{"id":171,"date":"2006-12-23T07:03:42","date_gmt":"2006-12-23T07:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/2006\/12\/23\/anniversary-dinner-at-merlo-on-lincoln\/"},"modified":"2006-12-23T07:03:42","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T07:03:42","slug":"anniversary-dinner-at-merlo-on-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2006\/12\/23\/anniversary-dinner-at-merlo-on-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary dinner at Merlo on Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In preparation for our 16th anniversary night out, <\/span>Aviva was in a quandry – where to go to dinner? We wanted Italian food – we <\/span>love Italian food, but there are very, very few places in Chicagp that have food <\/span>that, in our opinion, tastes at all like the preparations in Italy. I mentioned Merlo on Lincoln<\/a> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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They have two restaurants – one on Maple in the Gold Coast \/ north loop area, and the one on Lincoln south of Diversey. We choose the one on Lincoln because its a little more convenient and would probably be less busy. The food is Bolognese and quite nice – the lasagna is a special standout, very much like what we had in Bologna.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aviva and I shared the insalata di carciofi, funghi, sedano e grana (“raw sliced artichoke salad with champignon mushrooms, celery and ‘Parmigiano Reggiano'”). I had the Passatelli (“extruded dough of ‘Parmigiano Reggiano’, eggs and grated bread cooked in hen stock”) followed by the tortellini alla panna (“hand-made tortellini stuffed with ‘Prosciutto di Parma’, ‘Parmigiano Reggiano’ and veal tenderloin in cream sauce”), also hand-made. Ended the night with their special Christmas dolce, an Italian Christmas cake soaked in liquour with chocolate shavings and a scoop each of lemon and vanilla gellato. Very yummy!<\/span><\/p>\n

I highly recommend this spot – just be careful that you have time, as they are a slow food restaurant; each course will be made individually for you, and that takes time (if eating a sit down meal in Europe makes you edgy, this may not be your cup of tea).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In preparation for our 16th anniversary night out, Aviva was in a quandry – where to go to dinner? We wanted Italian food – we love Italian food, but there are very, very few places in Chicagp that have food that, in our opinion, tastes at all like the preparations in Italy. I mentioned Merlo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[62,114],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-food","tag-restaurant"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t