Il Posto is as much a scene as it is a restaurant. With a menu of Italian-style salads, sandwiches, and soups, it also functions as an upscale coffeehouse--the kind of place where a ground of young adults show up after school or work, or where friends meet to hang out over a meal that's not quite a full meal.
Owner Madison Curry operated a place a lot like this in New York before returning to her hometown in 2007 to open Il Posto. She has a family connection to the restaurant biz: her stepmother Pat Morrow started Restaurant Des Familles down in Crown Point. (No common themes there.)
This part of Uptown has numerous small businesses scattered among the predominant residences, and Il Posto is on one of them. It's a block and two block respectively away from Charlie's Steak House and Pascal's Manale, two ancient eateries that could hardly be more different from Il Posto's sleek, modern environs and hip menu. The room is cool and quiet, with a coffeehouse feeling and the aromas of Italian salumi and savory vegetables--very appealing. The tables on the sidewalk may get more use than those inside. Live music, sometimes.
Don't come here really hungry. Even if you order a lot of food, it's not the kind of food to gorge on. (This is a good thing.) The ingredients are top quality, but the prices are commensurate. I can't seem to come here without spending $20 per person.
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