I've seen the sign for this restaurant for years and finally decided to pull the trigger and try this place. It was like an oasis in the S Side, after the nightmare that was parking. The restaurant was busy but not packed and it is adorable inside--you have no idea unless you have dined here! We sat in the back room which was very cozy albeit NOISY since we were right by the kitchen and the bathroom. The menu was a little pricer than we had anticipated but we were ok with that, and our service was FANTASTIC. Our waitress could NOT have been any nicer, to the point i wanted to come back and hang out w her after our shift. We started w the hummus appetizer and I was disappointed bc I am a HUGE tahini fan, but my boyfriend HATES it and he proclaimed it the best hummus ever. And ate the entire thing. You know what, this happens all the time, actually.... I had the mediterranean asiago pillows and you know what..they were very good but i didn't love them. I REALLY liked them though. My boyfriend had the sausage and pepper ravioli and he let me try one which let to my trying to take over his entree and we ended up arguing over it bc we have no class. Lady and the tramp, but he's the lady and I'm a tramp. That is a sign of two things: 1) don't have us over for dinner, we cannot even handle it, and 2) this restaurant has GREAT food, I just ordered the wrong thing. I will definetly be back, the last time the had a groupon I bought one and I'm excited to put it to good use. Something tells me I'm going to be ordering the sausage and pepper ravioli.

positive

Ehh. Don't get a mixed drink, they use way more juice than alcohol. Food was so-so. Basic bar food. Nothing special. If I wasn't so hungry and it wasn't so cold out, I would have looked harder for a place to eat. Service was kind of slow. Loud pop music.

negative

It's a beautiful little shop. Locally owned. Their coffee is AZ local and pretty good (better tasting than the Bux). Espresso is fantastic. And right next to an amazing park. Worth the stop.

positive

The first night I went here I had an Italian beef sandwich. I thought there was something wrong with it because it had a strange flavor, but then I heard from other people that went there that their sandwich also had a strange flavor. The beef was also powdery. Not sure what is going on with this, but it is not good. We also ordered Chicago style hot dogs. They are not Chicago style which is what I would expect from a company that is from Chicago. It did not have a poppy seed bun. It did not have a pickle spear. It did not have tomatoes.
negative