Rustico - Oak Park

They met with friends for dinner on Saturday night. the restaurant was very crowded, but the reservation was ready when we went into the door. cocktails were ordered by everyone and they were very good. the special of the evening was parmesan risotto with braided short ribs and my friend said it was delicious. my man had the laughs and said it was the best laugh he ever had. I myself and the other friend with whom we ordered the rústico ribeye. while tasty, both were better made than we had ordered, but very large portions. dessert came and each of us ordered another dessert. I would recommend the cannoli and cocosnus cake with cocosgelat. we will definitely come back!

I enjoyed dinner. the place has a quite casual atmosphere, but very interesting eating, that was very good. I also liked the dead bread we were given. the only things that I did not like were that they would not make separate checks (although they were divided into 2 credit cards) and that the waiter did not tell us about the specials. I heard he told another table and told him that and he said that the cook had just told him. he could have asked. one of them sounded very good, but we already had our food. that is a small point in comparison to eating.

The P.E.I mush in the Marinara sauce are for dying! the and a beautiful, fresh house salad make a perfect light meal accompanied with a glass wine! thanks, rustico!

We loved the food here. Had gnocchi and a shrimp pasta and it was maybe the best I have ever had. Service was wonderful too

Rustico is our favorite restaurant in Oak Park these days. Eating outside was nice in the warmer fall weather notwithstanding that being next to Lake St is not the best outdoor scene for a relaxing meal. We enjoyed the short ribs with potatoes and veggies. The price is now up to $31. We also liked the salad that included artichokes and asparagus, tasty and innovative. The Supertuscan wine was a good option for a big red if you want to try something other than another Cabernet.