POP QUIZ:
You’re in River North. It’s late. You meet someone. You exchange numbers. You’re curious to see where this is leading. The next words out of your mouth should be:
A) We should do drinks sometime.
B) We should do lunch sometime.
C) We should do cured ham sometime.
If you answered A, B or C, congratulations. You’re a perfect candidate for Bar Umbriago, soft-opening this Monday.
A new venture from the Rosebud empire, this feels like an Umbrian estate with floors made from old Italian church tiles. It replaces the short-lived Eatt (shrimp BLT, we hardly knew you) and is led by a chef listing Spiaggia and Osteria di Tramonto on his Italian-cuisine bona fides.
It’s the type of place where you’ll spot friends on the patio after work. They’ll wave you in for a Cherry Pop, which is basically a gin-spiked Shirley Temple. From there, things can easily evolve into a night of goat-cheese gnocchi, crostini with whipped pork fatback and black truffles, and cap steak with bone marrow raviolini. Blame the ginny Shirley Temple.
Then again, when it’s 2am on a Saturday and you just want a place to finish that amazing conversation you were having with some smart, fresh-faced somebody you met earlier, stop in for a bold Tuscan red.
Nightcaps are definitely sexier with an Italian.
You’re in River North. It’s late. You meet someone. You exchange numbers. You’re curious to see where this is leading. The next words out of your mouth should be:
A) We should do drinks sometime.
B) We should do lunch sometime.
C) We should do cured ham sometime.
If you answered A, B or C, congratulations. You’re a perfect candidate for Bar Umbriago, soft-opening this Monday.
A new venture from the Rosebud empire, this feels like an Umbrian estate with floors made from old Italian church tiles. It replaces the short-lived Eatt (shrimp BLT, we hardly knew you) and is led by a chef listing Spiaggia and Osteria di Tramonto on his Italian-cuisine bona fides.
It’s the type of place where you’ll spot friends on the patio after work. They’ll wave you in for a Cherry Pop, which is basically a gin-spiked Shirley Temple. From there, things can easily evolve into a night of goat-cheese gnocchi, crostini with whipped pork fatback and black truffles, and cap steak with bone marrow raviolini. Blame the ginny Shirley Temple.
Then again, when it’s 2am on a Saturday and you just want a place to finish that amazing conversation you were having with some smart, fresh-faced somebody you met earlier, stop in for a bold Tuscan red.
Nightcaps are definitely sexier with an Italian.
