Calamari before, but this southern Italian variation puts in the additional veggies, garlic and the sauce was unbelievable. Although I didn't specially taste the Calabrian chili, maybe it was part of the sauce. The Peperone Ripieno is not something common that can be found in Italian joints anymore, the marinara sauce was one of the best that I have haf, and I loved the peas, everything was baked to perfection. The pizza was good, we had the Rustica, sweet and savory with figs and prosciutto, but the crust was just ok for me. I had high hopes for the pizza crust because of the pizza bread that we got in the beginning, but it was a little dry for me, no chew nor crispy, so it is not exactly Roman style nor Neapolitan style. The Seafood pasta was great, al dante noodles, the same awesome marinara sauce, plenty of seafood. The Carbonara was not what we have expected, I can't say that I like it and I can't say that I hate it, because there is, in my opinion, to much onion in it and it completely overwhelmed any of the creamy and cheesy flavor of the traditional dish. Also what happened to the yolk? The tiramitsu was OK, standard. But the Affogato was just WOW. The expresso was the best part of it, I really wanted to find out where they got the beans because it is definitely not the traditional illy or Lavazza, it is just like the ones that I had in Italy and definitely the best that I have ever had in the US, by far.
