Bellanico Restaurant & Wine Bar

Really nice italian food - with subtlety and innovation. Pleasant intimate atmosphere that lended itself to conversation and enjoying the delicious food and wines. Staff was attentive and nice, and full of recommendations. Among many quite tasty dishes the Risotto stood out with depths of flavor.

"And there it was, mountains of duck. And not fatty duck either, but juicy tender breasts of duck."-Elaine Benes, Seinfeldda Scene: Gotta give some love to the neighborhood joints. The everyday spots get overlooked sometimes... consistently good, with little twists thrown in. Whenever in the Glenview, ya gotta stop in. Me and my girls, Friday night AND the college kiddo picks up the bill?! It's a WIN!!da Grub: pro tip - book 5:45 on weekdays and you can squeeze in a Happy Hour order before dinner. We did the fried Meatballs, salmon Cannoli, and duck liver Pate with some white wine and a Negroni. Strong offerings, you can do some damage if you do the whole hour. LOVED all 3... but the pate is exquisitely decadent. Dinner was 2 orders of Casoncelli stuffed with rabbit, Gnocchi Cipollini, and the Duck confi. all went well w/ a Tuscan red. Where the Casoncelli and Gnocchi bites were delicate & light, the Duck over the black risotto was hearty & rich plus you get both breast & thigh to enjoy. Dessert? Yes please! Not an after-thought here, prepared with as much effort as the mains. Chocolate Souffle Tangerine Panna Cotta, and the Olive Oil/Squash Torta were perfect endings. I rarely get espresso out since I pull a great shot @ home, but they can work the $2000 espresso machine too! I asked for a short espresso, and got a deep, almost syrupy shot and perfect crema... had to get a 2nd one!da Service: Thoughtful servers, attention to detail and precision execution. You can hear the orders being expedited, I fully expected to hear "Yes Chef!!" Dishes timed correctly, never felt rushed, elevated but not pretentious. On the way out the gent in the Chef Whites asked if everything was good and if the espresso was to my liking, apparently he likes his the same way.RUN, don't walk to join them for either a happy hour bite or a lingering dinner, you won't be disappointed!

Lovely Italian restaurant near my house. The inside is super cosy and the servers are top notch. They provided excellent service and were super attentive (or at least it felt that way since I just got back from France and got used to being ignored haha). I ordered the bruschetta, gem salad, gnocchi, and the cheesecake. The bruschetta was delicious, it had whole roasted garlic cloves on it. YUM! The cheesecake was also amazing - it has Laura Chenel goat cheese, which is my fave. The gem salad was slightly overdressed, but fine. Unfortunately the gnocchi dish needs a whole paragraph to itself. It was a huge swing and a miss for me. All of the components were cooked well but it was not a cohesive dish and was definitely missing something - a sauce? Crushed red pepper and some ricotta, maybe? Definitely would not recommend this one to anyone. Bummer! I might come back for a date night but will definitely be ordering something else :)

I want to love this long time local restaurant. Owners are lovely. One of my friends loves the place but the dishes are hit and miss in my opinion. I've been 3-4 times over the 2+ decades I've lived in the neighborhood. There may be one star item we order but then everything else not so much. For example had the liberty duck last time. The duck was amazing but everything else in the plate was meh. Everything is high quality and obvious care went into its preparation. But there just hasn't been enough to entice me to come back.

Bellini Spritz: strong af but sweet and yummy.Salmon Cannoli: mild yet balanced flavors. cannoli shell was a tad hard but not gravely. pretty yummy overall but not amazingRabbit Casoncelli: rabbit is mild (good). lacks depth of flavor, sauce base is mainly oil. inoffensive dish but leaves me wanting more (of other food) to eat.Duck Confit: the duck was YUMMMM. Ordered medium rare and it was so tender and meaty and flavorful. the subtle flavor of the meat paired really well with the savory jus. Only thing I didn't like was the beans. They overpower the rest of the dish and there are a LOT of beans on this plate . Wish they would've opted for a more neutral potato or roasted vegetableHoney Pine Tart: reeeeally sweet. Wasn't tasting the wine so much but the poached pear was delicious.Sat in outdoor seating so can't say much for vibes.Service is good (: my waiter was friendly and attentiveOverall for the amount I paid for my meal, it was not worth the price. The best food out of everything I ordered was the duck, but the plate was very unbalanced. Very mid for what I spent.

This is my favorite local restaurant, mainly because I am partial to Italian food, but this is a great family-run restaurant. We most recently came here for brunch and made a reservation online but if you come on the weekend before noon you can get in without any trouble. We started with the squash blossoms, different from others I've had because they were filled with a butter bean puree but I didn't find myself missing the cheese filling. The little gems salad was great, with the grilled peaches and Gorgonzola pairing nicely without the cheese or the Dijon-based dressing being overpowering. I am a pasta lover so of course I got the spaghetti carbonara, made in the traditional style with an egg-based sauce instead of cream-based, crispy pancetta pieces, and a nice addition of arugula to brighten the dish and complement the flavors. A recent addition to their brunch menu was the chilaquiles verdes, the best kind in my wife's opinion, which she enjoyed. Service from everyone was great, as always. Good Prosecco-based cocktails for brunch plus a good wine selection. If you come here for one of their special prix fixe menus you may luck out and have the opportunity to enjoy their wine pairing with each of your courses. What else can I saw other than I wish we came here more often!

Always a pleasure dining here -- we sat on the patio and enjoyed their happy hour (highly recommend). Happy hour is every day between 5-6pm. It features appetizers (cicchetti) between $4-$6 and cocktails (aperitivi) and wine for $9.

Still love this place. It's always a solid neighborhood restaurant. It's a pleasant place to meet friends, or suitable for romantic dinner, or take your well behaved kids-- there is usually at least one family. Wait staff remain attentive with water and suggestions. The outdoor seating has expanded to a parklet. They have curtains that help block the slanting sun in the parklet The food is excellent. Why did I think they were 4 stars 9 years ago? I'm upping them to 5. They are consistently good, friendly, and they are right here!!

We were a group of 7 young ladies who came in on a Friday night to celebrate a birthday. The food was nice, tasted authentic, like made from scratch. The service on the other hand, was quite poor. We were seated 6:35. At first our waiter was nice, and answered all of our questions. However other than bread food did not arrive until an hour later. When we recieved our food, some of our orders were messed up. For example - two gnocchi orders came out as malfati pasta. Following that, two people in the group wanted to pay ahead and separately. The waiter took my friends card and held on to it for more than 30 minutes. At one point we saw him freaking out as if he lost her card. Which then led to us stressing out a little. In addition my friend who made the reservation, called the place more than 3 times to confirm and asked if they had Apple Pay each time. Each time they said "yes" every time. However, when we were ready to pay, the server said that he was unsure if they took Apple Pay and said that we could talk to the owner. We talked to the owner and he said "we are a very old establishment. we have never taken Apple Pay and none of the waiters would say that to you. you must have called the wrong restaurant". It's 2025. how do you not have apple pay? Also you are not that old. And even if you are you can get with the times.

This place is SO good. Great service, very classy. Good for something a little different. It's one of those places where the food looks artsy, but it was so good and filling. I got two appetizers, a wine and a dessert and stayed under 35$. I got the risotto and smoked salmon and was super full. Loved the food. The wine was really flavorful and loved the chocolate souffle.