10am
The pasta is rolled.
Every sheet of pasta we serve tonight is rolled by hand this morning. Twenty-eight years, not one packet.
Lincoln Park, Chicago · since 1998
Handmade pasta,every night.
Family recipes from Abruzzo, a wine list we're proud of, and a table waiting for you.
Nonna Rosa opened Bella Notte with twelve tables and one rule: the pasta is made the morning it's served. Twenty-eight years later, it still is.
Una sera · one evening
From the first sheet of pasta to the last espresso.
4pm
The ragù has been going since breakfast.
Beef, pork, San Marzano tomatoes and six slow hours. The kitchen smells like Sunday at Nonna's.
7pm
The first bottle is opened.
Marco pours. A short list, mostly Italian, all of it chosen because we drink it ourselves.
9pm
The room is full, and loud.
Birthdays, first dates, regulars who've had the same table since 2003. This is the part we love.
What everyone orders.
The full menu- 01BurrataHeirloom tomato, basil oil, grilled sourdough$16
- 02Pappardelle al ragùSix-hour beef and pork ragù on ribbons of fresh pasta$26
- 03PolpetteNonna's meatballs, slow tomato, whipped ricotta$15
- 04Cacio e pepeTonnarelli, pecorino romano, a lot of black pepper$22
- 05TiramisuNonna Rosa's recipe, unchanged since 1998$11
A beautiful night
That's what it means. We try to live up to it.
Private dining · upstairs
Birthdays and rehearsal dinners, done properly.
Our upstairs room seats up to thirty, with its own bar and a set menu built with our chef.
- Guests
- 30
- Courses
- 4
- Private bar
- 1
From the guest book
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“The pappardelle alone is worth the trip across town. We've been coming every anniversary for eleven years.”
“Loud in the best way. Marco remembered our names on the second visit.”
“Booked the room upstairs for my dad's seventieth. They made it feel like his own restaurant for the night.”
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2238 N Halsted St
Chicago, IL 60614 · five minutes from the Fullerton L
- Tuesday – Thursday5pm – 10pm
- Friday & Saturday5pm – 11pm
- Sunday4pm – 9pm
- MondayClosed
