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"This Italian restaurant is another one of our favorite options for a small group dinner in the neighborhood. Ascione is always busy, the service is friendly, and the menu is filled with handmade pastas and appetizers (like burrata and meatballs) that are ideal for sharing. The restaurant is nice enough that you can get dressed up to celebrate your friend’s successful dissertation defense, but you can also come here with your parents, who insist on wearing their Badgers gear whenever they’re in Chicago." - adrian kane