Where the Locals Eat Rating
Top 100 Restaurant, Chicago
"Mia Francesca features the zesty, earthy cuisine of Rome and the surrounding areas of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio. It was one of the first restaurants in Chicago to encourage the lively art of dining with a contemporary, casually sophisticated trattoria ambiance, simple, rustic cooking, friendly service and fair prices."
– Mia Francesca website
"Clearly the business minds behind this Italian concept have figured out a formula for success: approachable, Northern Italian cooking for the masses, with suburban outposts seemingly opening weekly."
– Time Out Chicago magazine
"The menu changes weekly, offering six pastas and six fish, chicken, and veal entrées, all reliably tasty and fresh."
– Chicago Reader
"The pasta dishes are enough for two, topped with everything from sausage and peppers to capers and artichokes."
– Chicago Tribune
"A paradise for yuppies cutting their pasta teeth."
– Chicago Sun-Times
Full bar. Serving lunch Sat–Sun, dinner nightly.
How Others Rate Mia Francesca
Zagat 2009
25 Food Rating (Very Good to Excellent)
Time Out Chicago
Best Italian, 2009 readers' poll