Comment on Bacchanalia: Little to Celebrate

Man, I thought you were about to turn on Bruna's and I was prepared to be completely shocked and upset.

Sorry about the bad meal, but I'm glad it wasn't at Bruna's.

Posted by Mark at March 11, 2005 01:33 PM

i've gone to bacchanalia twice. aside from getting a big kick out of the neighborhood and its immediate surroundings, i was unimpressed both times. i've not visited any other restaurants in that italian pocket, precisely because bacchanalia was so unimprssively average and because i figured all of the others in the area were equally throback, italian-fare-for-the-1950s-american-palate type places.

you've turned me on to marketplace and bhabi's, much to my delight, so i'm anxious to go to bruna's, carrying lofty expectations ;-0

Posted by foo d at March 17, 2005 09:40 AM

Granted, I've only been there once, but I think you either hit it on an off night, or you just ordered the wrong dishes. I have friends who also know good food and eat there regularly, they love Bacchanalia, too. I had a special--lobster ravioli in vodka sauce--that I'm still craving. Huge, fluffy pillows of ravioli that were more like hand-folded wontons than ravioli. The dish came with 8 or 9 raviolis, and we'd split a couple appetizers, so I was already fairly full, so I could only eat 2 or 3 for dinner. I had another few for lunch the next day and the rest for dinner the next night--that's how big and yummy they were. Hmmm, now that I'm thinking about it, I may have to venture down there for dunner in the next week or two.

Posted by Jen at March 17, 2005 10:40 PM

Last night, after a wonderful time at Bruna's, we were wondering the same thing -- are these other restaurants on the street just as good as Bruna's? Thanks for the heads-up on Bacchanalia. Maybe we'll stick to Bruna's and let EatChicago be the guinea pig on the other places on S. Oakley. ;-)

Posted by James at March 21, 2005 12:28 PM