Lucia's Gourmet Italian Cuisine

Overall fantastic! Would recommend and will return. Had my birthday party with a large group in the back room spread across multiple tables. I worked with the owner to confirm the space and pre-order appetizers, whereby the group would order their main courses off the menu. From the planning, to the pre-party visit I chose to make (the Sam's Sandwich is excellent!) to the day of execution, all seamless and easy. Daniel, our day of server, and the kitchen staff, did an overall excellent job!Everyone enjoyed the food: apps were grilled and fried calamari, eggplant with ricotta, sautéed shrimp with artichokes and mushrooms and bruschetta. All delicious! Various main courses were ordered and everyone enjoyed their food. My main course was the veal saltimbocca. I subbed out the potatoes for spaghetti with garlic and olive oil - the entire dish was excellent! It's a BYOB with no corkage fee. Daniel did a nice job with the buckets and containers of ice to keep our drinks chilled. There are a couple close-by liquor stores if you forget your preferred beverages at home.Desserts were excellent as well! One of the most memorable birthday gatherings I have had! Only one small opportunity, as it was a hot and humid day and evening, is the small air conditioner fighting to keep the back room cool, as it got a bit warm not only due to my party, but other guests at other tables, along with the back door to the patio continuing to be opened and closed and sometimes left open. The room was 75 when we sat down and it was 80 towards the end. Just something to be aware of.

We visited Lucia's on Thursday night. It was pretty busy as the backside dining room was filled up for dinner time. There was only one waitress so it took her a bit to serve us. The owner was helping with refilling water. We ordered grilled calamari for appetizers. It was very tender. We finished it easily. For entrees we got gnocchi, linguine with clams, risotto with seafood, linguine with seafood and also a salad. Gnocchi was delicious! It's a little chewy with the perfect amount of cheese. Linguine with clams was not bad. Risotto with seafood was delicious too! I won't mind eating their Gnocchi and risotto with seafood again if I come back here.

If I go too long without a deli sandwich from Lucia's, I start having dreams about themVery good brownies too

This place is what wicker park is all about! Love how small and intimate this place feels and the deli + restaurant combo. Great neighborhood restaurant run by an older Italian couple and would highly recommend this place. All the pasta dishes are well made and tasty. Fan of the byob aspect. Go check this place out!!

So we ordered takeout via DoorDash for pickup from the deli at about 6pm on a Wednesday. Did have me a pickup time of 5:48 but with no notice my order was ready at 5:34. I arrived around 5:40 and had a similar walk back. When I opened the sandwiches, the Italian beef was warm but the ribeye was straight up cold despite being a hot sandwich. It looks old like it had been sitting around. I re-toasted the sandwiches (split with my husband) before eating. The Italian beef was super good! Maybe the best I've had in the city so far but the ribeye just really fell short. It was one slab of meat that just wasn't fresh. There were bites that were good but others that were chewy or tough. Just can't recommend this one... but the Italian beef is worth the order.We got soup for our sides and both were tasty! I had the chicken noodle and my husband had the tortellini.

Fabulous food and espresso. The tiramisu is as good as it gets. I want to work my way through the whole menu..

Holy Italian Sandwich, fat man.I've been here a couple of times now and tried their sandwiches. They are huge but not overly filling to where you feel bloated. Just filling in, they're wonderful tasting, too. Don't go to Jimmy John's or quizno. Or any chain like that garbage. go get you a really good Italian sandwich made by Italians.

Sams sandwich. Robert's special. The bruschetta pasta salad. I love that it comes with chips. Thursday night special is my favorite. Chicken penne pasta with vodka sauce and comes with bread and butter. Their tuna has olives in it which i don't like but hey. Italian beef is not the best but good. I love Lucia's. Convenient pick up with a little temp parking space. Nice people running the restaurant for a long time.

This was just some of the best Italian food I've ever eaten. Everything tasted like it was prepared from scratch. I got this chicken dish and it was drowned in the most amazing sauce. The salad was amazing too, the vinaigrette was definitely homemade. This is another BYOB establishment, but there is a bottle shop just a few doors down. I got a bottle of red wine to wash it down, an amazing time. The service was good and the dining room is not large, but I think they also seating up stairs.

Thanks Lucia for a wonderful meal Friday night. Our veal and gnocchi dinners were delicious and the appetizers were terrific! Your desserts are the best. Everyone at our table had a great time-Thanks! Jim and Bridget P.