Livio's Restaurant & Bar

Great food, great service.  We went here with group of four and everyone loved their meal.  We started with the peppers stuffed with sausage and bruschetta.  The peppers were served with a red sauce and were just spicy enough, absolutely delicious.  The bruschetta was served as four pieces and was delicious as well.  The garlic bread was topped with fresh tomatoes and was easy to pick up and eat.  The bread was soft in the middle with a crunch crust.  The linguine ala Livio had plenty of large shrimp and scallops and the garlic wine sauce was delicious.  The salad was also very good and served with the best croutons I ever tasted.  This is certainly a hidden treasure.

Great old school Italian - Banana peppers stuffed with Italian sausage are a great way to start the meal, or the Calamari, which is good because it isn't all breading.  
Linguine Ala Livio is pasta with scallops and shrimp in a garlic and white wine sauce that we order all the time.  Nice variety on the menu.

The interior is a little quirky - seashore, but the staff is friendly, reasonably priced and consistently good.

Coming here feels for me a slice of Chicago's best Italian tastes of garlic and maranara sauce in the heart of St. John IN.  The pasta is served with quality and keen service.  There isn't a place like this for miles in this town, and I enjoy sitting inside a lively Italian restaurtant such as this one.