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Lou Amari’s at night: a green awning over warm-lit windows, a glowing script sign and brick façade on Damen Avenue

Lou Amari’s · Chicago

Every neighborhood deserves an Italian family.

Scratch-made Italian-American classics, strong drinks and the kind of hospitality that makes a table feel like yours.

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The kind of place you come back to.

Lou Amari’s is built around the restaurants we grew up loving: a warm room, a full table, a bartender who knows the classics and food that never needs an introduction. We make the pastas, sauces, meatballs and desserts in-house, pour a proper drink and take care of dinner the way it should be done.

Our Story
The dining room at Lou Amari’s: oxblood leather booths, white tablecloths, checkerboard tile and a wall of framed photographs under globe pendants
A basket of house-baked Italian bread on a Lou Amari’s napkin beside olive oil and a candle
The bar at Lou Amari’s, leather stools along a marble counter beneath warm globe lights and shelves of wine and amaro
Parmesan grated over a bowl of Sunday gravy rigatoni with meatball, sausage and braised pork, a Lou Amari’s wine glass and candle beside it
A cook’s flour-dusted hands feeding fresh pasta through a roller in Lou Amari’s kitchen

From the kitchen

Classics made from scratch, every day.

Sunday gravy that takes its time. Hand-rolled meatballs. Rigatoni alla vodka. Chicken parm with the edges crisp and the center tender. Tiramisu made in-house. This is familiar food made with enough care to remind you why it became classic in the first place.

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Dinner · Seven nights a week

A few things you’ll be thinking about all week.

  • Lou’s Meatballs15

    Three beef and pork meatballs, Sunday gravy, whipped ricotta, parmesan

  • Rigatoni alla Vodka23

    Spicy tomato vodka cream, pecorino, basil

  • Sunday Gravy Rigatoni29

    Rigatoni, meatball, Italian sausage, braised pork, slow-cooked tomato gravy

  • Lou’s Lasagna26

    House-made pasta, beef and pork ragù, ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan

  • Chicken Parmigiana27

    Breaded chicken breast, marinara, mozzarella, spaghetti

  • Classic Tiramisu11

    Espresso-soaked ladyfingers, mascarpone, cocoa

Full dinner menu
Spaghetti and hand-rolled meatballs in Sunday gravy on a Lou Amari’s plate, garlic bread and red wine beside it
Lou Amari’s dining room on a full night: every booth taken, candles on white tablecloths, servers moving across the checkerboard floor beneath globe pendants

The room

Dinner should feel like something.

Dark walnut, oxblood leather, white tablecloths and low amber light. Come early for a drink at the bar. Stay late over tiramisu and another round.

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A family celebration in the Amari Room: three generations raising glasses as a server brings a birthday cake with candles to the table

Private dining

Make a night of it.

Birthdays, rehearsal dinners, business dinners, showers and family celebrations deserve more than a table pushed into a corner. Lou Amari’s offers intimate private rooms for gatherings from 10 to 100 guests, plus full restaurant buyouts.

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A Lou Amari’s chef in a black apron serving from chafing dishes at a full-service catered party, a framed Catering sign beside the buffet

Catering

Bring Lou’s to the table.

From trays of chicken parm and rigatoni vodka to complete family-style spreads, Lou Amari’s catering makes office lunches, parties and celebrations easy to feed.

Three generations of a family passing platters of pasta around a white-clothed table, a Sunday Supper board on the wall behind them

Every Sunday · From 3 PM

Sunday is for the table.

Settle in for Lou’s family-style Sunday Supper: antipasti, salad, pasta, classic entrées and dessert served for the whole table.

Lou’s list

Stay in the family.

Join Lou’s list for special dinners, neighborhood happenings, new menu items and the occasional excuse to come hungry.

A host at the front stand smiling as a couple arrives at Lou Amari’s, the script sign etched in the glass door beside them

Visit

Dinner in Bucktown.

Find us at 1748 N. Damen Avenue, just off the heart of the neighborhood. Come early for a drink at the bar or stay late over tiramisu and another round.

1748 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
  • Mon – Thu4 – 10 PM
  • Friday4 – 11 PM
  • Saturday3 – 11 PM
  • Sunday3 – 9 PM
  • Happy HourMon – Fri · 4 – 6 PM
Plan Your Visit(773) 555-2024

Come hungry. Stay awhile.

Reserve online for parties of up to eight. Groups of 9–14 can request a large table, and our events team can help with anything bigger.

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