Best Italian Restaurants in New Lenox

This was our first visit to Francesca Fortunato, although our family is very familiar with the Mia Francesca brand. Before relocating to the East Coast, we lived in Chicago's West Loop, walking distance to the Mia Francesca West Loop location. We were frequent diners and hosted several events in the private dining space: wedding anniversary, college graduation, law school graduation celebrations and ladies' luncheons. We recently hosted our dad's memorial luncheon at Francesca's Vicinato in Tinley Park. Francesca's Fortunato lived up to Mia Francesca's exquisite brand. The restaurant is located in a lovely section of Frankfort, and was beautifully decorated for the holidays. The staff was attentive, friendly, and the food was delicious. We had a lovely holiday dinner and are grateful that we "tried something new" for the holidays. Highly recommend this neighborhood gem.

The food was excellent and the service even better. Becky our waitress was extremely knowledgeable of the menu, very pleasant and attended to every detail.

Great food and incredible service. Be prepared that it is very loud. But it didn’t bother us because we were there for fun. Everyone loved their Andres. We go here quite often, and we are never disappointed. And being there on Christmas Eve when it is incredibly crowded was not compromised by the crowd. Still great service and unbelievably good food.

We planned a last minute Christmas dinner with friends and had the best time at Frankie’s. Everything was perfect from the delicious appetizers and entrees, excellent service from Don, and great cocktails. We had the booth in the corner which was perfect for us since we wanted to spend time catching up with friends and didn’t have to worry about the noise level. We also loved that we weren’t rushed through our meal. It was the perfect evening and Frankie’s is now one of our favorites that will remain in rotation for us.

The food was great. The service was great. It was a perfect evening.