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"I found Vivere to be the clear standout and a place that could join Chicago’s best Italian restaurants if Emily Phillips stays long-term: her dishes are precise and often winkingly clever—the grilled octopus dressed in port wine with purple potatoes on purple garlic aioli bounces and snaps, and a pan-seared, oven-roasted black cod flakes off in buttery hunks between a chunky tapenade and a soft layer of red quinoa with toasted pine nuts." - Jeffy Mai