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Fornello Trattoria – Lakeview

$20 for $40 Worth of Italian Cuisine

$20
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Tue Oct 30 04:59:59 UTC 2012
Value
$40
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50%
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In a Nutshell

Margherita pizza, eggplant parmigiana, homemade lasagna, and pumpkin ravioli

The Fine Print

  • Expires Apr 24, 2013
  • Limit 5 per person, may buy multiple as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Valid for dine-in and carry-out; extra charge applies for delivery. Must purchase 1 food item. Merchant is solely responsible for all sales and delivery of alcohol. Must provide 21+ ID to receive alcoholic beverages. Must use promotional value in 1 visit.
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Going out to eat with your friends is a great way to celebrate and an even better way to show them that you have finally stopped eating with your feet. It’s been a long, hard road with this Groupon.

$20 for $40 Worth of Italian Cuisine

The menu includes pizza margherita ($12.95+), eggplant parmigiana ($13.95), homemade lasagna ($12.95), and pumpkin ravioli with white cream sauce ($12.95).

Fornello Trattoria

Ottavio Barbanente grew up helping out around the Chicagoland restaurants his father owned—answering phones, peeling potatoes, and scrambling to do whatever was needed around the kitchen. When he took over as manager of Fornello Trattoria, another of his father's eateries, he hit the ground running, managing a kitchen that earned a spot on Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels for its authentic Italian cuisine, which draws directly from Ottavio's grandmother's recipes.

Fornello in Italian means "little oven," referring to the brick oven that sears so many of Fornello Trattoria's dishes, including carefully crafted pizzas that are topped with imported ingredients and are available in both thin- and thick-crust versions, much like all newly discovered planets. Signature dishes include one of Ottavio's favorites, the timballo di maccheroni, in which four cheeses blend with marinara sauce before baking in a brick oven.

The bright interior is simple yet cozy, with lush palms, hanging plants, and twinkling lights around floor-to-ceiling windows that can be lifted to let in fresh air. The space has a quietly romantic ambiance that has prompted several marriage proposals, including Ottavio's own.

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Fornello Trattoria

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    Lakeview

    1011 W Irving Park Rd.
    Chicago, Illinois 60613
    (773) 404-2210
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