Location: Lake Forest
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Top 10 Italian food in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Reviews on Italian food in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 19,375. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore.
Things to do in Lake Forest
10. Portillo's Hot Dogs
Overall Ratings
4 based on 200 reviews
Home to America's favorite Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef, burgers, salads, and chocolate cake.
Reviewed By ForeverMexico
Food here is great. Very busy and active place that is super noisy. Food is worth the visit. Very popular with the locals and the pricing is reasonable. Highly recommend and will be back!
9. Disotto
Overall Ratings
4 based on 77 reviews
Reviewed By Beth B
Great location after theater in downtown Chicago and on our way home. Wonderful evening-great service, menu was excellent. Seated in downstairs dining room so able to have conversation comfortably. Meal servings were appropriately sized so able to enjoy desert too! Great first visit, but not our last.
8. Alex's Washington Gardens
Overall Ratings
4 based on 71 reviews
Made from scratch, family recipe Italian cuisine in Highwood since 1932, and at it's current location since 1982. Serving a selection of Fresh Seafood delivered daily including our very popular Prince Edward Island Steamed Mussels. Also, we offer some of
Reviewed By Chicagonative_7
Visiting up north friends brought in pizza and salad and we were pleasantly surprised. The pizza is four stars while the salads we had were very unremarkable and average.....Thin pizza with a slightly sweet sauce was great.... sausage was delicious but couldâve used a bit more. Veggie pizza also was well received despite spinach, not my choosing. With so many nearby pizza options including Pieroâs in HP, I doubt weâd order in from here again... but would be open to eating their Italian food in their restaurant.
7. Silo Pizza
Overall Ratings
4 based on 223 reviews
Reviewed By jlervmarq
Went with a group 9 (half kids/adults) for lunch and had the Idaho nachos w/taco meat (good but not great) and garlic bread (good) for appetizers. Kids portions were huge and they have toys (etch-a-sketch, 8-ball, etc) to entertain them. The adults had pizza (Frisco, Supreme, and Meat Loversâall pan style) and everyone enjoyed the flavors. Service was slow and very unenthusiasticâacross the entire staff (hostesses, servers, bartenders,etc). We are easy-going people that love good food and drinks so tried hard to engage the staff; however, the staff at Silo seemed bored and made us feel as if we were an inconvenience.
6. R & V Italian Market and Deli
Reviewed By Carl_CC_Rider
Great Italian deli with hot meals for lunch. You can get a variety of stuff here - well beyond their website menu. They are also a market, importer, and catering business. There are plenty of tables to sit at, and the food is delicious.
5. Sbarro
Home of the original XL NY Slice. Since 1956, Sbarro has been serving the XL NY Slice. Starting with made-daily hand stretched dough, San Marzano style sauce and topped with 100% Whole Milk Mozzarella cheese.
Reviewed By Allen21096
This Sbarro is one of several restaurants located in the Lake Forest Oasis on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) heading to Wisconsin. There are other sandwich/fast food restaurants at the oasis, but Sbarro will get you a good meal. We stopped there and ordered a pepperoni stromboli for one of the grandkids to eat. Not only was she happy, but she fell asleep once we got back to the car. That is like a "twofer". Prices were reasonable for oasis food. The staff seemed friendly and efficient.
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4. Ferentino's Pizzeria East
Overall Ratings
4 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By familygalChicagoIL
Spending a weekend in Lake Forest for a swim meet definitely required some tasty food, especially pasta! At the recommendation of a friend, we checked out this cool spot. They had the Cubs on the TVs and a great family friendly atmosphere. Group was split on dining in versus carrying out and driving 20+ minutes away. Carry-out won, but nobody was disappointed. Once home, the baked pasta, as well as tomato basil rigatoni hit the spot. The pizza was fresh, hot (!), and delicious...worth every tasty calorie! Discovered they are open 7 days unlike their sister âWestâ Lake Forest location. Looking forward to a return visit!
3. Lou Malnati's Pizzeria - Carry Out
Overall Ratings
5 based on 29 reviews
Lou Malnati's Lake Forest offers carry out, delivery and catering. It is located at 840 South Waukegan Road. This location opened in 2008. The closest dine-in Lou Malnati's is located in Buffalo Grove.
Reviewed By Kimmarie S
Really great pizza, delicious crust and great cheese! Try "The Lou"! We love Lou Malnati's! My out-of-town kids insist on having it every time they're in town!Thank you for writing a review, Kimmarie! I am happy to hear you had a great experience and enjoyed our pizza. We look forward to serving you again soon!
2. Ferentino's Pizzeria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By cchicago
The food at Ferentino's is generally good. The pizza crust and sauce are good and they add plenty of ingredients. The pasta and meatballs are tasty and the panini sandwiches that I've tried have all been good.The chicken parmesan however.... Avoid it! It is obviously previously frozen, breaded, pounded flat. Tough and not tasty! If you want good Chicken Parmesan in a fast food or take out setting go to Portillo's / Barnelli's in Vernon Hills - it's quite good there.
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1. Francesca's Intimo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 149 reviews
Reviewed By j1629
We came at around 9:00 on a summer Saturday night. We split a Cesare salad and chicken salvia. I had a glass of Pinot noir. Everything was very fresh and delicious. Our server could have been a bit more personable. He looked at me funny when I asked for tomato sauce rather than olive/oil. Other than that, it was very good and I would dine again.
