Bar Roma Chicago

This Father’s Day Weekend at Bar Roma, we’re celebrating the dads the Italian way — with bold flavors, great drinks, and a special menu inspired by regions across Italy. 🇮🇹

From fresh Insalate Mare loaded with poached shrimp, calamari, octopus & scallops… to veal sweetbread meatballs in wild mushroom marsala cream… to wood-grilled lamb chops with Moroccan couscous and paprika butter — this is a feast worthy of Father’s Day weekend.

Join us June 19th–21st for an unforgettable celebration full of incredible food, wine, cocktails, and famiglia.

Great food. Good drinks. Even better dads.
Buona Festa del Papà! 🍷🥩🇮🇹

Happy Pride Month from your friends, neighbors, and allies at Bar Roma! 🌈

Today marks the beginning of a month filled with joy, celebration, community, and love in all its beautiful forms. We are deeply proud and grateful to call Chicago’s incredible Andersonville “gayborhood” home, and even more honored to be a safe, welcoming space for every guest who walks through our doors.

To our LGBTQIA+ family, friends, staff, neighbors, and patrons — thank you for making this community so vibrant, resilient, creative, and full of life. We celebrate you not just this month, but every single day.

Here’s to a Pride season overflowing with laughter, dancing, chosen family, good food, great wine, and unforgettable memories. Wishing everyone the happiest, safest, and most jubilant Pride Month ever. 🏳️‍🌈✨ In the face of discrimination, hostility, and political attacks against the LGBTQIA+ community, we stand proudly and unwaveringly beside our neighbors and loved ones — together we are strong, and together we shine brighter than ever.

With love,�Bar Roma

Golden hour, a warm breeze, and a Saturday night made for the patio. 🌿🍷 Chicago is showing off today — come soak it all in with us at Bar Roma. Aperol spritzes, handmade pasta, and one of the prettiest patios in Andersonville are waiting. ✨

Golden, crispy, impossibly snackable. Our Fritto Misto with housemade giardiniera aioli is the kind of appetizer that accidentally becomes dinner. 🍋🍤✨

Some reviews just hit different. 🤍

“To me there is no bigger sin than overcooked pasta…”
As an Italian restaurant, there may be no compliment we appreciate more than this. From the antipasti to dessert, every dish that leaves our kitchen is made with intention, care, and a whole lot of love for Italian cooking traditions.

To be called “the best Italian food in Chicago” truly means the world to our team. Grazie mille to our amazing guests for the kind words, the support, and for continuing to fill our dining room night after night.

We can’t wait to welcome you back to Bar Roma soon. 🍝✨

Pasta Wednesdays at Bar Roma 🍝✨

Two ways to do midweek dinner right:

🍷 Dine In — 3 Courses for just $40�Choose any appetizer, any pasta, and any dessert from our menu. A little Wednesday indulgence never hurt anyone.

🏡 Pasta Kits To-Go — $35�Your perfect at-home date night, packed and ready to go:�• Spaghetti Pomodoro for two�• Beef Meatballs�• Tiramisu�• A bottle of house red or white wine

Whether you’re lingering over candlelight at Bar Roma or cozied up at home, Wednesdays just got a whole lot better.

If this isn't how you're kicking off your three-day weekend... what are you even doing?

Halt-off bottles (Sunday only), pasta on the table, and absolutely nowhere to be tomorrow. Meet us at

Smoke-kissed, wood-grilled perfection. 🔥 Our Maiale & Salsiccia features a bone-in pork chop layered with creamy polenta, savory sausage, and sweet-tangy mostarda di frutta for the perfect balance of rich, rustic Italian flavor. One bite and you’ll understand why this dish steals the spotlight at Bar Roma. 🍖🇮🇹

At Bar Roma, great Italian cooking starts with extraordinary ingredients. 🇮🇹

That’s why we proudly use fresh mozzarella from Salvatore Corso — creamy, delicate bocconcini imported from Campania and crafted with generations of tradition behind every bite. Because authenticity isn’t just a philosophy here — it’s on every plate. ✨

Behind some of the season’s most beautiful ingredients are even more beautiful people. Meet Bubba & Becky of Hardin Family Farms in Michigan — the hands behind the tender asparagus, wild ramps, and ruby-red rhubarb making their way into our kitchen this spring. 🌱

We’re endlessly grateful for farmers who pour so much care into the land and harvest at the peak of freshness so we can bring these flavors to your table at Bar Roma. Here’s to longer days, dirt under the fingernails, and the simple magic of Midwest spring produce. 🌿✨

A little sneak preview of what could be waiting for your dinner tonight 👀✨
�Our Mother’s Day Smoked Salmon & Shrimp Platter arrives loaded with smoked salmon, chilled shrimp, capers, cocktail sauce, red onion, and toasted crostini — the perfect start to a celebratory evening at Bar Roma.

Available tonight for $22. And don’t forget — wines by the bottle are 1/2 off tonight. 🍤🥂

Tonight’s Wine Wednesday = a proper send-off 🍷

It’s John’s last one with us, and he’s going out the only way that makes sense—pouring wines from Emilia-Romagna and keeping your glass full all night long.

We’re pairing his picks with a couple all-timers:�$15 Antipasti Misti�$20 Lasagnas

Come hang, grab a pour, and give John the send-off he deserves. One more for the road? Absolutely.

$10 Martinis Tonight 🍸

Wine Wednesday hits a little different this week 🍷

We’re raising a glass (or a few) to John’s final ride behind the list—taking us through the bottles of Emilia-Romagna one last time. Expect thoughtful pours, great stories, and the kind of night that turns into “just one more.”

To match the wines, we’re leaning all the way in:�$15 Antipasti Misti�$20 Lasagnas

Two of Emilia-Romagna’s greatest gifts to the world, served the way they should be.

Come fill the bar, send John off right, and drink something memorable.

Sous Chef Carlos Brambila carrying on the tradition of Sunday Sauce—slow-simmered, made from scratch, and built to feed a table. 🍅🔥
The kind of cooking that sets the tone for the whole week.

Mother’s Day plans = handled 💐🍝

Chef Fred Ramos has officially dropped his Mother’s Day Specials Menu, and it’s everything Mom deserves—thoughtful, indulgent, and made to celebrate her properly.

Reservations are now live, so lock in your table before they’re gone.

And a little extra reason to celebrate: all bottles of wine are half off on Mother’s Day (and every Sunday) 🍷

Great food, great wine, and the perfect way to say grazie, Mom.

Reserve now via the link in our bio.

Every Wednesday at 7am, Rosa’s hands get to work—rolling, shaping, and bringing our pasta to life the way it’s meant to be. The best hands in Chicago, no question. 🍝

Is there a more classic Chicago pairing than a steak and a martini? We’ll wait.

Even better when that martini—dirty or dry—is just $10. All night, every Tuesday. 🥩🍸

Chef Fred Ramos, the man behind the magic (and the meatballs) 🍝

Here he is with his legendary Manzo—Beef Cheek Meatballs—rich, tender, and unmistakably Bar Roma. Swipe through for a behind-the-scenes look at the ingredients, cooking method, pro tips, and perfect wine pairings straight from his cookbook.

The Balls: The Bar Roma Cookbook is available for purchase at Bar Roma or through the link in our bio—because some secrets are just too good not to share.

On Monday, 4.20.26, Bar Roma transforms into Cantina Roma for a one-night-only 420 celebration 🌿

Join us for a special 4-course dinner and get a sneak peek at the elevated beverage program we’ll be pouring all night long.

Tickets are live—grab yours at the link in our bio.