Vivere Restaurant Review

The Italian Village, 1st Floor

71 W. Monroe St. (Dearborn St.) Send to Phone

312-332-4040 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu

Price

$$$$$

Complex Italian dishes shine at this first-floor fine dining establishment in the Italian Village restaurant threesome.

Vivere Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Chicago Business Restaurants | Top 10 Chicago Italian Restaurants |

Cuisine

Italian

Open

Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner Mon.-Sat.

Features

Romantic setting
Private room(s)
Full bar
Reservations suggested
Valet parking
Ties suggested

Wine

Great Wine List

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There is eating, and then there is fine dining. Vivere offers the latter, in a stylish, pre-theater-friendly setting. The Capitanini family has been operating the Italian Village restaurants since 1927. What we particularly like is that the kitchen is not afraid to trot out a range of ideas, from a complex agnolottini di fagiano (pasta rectangles stuffed with pheasant) to braised rabbit risotto and what some might consider a peasant's dish---grilled fennel sausage with onions, rapini and fingerling potatoes. Desserts are a dream, perhaps tulipano di frutta secca, a pastry case wrapped around a mixture of dried cherries, walnuts and apples, or chocolate cake with a vein of chocolate truffles. The extraordinary wine list is also a thing of worth. The Baroque, yet contemporary, atmosphere is quite an eyeful as well.