Read reviews of a Chicago Italian restaurant.

Chicago Social Magazine December 2005 Issue. This pan-italian gem takes diners around the world for lunch and dinner. A wood-burning oven turns out deliciously fresh thin-crust pizzas made on the spot, and the menu of small and large plates features items like smoky wood-fired octopus with white beans and braised fennel and Szechwan spicy beef noodle soup.

Gourmet Magazine September 2005. CHICAGO: Half a block from Michigan Avenue, adjacent to the Whitehall Hotel, Fornetto Mei (”Beautiful Little Oven”) features Italian and Asian specialties from Chef Colin Beaumier and Taiwanese owner Su-Mei Yen. But this is no fusion spot-the cuisines are kept separate. It all makes for creative thin-crust pizzas, homemade pot stickers, and wine lists free of clichés.