Piatto Pronto — Restaurant in Lake View Township

Well I really doubt any of the people who gave this place a one star review have actually been here since it seems like a smear campaign against the owner has been waged because somebody supposedly wore a disrespectful shirt. Well I have never seen that and never been treated with disrespect when coming here. That isn't what this review is about. It's about their sandwiches, which are delicious and ridiculously affordable. If you grew up in Chicago like me you may have acquired a taste for Italian style sub sandwiches from Italian grocery store and Delis. This place is not the best or the cheapest but it is a solidly consistent place and your best bet when you are far north and near the lake like I am. I have had il Milano, Amy's favorite, dolce do Parma, the chicken Parmesan sandwich and their Italian beef. Each one is well worth the price and way better than anything you'd get at jimmy John's. I have also had several of their soups each one was delicious. This is a good place to grab a lunch to bring home. There are no tables, no servers, no condiment bar- it's a deli...

It caught my eye as I biked past one day, then I checked reviews and confirmed that it was what it looked like, a legit Italian local sandwich place, so I stopped in on another trip past. They make everything fresh, so it takes some time, maybe 10 minutes for a hot sammich, but it's worth it. The sandwiches are huge, easily enough for two meals, and they are very reasonably priced, like the big sandwich places in Little Italy in New York. There are several interesting options, even for people who aren't that into deli meats. The meatball sub was very good. They do sandwiches, panini, and I think they had wraps, too. It also sells a bunch of Italian cooking ingredients, imported and not, and they cram quite a bit into the small store. One could easily shop for a full meal there. There's a little area outside where one can eat, when the...

My husband had a poor experience here several months ago. Basically it was just a very bad sandwich. Neither of us have been back since, even though we live one block away, but decided to give it another try tonight as we are making pizza. We got most ingredients from Jewel first, and after making sure they were still open, we walked to Pilatto for pepperoni. The door was locked and the four people inside ignored us until we waved them down. They did not come to the door so we had to yell through the glass to ask when they closed. “5:00” a man said. My husband checked the time and it was 4:44. We showed them the time and the man just shrugged and went back to cleaning. The closing time stickers have been removed from the door so it seems they close whenever they feel like it. Boooooo. This place sucks. Surprised they...