Location: Mia Francesca on N Clark between Buckingham and School in Chicago (miafrancesca.com)
Edibles: calamari and pizza (artichoke and red onion) appetizers; caprese and romaine salads to start; pasta, one with tomato sauce and one with roasted vegetables; sausages with peppers and onions; tiramisu
Musings: Family-style Italian is an inspired idea for a wedding reception. This is food that was meant to be cooked and served on a large scale.The pizza had a wonderful crust and I happily snarfed down... ahem, four slices. (They were smallish pizzas, okay?) The dinner that followed was uniformly yummy and culminated in our table mowing through our plate of sausage and peppers (genius menu choice, Karen!) and then raiding not one, not two, but THREE other tables for their leftovers. All the more impressive if you consider that, of the six of us, only four were eating that dish - Rebecca keeps kosher and Kristina is a vegetarian. We barely found room for the pillowy tiramisu that arrived last... but managed somehow. Although they must have been feeling overwhelmed, the staff couldn't have been nicer.
All in all, it was a relaxed, jovial, chatty, table-hopping kind of shindig. Warm and unpretentious, like the couple we were there to fête. All the best wishes for your future together, Karen and Josie! Thanks for letting us share in your big day.
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