Berghoff is back?

[Key Lime Guy]

Semi-regular visitor here.

The Berghoff was always one of the great pleasures of visiting the Loop.

I'm visiting next week, and I was lamenting the loss of the Berghoff and googling to see if there was anything similar. And I found...

The Berghoff is back. Is this true? Is it just the same?

And, what other "classic" places in the Loop should I know about?

(Obviously we're not talking about true "fine dining" here.)

[Ed Zotti]

Originally Posted by Key Lime Guy

The Berghoff is back. Is this true? Is it just the same?

I haven't been to the Berghoff in quite a while. My understanding that is that the original restaurant is no longer in operation, but there's still a sort of Berghoff Lite. This from the 10-3-2007 Trib:

Although the old Berghoff is gone, Berghoff operates the Berghoff Cafe and 17/west at the Berghoff at the same 17 W. Adams St. location. The menu is smaller and blends classics with lighter fare, she said. Berghoff also is a partner in the Berghoff Cafe at O'Hare International Airport. She's planning a second book, on entertaining, and is busy promoting "The Berghoff Family Cookbook."

They've got a website here:

http://www.theberghoff.com/

Personally I always liked Trattoria No. 10 at 10 N. Dearborn, described by the Reader restaurant reviewers as "A rare decent Loop dining option, hidden in a subterranean faux-Italian grotto. $$$. Food: 8.5. Service: 8.5. Ambience: 7.5." You can see the rest of the review here at:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/cgi-bin...gory=&numb=270

The restaurant's website is at:

http://www.trattoriaten.com/t10/trattoria/aboutus.html

[ScatteredFrog]

My wife and I went there once since it re-opened. It's basically a lunch place now, with an abbreviated menu. There's a cafeteria-style eatery downstairs, and on the main level is the restaurant with some, but not all, of the original menu.

[C K Dexter Haven]

Confirming what Scattered Frog said, I've been there for lunch recently. It's OK, the menu is limited, and I believe (just from a drive-by one night) that it's not open for supper.

[kev3inp]

Is Trattoria 10 the old Italian Village?

[Ed Zotti]

Nope. Italian Village is at 71 W. Monroe. If it was ever at 10 N. Dearborn, that was way before my time.