Canal Street Eatery and Market
Restaurant · West Loop ·
Italian market & restaurant with coffee, pasta, pizza, & bar
Italian market & restaurant with coffee, pasta, pizza, & bar
"The Deal: $20 Unlimited Pizza, Pasta, and Salad, Fri 11am-8pm Located on the ground floor of West Loop’s BMO building, this upscale Italian spot feels strategically positioned to target all of the business types in the area. But with their Italiano Fridays deal, it seems they’re also targeting anyone with a penchant for endless pizza, pasta, and salad. Whether you show up for lunch or dinner, you can eat as much of their tasty bolognese or spicy soppressata pizza for just $20." - john ringor
"Located on the ground floor of West Loop’s BMO building, this upscale Italian spot seems strategically positioned to target all of the business types in the area. But the six-minute walk from the Willis Tower makes it a solid option for eating bolognese with perfectly al dente casarecce or creamy cacio e pepe after looking out a window for an hour. f you’re there between 3 and 5pm, they also have some Happy Hour deals." - john ringor
"Canal Street Market, which opened in 2022 inside the 50-story BMO Tower just south of Union Station, will offer Downtown denizens a smattering of as-yet-unnamed flavors for pickup on Fat Tuesday." - Naomi Waxman, Ashok Selvam
"We didn’t have high hopes for an upscale Italian restaurant on the ground floor of the BMO skyscraper in the West Loop. But Canal Street Eatery is a perfectly good lunch or dinner option for office workers in the area. The menu has antipasta, forgettable-but-fine pizza, and some very good pasta. Like al dente casarecce with a rich bolognese or cacio e pepe with a creamy sauce that clings to the pasta like a kindergartner on their first day of school. Sure, the floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the kind of manufactured green space that’s straight from our capitalist dystopian future nightmares. But at least there are some good things to eat." - Adrian Kane
"A full-service, 120-seat Italian restaurant opening as part of Canal Street Market, it aims for familiar food at an "awesome" price point so people can come multiple times a week without feeling guilty, according to director of operations Laine Peterson. Dinner is full service with fresh pasta and items that don't chase a single regional identity: highlights include a cacio e pepe using mafaldine and confit tomatoes and a calamarata with grilled shrimp. Chef Forster Sorensen (working with chef de cuisine Ross Sundberg) is drawing on techniques learned at spots like Public Quality Meats to make house sausage and charcuterie—breakfast will feature fresh turkey sausages paired with Zachary Dawson's English muffins—and breakfast pastries from Dawson (including a Saigon cinnamon roll and a lemon sugar cookie using citric acid) figure prominently. Lunchtime will offer made-to-order items and quick options like Neapolitan pizza and pre-made salads; a pepperoni pizza will use sopressata as a topping while julienned pepperoni is cooked into the tomato sauce to boost flavor. The team emphasizes extra morning prep so quality isn't sacrificed for speed." - Ashok Selvam