Caffe Baci

For its price range I'd give this one 5 stars. There are a few small things that could be improved but at this price range I believe this type of joint is as good as it gets.

The food overall is excellent. If you've been to Rome and liked their sandwiches - this place has pretty much the same thing + a lot of other cool choices.

This place has great salads, panini sandwiches, pizzas, desert items, espresso. The soup is adequate but I can see where the quality could go up a tad. Everything else is pretty much perfect. The place is clean, the food comes out fast and tastes great. Lots of beverage choices in the freezer and a perfect cup of espresso and tiramisu to finish your lunch experience.

Nice little Italian-style fast-food place.  Right across Michigan Ave from the Bean.  We stopped in here on a cold rainy day while touristing Chicago.  This place has a variety of salads, panini hot and cold, pizzas and breakfast pastry kind of stuff.

For lunch, I had a pepperoni/sausage pizza that was perfectly-sized.  About a ten-inch disk of thin-crust, it was just right for a lunch on a cold day.  The daughter had some arugula/avocado combination that looked like a pizza-salad, and she enjoyed it immensely.  Wife had split-pea soup (gak!), and said it was quite tasty.  Other daughter had a marinated-chicken breast panini and gave a thumbs-up on that.

Overall, I feel like whatever I get here is 1) salty, 2) over priced, 3) not filling. Yet somehow, I come back every now and then and do rate it two stars.

I think the special entrees are the best options. At $10-12 (which I think is a pricey everyday lunch) you get a full plate with meat and two sides. It's filling and tasty, and very heavy. Second best option would be the salads. Though I could easily make the same salad at home for cheaper and better, it's tasty and healthy.

I have to remind myself to never get a sandwich. On countless occasions, the sandwiches are very salty. I think sometimes it's the preserved meat (like salmon) or it's the sauces they use. Not sure, but def so salty I cannot stand it.