Tarantino's

This place was great!  My fiancee and I went to Tarantino's for Valentine's Day, and we had a great meal.  We started with the Fried Calamari, which was crunchy and had a ton of flavor.  Regarding the entrees, we ordered the Lobster Risotto and Salmon entrees.  The Risotto was rich and the consistency was perfect (not too creamy and not too thick), which a nice lobster tail on top.  The Salmon was, in a word, savory.  The Salmon didn't have a "fishy" taste, and was perfect!  With a little lemon squirted on top, you can't do much better.

Overall, this was a really good restaurant with a great environment.  If you are considering this restaurant, definitely make it happen!

The location in Lincoln Park is wonderful and the decor inside is adorable.  It reminded me of my days living in Paris or Rome and stumbling into a great cafe for a long dinner.  The energy of the restaurant is on point for the neighborhood and romantic as well.  

All of the food is definitely homemade, including homemade pasta.  I did not love the food overall, although a couple of the items we ordered were really good.  We liked the sausage on the fried polenta and the truffled fries as well.  The salmon and ravioli were OK.  The fried polenta was flavorless and had bad texture.  The wine less was fairly extensive and had a nice range of bottles from $30s-$100s.  

I would have given the restaurant 3 stars because the quality of the food was good and the restaurant was really quaint; however, our waitress seemed kind of uncomfortable after she asked us how we liked the polenta and we responded that it was lacking flavor.  After that, she wasn't very responsive and didn't inquire as to our thoughts about the food.  Maybe she was just busy, but she was so friendly at the beginning, and by the end she seemed like she was ready for us to go.

yum, yum, yum.  little loud though