It’s one of my favorite dinners.  Your seat awaits.. 81/365mpi3652016 day 81

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Lovely friends took us to an amazing Italian place in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago last night.  Great atmosphere- cozy, painting of the last supper on the wall, opera streaming from the overhead speakers- totally cool and not even really trying to be.  I love places like this.  Great service too- but the food!  Seriously- I’ve yet to travel to Italy, but I imagine the food would taste like this.  They had me at bruschetta- and all the way through the gnocchi , lobster ravioli, penne with sausage, to the tiramisu.  On the way out, we chatted with some sweet folks at the next table who just had a bubbling hot plate of lasagna delivered to their table.  I’ll be ordering that next time.  I pretty sure I dreamed about it last night, or was that the mushroom cream sauce? 72/365mpi3652016 day 72

With an egg wash.  Let’s just say they were a hit.  I paired these with fried chicken- which I made for the first time EVER! Seriously, EVER!  (I grew up on pot roast and potatoes- Irish roots)  I was unable to document the fried chicken because my family ate the chicken almost before it was on the table.  Next time.  I guarantee there will be a next time:) 62/365MPI3652016day62.jpg