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$20 for $40 (or $45 if Redeemed Sunday–Wednesday) Worth of Upscale Italian Cuisine and Drinks at Via Veneto Ristorante Italiano

Via Veneto Ristorante Italiano
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Shakuntala
7 years ago
Food and staff was great , love this restaurant !

Old-World family recipes & wines decorate menu of North Side restaurant amid brick-walled ambiance

Unfortunately, Nero is remembered as the callous emperor who watched Rome burn from his palace tower, not the enlightened gastronome whose vision was to reinvent the city as a giant brick oven for pizza. Adopt a flavor-first outlook with this Groupon to Via Veneto Ristorante Italiano:

  • For $20, you get $40 worth of upscale Italian cuisine and drinks if redeemed Thursday–Saturday.
  • For $20, you get $45 worth of upscale Italian cuisine and drinks if redeemed Sunday–Wednesday.<p>

Chef and owner Tony Barbanente masterfully infuses authentic Italian dishes with Chicago’s signature gusto. A lunch menu borrowed from Barbanente’s grandma’s prized recipe book features such old-country treats as orecchiette carrettiera, a half-shell pasta that shares a ceramic bed with sautéed broccoli, garlic, parmigiano, and cream ($12.95). Diners can navigate Venetian gondolas over waves of marinara sauce with the spaghetti pescatore, a seafood specialty that enlightens taste buds with a symphonic coupling of clams and mussels ($17.95). True to the restaurant’s family-run tradition, the dinner menu squeezes hunger away like the embrace of an overenthusiastic aunt. A romantic evening in the restaurant’s brick-walled dining room pairs exquisitely with the homemade potato dumplings of the gnocchi al filo di pomodore ($16.95) or the meaty lasagna di carne ($14.95).

As the dimmed overhead lights illuminate semaphore messages of postprandial satisfaction, diners can order from a menu of authentic Italian desserts that includes such delicacies as grilled peaches served with vanilla ice cream ($6.95). After the plates have been cleared, glasses of wine toast the grape-strewn fields of southern Italy and Earth’s second moon.

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Promotional value expires Sep 5, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Dine-in only. Not valid for specials. Not valid 4/6, 4/8, 5/13, 6/17, or 7/4. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Learn about Strike-Through Pricing and Savings

About Via Veneto Ristorante Italiano

For more than 20 years, Chef Tony Barbanente has adapted recipes from his childhood in an Italian fishing village to form a menu of simple yet delectable seafood dishes that earned him accolades from ABC 7's Hungry Hound. Chefs construct made-to-order veal, stuffed squid, and house-made pastas to slake hunger pangs or at least make them sing baritone during a medley of Pavarotti's greatest hits. The aromas of fresh cooking weave through the bright dining room, which features exposed brick and walls lined with black-and-white photos. The house language instructor, from Bari, Italy, educates curious diners about Italian cuisine and etiquette, including what to do when a pie-shaped moon hits the eye for just a little too long.

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