Coco Pazzo Café

636 N. St. Clair St. (Ontario St.) Send to Phone

The menu changes often at this casual, rustic Italian trattoria.

Cuisine

Italian

Open

Lunch & Dinner daily

Features

Full bar
Reservations suggested
Outdoor dining
Valet parking
Casual

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Dining room at Coco Pazzo Café, Chicago, IL

Coco Pazzo's casual sister sports a Modigliani-like mural, encircling the rustic dining room and bar with vaguely recognizable figures in postures of cool repose. There's also a sidewalk café that's ideal for people-watching. The menu favors the fairly predictable, such as spaghetti with tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and spicy red pepper, as well as the slightly offbeat, for example, Tuscan “fries” with zucchini, red onion, herbs and Parmesan. Cold vegetable antipasti make a good start. For a main course, try salmon with braised fennel and tomato relish. To finish, don't ignore the homemade chocolate-hazelnut torte, along with a topnotch espresso.