Spiaggia Restaurant Review

One Magnificent Mile, 2nd Floor

980 N. Michigan Ave. (Oak St.) Send to Phone

312-280-2750 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu

Price

Expensive but special occasion-worthy, this restaurant attracts well-heeled sophisticates.

Cuisine

Italian

Open

Dinner nightly

Features

View
Romantic setting
Private room(s)
Full bar
Reservations suggested
Valet parking & parking garage
Jackets required

Wine

Great Wine List

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Chef Tony Mantuano is the architect of this super-luxe Italian restaurant that opened in 1984 and lives on as one of the cityâ€™s top tables---Italian or otherwise. The food, which has a contemporary spin, is splendid; it's also expensive. However, when you are making most everything from scratch (pasta included), the difference is noted and notable from competitors. Seafood dishes are especially remarkable, as is his delicate, hand-rolled gnocchi, which may arrive with ricotta sauce and black truffles. Another winner, when offered, is the veal-filled agnolotti with fennel pollen and crispy veal breast. This is quite the affair for small-portioned fare, so expect to digest a tab of $100-plus per person. If you're really indulging, go for the seven-course tasting menu ($195 per person, plus $95 for wine pairings), and be wowed by dishes like Bigoli spaghetti with basil-fed snails, artichokes and spring garlic. The wine list is as costly as all get-out, though it offers interesting, rarely seen Italian selections. Accordingly, the cheese selection is staggering and the desserts---perhaps huckleberry brioche custard with poppy seeds, mint, passion fruit sorbetto and Italian meringue---a bank account-busting dream. Itâ€™s a small price to pay, many say, since the view from the tiered dining room provides amazing panoramas of Oak Street Beach and the lake.