"Between the stylish-casual digs and the elevated Piedmontese cuisine, Osteria Langhe offers a superb Italian experience on a quiet stretch of hip Logan Square. Owner Aldo Zaninotto mans the Italian-focused wine list, which includes indigenous grapes like freisa, timorasso, and erbaluce, plus classics from Barolo and Barbaresco. In the kitchen, Culinary Director Michael Lanzerotte's and Chef Fabian Hernandez’s thoughtful takes on northern Italian and Piedmontese cuisine go above and beyond standard red-sauce joints; they turn out laser-focused regional specialties that are at once familiar and novel. Plin, a beloved, hand-pinched ravioli, is filled with creamy La Tur cheese and served in a butter and thyme sauce, while Piedmontese beef comes raw and poached, with a crispy egg that’s not too dissimilar from a Scotch egg. Entrées like prosciutto-wrapped rabbit loin are immensely shareable, as is dessert—especially the Panna Cotta, with blueberry compote, candied lemons, and a shortbread cookie." - Nicole Schnitzler, Brad Japhe
