Socca

I came to Socca for their  "Last Tuesday" lobster night, where you get a whole Maine lobster for $10! Yes, you read that right. Now, I was a little scared as I had never had a full lobster before. Sure, I've had lobster mac & cheese and lobster this-and-that, that have contained lobster chunks, but I wasn't sure how I would feel about breaking, squeezing and scooping out lobster guts to eat it for dinner. Thankfully, I never had to go through any of that. I asked the waiter at Socca if they could chop it up a bit and they did. To my disappointment, the lobster was just kinda blah and I wasn't too crazy about it. This problem can be due to my lack of experience consuming lobster without being IN something, so this shouldn't really reflect on the restaurant, instead as more of a personal issue. We also got the promme frites that comes with truffle fundue (you'll need to reoder this, I'm sure of it) and ate it all up. We had a couple drinks and enjoyed the outdoor seating on a warm night.

The restaurant is normally a little pricey for mostly meat dishes I don't eat (I'm a pescatarian) and since (I know now) I'm not a huge whole lobster fan, I don't think I'll be going back. Again, this is more of my personal issue with lobster than the establishment itself. I was seated promptly (with reservations made through opentable) and the waiter was really accommodating to my weird requests. If anyone adores lobster, they should definitely check out this special event and pass by.

So effing delicious I can hardly stand it.  Drinks were perfect and the food was like a wet dream.  Also, the service, some of the best I've had in Chicago.

Go here.
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$40 for a prime ribeye with no veggie or potatoes was a little disappointing.  The steak was great and the sauce was amazing but I was still hungry after eating just the steak.  My girlfriend got the seafood pasta dish with scallops, shrimp, and mussels.  Sounds amazing and again the sauce was a "home run" but the scallops were bay scallops and the shrimp were baby shrimp except for the one large center piece shrimp.  Overall the restaurant experience was great, but the food just disappointed because of the lacking ingredients.  I'd rather pay $5 more for better, bigger portions.