Oggi Trattoria - Chicago

I guessed that "Oggi" must be someone's name, or perhaps another nickname like for grandma or grandpa, like "nanna" Turns out that it translates to "today,"

This is one of THOSES places you stop in maybe because you drive by or a friend had a party thereBut once you try it.

My friend brought me here for dinner, and we ended up closing the place down :) It's family owned and the couple is very lovely.

What a great place to eat. I come here every time I can, the service is excellent, the food is the best (chicken parmigiana is my favorite). Give yourself the chance to try this place, you?ll love it.

We had 6 people for dinner for a birthday. The service was extremely slow and my drink (a Manhattan) was made very poorly. The Caesar salad was okay but the bread was very undercooked to the point that some at our table wouldn?t eat it and we mostlypicked off the cooked parts. Our waiter told us that?s the way they make it. We then waited for another 45 minutes for our foodafter being there for 45 already. Most of our table?s food was okay but my meal (carbonara) was extremely undercooked and Idecided to stop eating after I had a crunchy piece of spaghetti. At this point our waiter had also disappeared (since about 30minutes before our food arrived). I waived down another server and he happily took my meal back and asked if I wanted another.The new waiter, Sam, was very pleasant and attendant and ultimately saved our experience. He comped my meal and gave us a freedesert (which was very yummy). Overall great service from Sam but the food and drinks were very poor.