There are a lot of reasons you might find yourself in University Village a.k.a. Little Italy. It’s home to UIC, but there’s also a very good chance that your friend who works at Rush is townhouse-shopping there—probably while you read this. Or maybe you fell asleep on the Blue Line and woke up at the Halsted stop, and now you’re hungry. Fight the impulse to duck into the first restaurant you see on Taylor Street while running away from the roving freshman hordes, and consider one of the options on this guide instead.
Dining and Cooking