AVVIO

Ok, I have a soft spot for Sabatino’s. When I heard that this spot was from their old staff or some such I was super excited. They did away with the pizza bread at the table, and now offer soup or salad instead of both. And the banana foster is not done table side. However I still left absolutely stuffed and happy. I will be coming back here, and recommend.

My family and I went here for the first time on Mother’s Day weekend. Our female server was amazing and the male host was very accommodating. After being regulars at Sabatinos, a lot of the food was similar but definitely not even close. I had the stuffed crab ravioli in vodka sauce (the chefs special). It was not good at all. I thought it would have been fresh crab but definitely not it. We noticed the female hostess knock down a water glass, pick it up and put it back on the table. Luckily the waitstaff noticed and replaced the glass. But just gross! Overall, it was nice having the family together just wish our experience could have been better.

We had really high hopes after seeing a 4.7 rating on google, but the food was a disappointment. The servings are large but hit and miss with quality. The side of green beans in particular were mushy, reminded me of dirty dish water in flavor, and ultimately inedible. The eggplant Parmesan was fine and my partner enjoyed his gnocchi dish. The waitstaff is professional and they had live music on Friday night which was unexpected.

My husband loves it. I do not. My chicken parm breading was icky and didn't like a chunky meat sauce instead of marinara fighting the chicken. Soups were meh. Friend said his big shrimp were "odd" tasting not bad but not exactly a rousing thumbs up either. Sat by dusty window arrangement with a big fly buzzing around. Again...My husband likes it. All I found to like was service and a clean bathroom.

Absolute favorite restaurant and all time favorite Chef! All the food was out of this world especially chefs special I highly recommend. Thank you so much for making our wedding celebration even more special.

Pretty excellent. There was warm bread and cheese bread brought to the table. Big menu. Hard to decide what to get. Everything sounded good. The shrimp pasta was great.

Fabulous place. Very underrated but highly recommended. I would advise you go check it out. More than just the amazing food, its the ambience and the fantastic staff who are there. Will definitely go back.

The bread before the meal was fresh and really delicious. Each menu item comes with soup and salad. The price is good and the quantity is generous. Plus, every single dish is delicious. There is also Nebbiolo wine. This is a place I would like to visit again.

This place is still a five star restaurant ... from food, to service, to ambiance ... but a few things have changed that any prospect should know. Due to rising expenses and the lagging effects of the pandemic, the standard parts to AVVIO's usual dinner presentation have changed a bit. It used to be that pretty much everything you ordered here was a full meal - your entree being preceded by wonderful crusty bread, a small salad of mixed greens, an Amuse Bouche from the kitchen, a small cup of soup, and a nice serving of pizza bread. It also was a BYOB place so you could bring whatever wine or beer you fancied for a small corkage fee. Nowadays your dinner begins with the crusty bread, and a small salad or cup of soup. Gone are the Amuse Bouche, the pizza bread, the BYOB, and salad and soup are now one or the other. That said, you can still order the pizza bread off the appetizer list and they now have a full service bar for your drinks. All in all, the dinner is still a large meal and you will not leave hungry. It was just nice the former way to have an old-fashioned complete dinner. Still a great outing for diners, and our rating remains 5 stars all around. Highly recommended.

This place was mentioned on a neighbor social media group so we decided to try it. People said that the chef from Sabitinos, which closed due to retirement, opened his own place. The food was excellent. We had black mussels and I had the pasta with shrimp in garlic iloilo sauce. We also had calamari to start and finished with banana fosters. Everything was eexcellent. I didn't actually care for the banana foster, not because it tasted bad, but because they put cinnamon in it, so I couldn't taste the caramel or banana. Personal taste opinion. The service was superior. You get warm bread and pizza bread to start. Then both soup and salad. We will definitely be back.

4.5 stars My family went to Sabatino's for years. I had my 16th birthday dinner there among lots of other family milestones. My husband knows it holds a special place in my heart because it held so many memories. When he had a hankering for chicken Alfredo, I jumped on the chance to try Avvio. While it lacks the ambiance of Sabatino's, the food brought back so many memories. I do think they could try to warm it up a little by adding some screens to delineate the car and restaurant areas. Swap out the framed flatware for some better artwork, and add some wall accents that improve the ambiance. As expected, we got cheesy tomato bread to start. Pro tip: this dish has red meat. Every time we dined at Sabatino's we would bicker about whether that was the case. Husband ordered the chicken Alfredo and I got shrimp fettuccine with a tomato cream sauce. Like Sabatino's, meals come with soup, salad, and a loaf of their wonderful bread. The only food hiccup was my husband's salad seemed to have only olive oil, not the house Italian. Our food was excellent and the portions are generous. We could've muscled down our plates, but took them home and had a nice lunch the next day. Our server was nice. One major difference is the servers are a bit more casual. No suits like Sabatino's. Our server was nice and efficient. The bus boy always knew I needed water before I could try and flag him. They also have the violin and accordion player there, which felt a bit strange with the overall more casual vibe. We will definitely come back.

The food was good. We couldn't wait to try this place but the service was so slow. It was the waiter not the busboys they were great. We will probably try it once more. I usually never have a problem with service but I can't stress enough how slow it was . Also here's the kicker our waiter ate the olive out of the martini that the lady left in the glass after finishing it . Do it in the back but a few of us seen this it was hard to believe what we seen. Lots better places around our house.

Old school Italian place that gives you soup and salad with your entrees. Normally you get bread too but they forgot to give it to us. The menu has so many choices you have to wonder how all the food could be fresh especially since it wasn't busy at all. Food is all just ok. Our server could not have been worse. He was rude, dismissive and made us feel it was a burden to serve us. They over charged us for our cocktails. We had to argue with the server who tried unsuccessfully to explain how we got charged for ice in the cocktail. The space is basic.

We had a delicious meal there including chicken parmesan, bone in chicken vesuvio and chicken marsala. All were delicious. So was minestrone soup and loaf of bread. Good iced tea. Yum! We will be back. Beat chicken parmesan ever in a restaurant

Excellent Italian restaurant with an expansive menu of most every Italian dish you can imagine! Service is extremely attentive. Upon arrival at your table, besides filling your water glasses, a full loaf of fresh crusty bread arrives. And that's not it--pizza bread arrives gratis! Did i mention that there was a strolling violin & accordion playing duo making their way around the dining room for that romantic dinner or birthday dinner. Portions are generous. Highly recommended.

I love the old Sabitinos feel with the same menu. Soup, salad with amazing garlic dressing homemade! A pasta side with mains and some really great old style Italian cooking. Same chef as former Sabitino's restaurant that closed down due to owners retiring. Things the new incarnation and it's worth the drive. Chow baby!

Started with baked oysters and the cheesy bread. Had gnocchi, mushroom ravioli, and tricolor pasta with chicken. Water cups were always full and server was helpful with recommendations. Quaint spot felt very Italian.

This spot is owned by the former chefs at Sabatino's. The food is quite good, but seemed a bit pricey for the spot. The ambiance was so-so, not even close to the old spot. Service was excellent.

Avvio has the late, great Sabatino's DNA and it's hard to resist comparing the two. As much as Avvio's menu and recipes echo its heritage, I will try to judge Avvio on its own merits. The barely conspicuous 'kitchen' sits amid auto repair shops on a nondescript stretch of Elston. We visited on Valentine's Day. Arriving at 6:30, we were fortunate to find street parking ($5 for 2 hours) close to the restaurant. The plain jane interior was dimly lit with flickering candles reflecting off the white tablecloths. The menu--extensive for such a small dining room--dwells on old school Italian comfort foods. Trendy? Not. Our server recited a description of several Valentine's Day Specials from memory. Although the stuffed flounder, heart-shaped cheese ravioli, etc. sounded tantalizing, we went with the everyday menu. Prices appear high until you realize that all entrée prices include pizza bread (served hot), Italian bread, soup, salad, entrée AND a generous side dish. An excellent value. If you ignore the blah décor and focus on what the kitchen delivers, you'll be happy. My Missus began with a cup of hearty beef barley soup and I had the stracciatella soup (a Sabatino's carryover), followed by simple green salads with good house-made dressings. The menu lists 14 veal entrées, so how could we not order veal? I had the Veal Sorrentino. This is served on wine sauce and topped with eggplant, prosciutto, and mozzarella cheese. My Missus had the breaded veal cutlet (seems odd that the menu does not call this a "cotoletta"). The chef pounds the meat cardboard-thin to fork tenderness. Generoso sides of pasta came with our entrées. Everything was superb--nicely plated and served at the right temperature--and the portions were ample. Service was cheerful and totally professional, with an astute sense of timing. Which was no small feat, considering we visited a on a major holiday. My only grumble is their supersized dessert portions. Cannoli is the only individual-size dessert on the menu. The profiteroles ($14) was much more than my Missus could devour.

Very authentic northern Italian food. They have a veal combo thats unbelievable (not on the menu) ... they give you the options of selecting 3 veal styles of your choosing. They also have the best meat sauce in town. Highly recommended.

If I was just driving around looking for a place to eat, I would have passed this restaurant. The exterior looked bleak, but the inside was bustling. Tables were close together to accommodate the patrons. You'll have to strategically maneuver your way through to get to the restroom with one stall, but luckily, the place is small enough. Sat down at 615pm, and my drink order was placed. We already had a slice of bruchetta on our plate. Then cheesy bread slices came out and eventually a loaf. 7pm and our waitress hadn't taken our food orders, yet, so I gave her a stink eye as she walked by us. Finally, she took our order: husband had lasagna, I ordered the Avvio Chicken, child had buttered noodles, and bday girl had Shrimp Enzo. An order of Rockafeller Oysters was placed to start. There were 4 other people in our party, but I didn't ask what they ordered. The oyster looked like it was just spinach and cheese and I was told that's exactly how it tasted. Our soup came out first, 15 min later the salad, and then another 15 min later the main dish; 2 hours after we arrived. It was a long wait but I have to say the food was really good. I devoured my Avvio Chicken. My child enjoyed his buttered (which you can't really mess up anyway), but my husband barely touched his lasagna I think he was just not hungry cause I took a bite and I thought it was good. The rest of our party finished their plates; maybe its because we waited so long? Dessert was Baked Alaskan cause who doesn't want to see your dessert on fire? We also had cheesecake, which was ok. For drinks I would highly recommend the Lemincello sprintzer Martini (first one on the cocktail menu) - so so tasty. They also had two guys walking around serenading guests with an accordion and violin, which was a nice touch. If you want to relax and spend hours sitting, drinking, and eating a delicious meal, you should go here. They will not rush you out.

Drove by Avvio and noticed it had great reviews so we bookmarked it to return. So glad we did... this place is an absolute gem! The space is clean and comfortable with a few bar seats and fairly sizable dining room. Service was fast and friendly... they start you off with a loaf of warm Italian bread some olive oil and parmigiana. We ordered a brown butter scallops, risotto, and roasted pumpkin dish... the presentation was incredible and it tasted fantastic. For the main course we split an egg plan parmigiana... it comes with choice of soup, salad, and a side of pasta, potato, or green beans (we got pasta with meat sauce). Wow what a meal! We'll be back for more!

The food was horrible. We ordered 3 different dishes and it was all bad! The only good thing was the water! The service was terrible. My nephew ordered a beer twice, and they never brought it! The restaurant looked like an old dirty restaurant. They need Gordam Ramsey help!!!

Still good food & a nice place to have fun & romance. Reminds me of the good old days. Early openings if you're not a late night owl.

good service attitude bad waited 11/2 bours to receive our main course claimed they had so many take out orders four of us all disappointed . food just below average

Avio hit the spot! The food is delicious, and the customer service top notch. They start you off with bruschetta and pizza bread! Also, the loaf of bread they bring out is huge! The entrees offer soup AND salad! By the time the entree came, I could only eat half! The drinks are delicious too! Sit outdoors on their patio. It's a little oasis.

Been wanting to come here for a while and so glad we finally made it! The food was absolutely delicious, huge portions! The pizza bread was so good! Our server, Lynette, was AWESOME!! Will definitely be back!!

We went for a double birthday dinner on a Saturday night and were very pleased with the service, ambiance and the flavors. The black Manhattan was very strong and tasty. The Italian bread and warm focaccia with cheese were nice complementary bread service. We started with an order of the fried calamari which were light and crispy. The straciatella soup was very light in flavor with tons of egg threads and some spinach (or kale?) I ordered two appetizers and shared the oysters rockefeller. It is an interesting presentation with a hollandaise sauce instead of broiled crumb topping...not sure I prefer this as it seemed a little too "soft" and I do so like the crunchy topping of the standard presentation. The oysters themselves were very fresh. My second app for dinner was the beef breseola on arugula salad. It looked very nice however it really lacked flavor. The meat was almost completely dry and the salad totally lacked dressing and flavor. Would not order it again. Others had rack of lamb (very tasty), skate wing (nice butter sauce) and gnocci with goat cheese - everyone loved their entrees.

I'll skip any reference to Sabatino's--others have covered that--and state simply that Avvio stands solidly on its own merits: excellent food, large portions, and attentive service. There was no shortage of starches to start--complimentary pizza bread, classic bruschetta, and a massive loaf of bread. We held off and saved room for excellent fried calamari followed by delicious blackened mahi-mahi and veal Vesuvio. And yes, we took home leftovers, thanks in part to filling up on the calamari starter. Dinner for two before tip: $105.00 including a $10 corkage fee. The dining room decor is no great shakes but we were far more interested in the food in front of us than what's hung on the walls. The place was jumping for a Thursday night during the fourth--or is it the fifth?--wave of Covid. Were we not triple vaxxed, this isn't a place I would patronize.

The meal started off great with good bread, old school environment with an accordion player. However, the main meals were not good. My butter sauce was watery and nobody loved their meal

Exactly the same as former Sabatino's.  Was so happy to confirm.  Same wonderful chef, staff & authentic  Italian menu.   I can never duplicate their flavors.

Food here is really good and you get plenty of it. We have been here twice and both times they give you a free appetizer to start! Every main dish comes with soup and salad and one side dish. There is so much food, we always take some home for lunch the next day! It's still BYOB which honestly I love. I can bring in my favorite bottle of wine for dinner and not pay the gross restaurant markups. The corkage fee is $10, very reasonable and normal. I would definitely recommend this spot for a nice date night for group dinner. They have live music on the weekends so it can get quite loud. It's great music but just a fair warning if you're looking for a quiet night.

Avvio is excellent! Great American-Italian Kitchen, their service was great and their interior atmosphere is nice. As well as their food of course. Their staff was very friendly, the menu is very impressive and easy to navigate. We ordered Tiramisu and Cannoli. We had a very awesome dine here and everything was so tasty and big portions. This is definitely the best American-Italian restaurant I have been in Chicago . Their dining area was a bit dark as it was dinner time, but still could see and has a good ambiance. We really had a great time! The tiramisu was delicious, and I was able to taste the coffee. Will definitely recommend this place to all of the people I know. Thank you, Avvio!

I don't remember how we ended up at this restaurant, but somebody suggested it. I didn't have very high expectations, but when I got there, I was pleasantly surprised. This place has a happy and warm atmosphere, and nice welcoming waiters. The menus are simple standard Italian fare, but very well done, and they don't skimp on anything. The first thing the waitress brought was a free fresh homemade loaf of bread and butter and olive oil. I was impressed with how generous they were. Then suddenly, there were 2 musicians popping up from nowhere, performing Godfather rendition and other pretty songs. They were very entertaining, and funny too. I can't wait to go back there.

So, I think the story is that when Sabatino's closed, there was a feeling that this left a void; the area needed a good Italian restaurant. I wasn't a big fan of the old fashioned style of Sabatino's, but appreciated the concept. Apparently, one of the chefs branched out and opened his own restaurant, Avvio, and put modern twists on some favorite Italian classics; American Italian rather than Italian American. The restaurant looks very "old" traditional from the outside, but is more modern and elegant on the inside. I imagine they adapted this space from another restaurant. The mid-century style bar ( which is not yet serving) is cool. They are pending a liquor license, but you can BYOB. There is a corkage fee, but they provide proper glasses. Sabatino fans will love that they still provide a full loaf of warm crusty bread, the wait staff, are gentlemen in ties and the portions are huge. It seems the dishes are either from Sabatinos or a used restaurant supply. Depends on how you interpret this; old and stodgy or retro. A Sicilian style crusty pizza with bolognese sauce and cheese are also delivered to the table and yum yum, because the crusty bread is tasteless unless you slather it with olive oil and cheese. (They must have the same baker as Sabatino. If you're a big eater this is a good place for you. Most diners walk out with a box. The entrees are full dinners; soup salad, and side included.; your side can be pasta. We both ordered specials. Veal stuffed chicken and 3 fish sautéed. Salad was good, soup good and entrees really good. Both were more than we could eat and great for the next nights's dinner. For dessert we had the apple tart, crispy pastry dough, beautifully carmelized and presented with creamy gelato Overall good dinner.

Came here for my sisters birthday. We made a reservation at 7:15 pm and we were on time. There's 21 of us. Our server was great and she's really nice but our order was taken late. Our soup came 1 minute before closing which is 8:59pm. The food was okay.... Soup was salty and we are paying our bill at 10:04pm. We can't eat our birthday cake in the restaurant not unless we will pay extra. Our bills were a bit of a mess. One thing is for sure... you will not get wrong ordering pasta here but nothing else

As delicious as Sabatinos always was, socdarnbgood, pur server Lynette was great and the food... Tutti a tavola a mangiare!

We chose Avvio for a family dinner. The restaurant has serious acoustics problems which make having a conversation with anyone other than the person adjacent to you a screaming contest. We only ordered main courses (no starters) and it took nearly 2 hours for our food to arrive! Needless to say the kids at the table were even more unhappy than the adults. When the food finally did arrive it was anywhere from mediocre to poor. We literally returned the homemade ravioli it was so inedible. I feel generous giving it a single star.

If I could give this restaurant six stars I would it's a great great restaurant the owner Joel was the head chef of Sabatinos for 30 years executive chef, and he really knows his way around the kitchen. All of the kitchen employees are from Sabatini's because they closed about three years ago when the owners retired after about 70 years of operation, the food here is excellent. The service is wonderful and I can't say enough good things about the minestrone soup is to die for nice salad, homemade dressings, the fish we had the white fish was superb the side dishes the green beans were excellent and the spumoni for dessert that we shared was great two thumbs up so I can't say enough good things I will post a picture of the restaurant. I love my wife, sitting there, enjoying her self.

Awful. The food is amazing. But with the accordion and violin players randomly roaming the dining room - that is smaller than your average McDonald's - you're lucky if you can hear the person sitting next to you. Forget about having a conversation with your table mates. They played the entire time that we were there, which was quite awhile because the service was slow. This place used to be great. After this, I won't be back.

Great food Great service No school like the old school! Great value for the money We truly enjoyed it

Fantastic!! The chef from the closed Chicago favorite, Sabatino's, opened this establishment on the Northwest side in the vicinity of Sabatino's old location. The food is great. The place is smaller than Sabatino's and lacks the tacky Chicago decor Sabatino's had. They recently got their liquor license. I shall return.

After learning that this restaurant is owned by a former chef from Sabatino's we decided to give it a try. While the selections were familiar we noticed slight differences in the items we tried. The antipasto meat and cheese selection was a bit different, and the complimentary pizza bread wasn't quite on par from what I recalled at Sabatino's.. Unfortunately we didn't get around to trying desert. The atmosphere is also lacking due to the smaller size and open layout of this location. The food was good, and we'll give them another try. That said, our first impressions are that despite good intentions Avvio is not a faithful substitute for Sabatino's.

Fans of the legendary Sabatino's restaurant will be thrilled because much of the kitchen staff and wait staff have stayed together at this unassuming location. Some great Italian-American cuisine including the complimentary pizza bread you know and love. Some choices you can't find just anywhere, too, such as Steak Diane. Full bar. Great choice for gnocchi, veal or chicken (Parmesan, Vesuvio, Piccata, etc.). Place is not the old school atmosphere and decor of Sabatino's, which to some people felt outdated, but it's very nice. I think they need to add some soft surfaces to absorb sound, however. This is something that they can try to resolve. Not as large as the other place either, but they take reservations. Definitely recommended.

REALLY good. Our waiter wasn't super friendly, but the food was delicious and the wine list thoughtful. There were 3 of us and we split two entrees and a dinner salad - pretty sure that's why he wasn't thrilled. Lol. Each entree comes with soup and salad, which is so old school, I love it. We had the profiteroles for dessert, which were really tasty. My friends who both frequented Sabatino's said the food was definitely on par with that northwest side institution. I'll definitely be back!

Avvio picks up where the late, great Sabatino's left off! Like Sabatino's, Avvio offers an extensive menu, large portions, a full bar, strolling musicians, "Richard's Special," and excellent service! Not a large room, so it can get a bit noisy, but that is part of the charm of this fantastic American-Italian neighborhood eatery. Everyone there is obviously enjoying themselves. If you're in the mood for a cocktail, try the Black Manhattan!

We had high hopes for this place given the chef came from our old favorite Sabatino's. Sadly this place doesn't come close to measuring up. No ambiance IMO and the waiter was not helpful with directing us to dishes we might like. Got the usual "everything is good here". Uh hard stop for me. Food was just okay. Not bad, but nothing I'd rush back for. And we had to send back the mussels twice bc they smelled and tasted very fishy. Just awful. We won't be going back.

I can't stop raving about Avvio after eating here. My boyfriend and I have driven by a few times after moving to the neighborhood and tonight we stopped in. Throughout our meal we just kept looking at each other and going wow. We came for dinner and almost every table was filled, luckily we were able to be seated. The waiter came out with various breads for starters (whole loaf, marinara bread, bruschetta) - some of which we wanted to order as an appetizer like the bruschetta so already we were impressed. We ended up ordering the oysters on half shell as our appetizer and they were a great size for the price. The menu is very thorough and in addition there are specials; it took us a bit to figure out which delicious sounding dish we wanted to order. I settled on the homemade gnocchi de spinach and my boyfriend ordered one of the specials (veal three ways). Both meals came with choice of soup and salad, the veal also came with a side of pasta! My gnocchi was $25 and when it came out, it was a heaping portion that I obviously could not finish tonight after filling up on bread so I brought half home. They also let us take home the leftover half loaf we didn't finish! We did not have room for dessert, but we are already planning our return - I was eyeing the baked Alaska I saw another table get. The staff are so kind, attentive, and fast! They really make you feel taken care of and the service is top notch. I love the decor! Parking is simple, right out front you can find spots. BYOB, too!

The mussels were frozen new Zeland from a box tiny like my baby nail white wine garlic saucy salty so I couldn't as usual sop up sauce with my stale loaf of bread/ wasn't out of the oven. Caesar wine list iffy The soup was great It was fabulous when they first opened but, now I'll stick with Carducci and Calo

I got good time whit my friend Wendy we order burrata & brushutto caprese salad chopped sirloin whit blue cheese & onions meat ravioli tiramisu and cappuchino is byob so we enjoy a bottle of rose is $10 corge fee service on point see you next time

This place is great! It is our local Italian restaurant. My best friend & I went last Saturday for dinner. They start you off with a whole loaf of bread & cheese bread sticks. We had the crab shrimp appetizer which was great. The Minnestrone & Stracciatella soups were flavorful & served hot not luke warm which is important to me. I had a tri colored garlic pasta with chicken breast & my friend had a mushroom pasta in a vodka sauce. We both enjoyed our entrees. And the tiramisu was scrumptious. Our server Russell was very helpful in explaining the menu, very attentive, & very friendly. I will definitely be back!

Was an accidental find. Once I looked at the menu I realized there was a connection to Sabatinos. Some of my old favorites were on the menu. Excellent food and service. My experience was a throwback to the Original Sabatinos. If you were a die hard client of Sabatinos it's a must try. If you weren't I would go just because the food is excellent. Great find!

Avvio is the absolute best! The food is really good and their eggplant parm is my favorite in the city. I would highly recommend dining there or getting carry out.

So glad to have found this neighborhood spot. Such great service and very solid food. You will not leave hungry, that's for sure! We'll definitely be back.

Unfortunately my first experience wasnt good and I never heard back from restaurant to address my issue. Ordered about an hour before closing...bread was so hard it was a struggle to cut. Our side salads were were dripping wet with water and the lettuce was brown. Ordered eggplant parm and gnocchi. Gnocchi was delicious but unfortunately eggplant was barely warm at arrival and excessively soggy. Immediately called the store 3 times and left voice mail...never contacted back and this was 2 weeks ago. Very disappointed in quality and lack of response. Doubtful we will return.

Great food and service. They give you delicious pizza bread and bread and oil. I had the gnocchi and they were light and flavorful. Not crazy about the physical space. Black walls in one large room, and tables so close together that you hit the people behind you getting in and out of your chair.

To all my fellow Sabatino's devotees, I am pleased to inform you that not every Resurrection is a myth. Avvio is the Genuine Article. Kelly and I ordered carry out from Avvio on a Saturday night. We were quoted a 2 hour wait but to our delight a mere hour later our food was ready, and delicious. Beginning with the minestrone and stracciatella soups, the blue cheese salad and the crusty loaf; continuing through the tortellini Bolognese and manicotta; and finishing with the chocolate tartufo, the Sabatino's flavors you know and love thrive unchanged. Highly recommended! This is a lovely bright spot in a difficult time and I urge you to reward their hard work with your patronage.